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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis and Penobscot Gardening E-Mail Newsletter provides timely information on practical, sustainable, research-based horticultural practices, and tools and techniques to improve your home gardening success. Topics include growing and caring for vegetables, fruits, flowers, and landscaping for the home, as well as pest management techniques. Information is geared toward U.S.D.A plant hardiness zones in Maine. Upcoming events and programs of interest are also covered.<\/p>\n

If you have a gardening question, please e-mail Kate Garland, Extension Horticulturist, at katherine.garland@maine.edu<\/a> and she will include it in our garden question section.<\/p>\n

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