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It’s time for Mainers to start those late-season gardening tasks (opens the original)
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Fall has officially started, but at least along the coast we haven’t had a frost yet. In most years, it will still be a month from now before we get one. The garden is still producing both flowers and vegetables. We still have tomatoes, squash, a bit of lettuce happily growing in the vegetable garden, and I haven’t even dug our potatoes yet. We harvested garlic, onions and shallots already, in late August when the greens turned yellow and flopped. The flowers — especially the asters I love dearl
Time for Maine gardeners to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor (opens the original)
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Those who grow vegetables will keep up with the harvest. Our tomatoes have been wonderful this year, while the cucumbers, summer squash and zucchini have been slower to produce. It’s also pleasant to cut a few flowers and bring them inside. I also take pictures of the garden, to show what was blooming or ripening and when. While those are technically chores, they are fulfilling, pleasant and the reason we began gardening in the first place. What plants aren’t performing as well as you thought th
How to handle invasives in Maine gardens (opens the original)
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Fifty years ago when Nancy and I had our house built on what was formerly farmland owned by Nancy’s grandmother, we installed some plants that are now considered invasive. We moved a burning bush, Euonymus alatus, from her mother’s house to ours and maybe a barberry of some sort from her grandmother’s. We purchased, planted and enjoyed the ornamental grass Miscanthus, which is now on Maine’s list of plants that are illegal to sell. There is also an advisory list of invasive plants that are still
Make the most of Maine summer — and get ready for fall — in your garden (opens the original)
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I planted a patch of leaf lettuce in our vegetable garden last week. The first batch, which I planted in a cold frame way back in March, is still producing, but I’m not sure it will continue into another month. We will want lettuce for our sandwiches and an occasional salad well into October, and this planting will provide that. Lettuce is the easiest crop for late planting. It sprouts quickly, as long as it gets water at least every other day. I used a wild garden lettuce mix from Pinetree Gard
Enjoy a side benefit of a Maine garden: The scent (opens the original)
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Fragrance isn’t the first thing people think about when planning a garden. They think about flowers, foliage, how the gardens will be seen from inside the house, while approaching the property and walking through the gardens. The scent of plants doesn’t really come into play until the garden is growing. Then you notice it as a side benefit while enjoying the beauty. The only flowers Nancy and I plant specifically for their scent are hyacinths, which start as bulbs planted before the ground freez
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