Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard

In this episode of Victory Garden for ME, learn about how to build and manage a compost pile, sheet mulching techniques to establish new garden beds, planting a fall cover crop or mulching your garden to prevent soil erosion, reconditioning your garden tools at the end of the season, and more! Resources: Consider donating excess […]

In this episode of Victory Garden for ME, learn about how to plan your day in the garden, proper stretching and lifting techniques, selecting ergonomic tools, adapting existing tools to improve their ergonomics, designing your garden to match your abilities, and much more! Resources: Maine AgrAbility Project    Accessible Gardening and Ergonomics Tick Lab: Personal […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about best practices for preserving your fresh produce, how to process high and low-acid foods, simple and low-tech preservation techniques, root cellaring, putting your gardens to bed in the fall, and much more! Resources: Storing Fresh Garden Produce, UCONN Storage Conditions: Fruits & Vegetables “How To” […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about cultural practices to prevent diseases in your garden, how to diagnose a disease problem, common vegetable diseases, how and when to submit samples to our Plant Diagnostic Lab, and much more! Resources: UMaine Extension’s Ask an Expert  UMaine Insect Lab UMaine Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about how much and when you need to water your garden, techniques and best practices, drip irrigation and more! Resources: Watering the Vegetable Garden, UMN Extension Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens, CSU Extension Well Water Safety Rain barrels, Rutgers: for ornamental plants, avoid use on vegetables […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME,  learn about the importance of managing weeds in your garden, how to prevent and manage weeds, the stale seedbed method, and much more! Resources: Weed Identification: UMass Extension Weed Herbarium  Weed Identification, Virginia Cooperative Extension  Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide (Google Books)   Weeds of the Northeast (Google Books) Cover […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME,  learn about different ways to organize your garden, square foot gardening, companion planting, direct seed vs. transplants, proper planting techniques and more! Resources: Crop Rotation for Home Gardeners, Maine Home Garden News Article Planting Chart for the Home Vegetable Garden An Introduction to Seed Saving for the […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME,  learn how to prepare your garden soil for the growing season by testing your soil, amending your soil based on soil test results, adding organic matter (if needed) and much more! Resources: Testing Your Soil, Bulletin #2286 Understanding Recommendations, UMaine Soil Testing Service Natural Sources of Plant […]

In this edition of Victory Garden for ME,  learn how to plan your garden based on your family’s food preferences, plans for preserving your produce, when vegetables can be safely planted outside, succession planting techniques and more! Resources: Gardening Resources: Planting Chart for the Home Vegetable Garden Vegetable Varieties for Maine Gardens Succession Planting, Cumberland […]