Fresh Strawberries: An Independence Day Tradition

jamie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:47:47 -0400

For best results, establish new strawberry beds in spring, using purchased plants or runners from established beds.

Itching to Garden - Maine Gardens

jamie — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:14:00 -0400

Able to take the chill, and really good for you,
spinach is a wonderful choice for the early garden.
Photo: Lynette L. Walther

Going Beyond Bulbs - Maine Gardens

jamie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:45 -0400

An excellent shade perennial that tolerates dry conditions,
Helleborus has long-lasting flowers that are among the
first to appear in the spring garden. The delicate
blossoms of Terra Nova’s Janet Starnes Helleborus belie

Grow Your Own (Plants)

jamie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:10:08 -0400

Starting seeds instead of purchasing plants means greater variety. Photo: Jamie Bloomquist

Maine’s often chilly, wet spring weather means that some varieties of vegetables and flowers don’t get enough time in the garden to mature.

Garden Clubs and Societies

jamie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:49:02 -0400

Hostas. Photo: Lynette L. Walther

Most of us know someone who has been won over by one variety of plant or another—a gardener who simply must have the latest daylily or rose hybrid or clematis or orchid or hosta.

Orchids through the winter and beyond

jamie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:56:49 -0500

Phalenopsis orchid flower -- A mesmerizing Phalaenopsis bloom shows why orchids have captivated so many growers. Photo: Lynette L. Walther

Once only available to the most discerning growers with the resources to purchase them, orchids (while still exotic) have become readily available and less expensive. Now they are plants that anyone can afford to buy and grow, and they light up a room with their seductive, long-lasting blooms.

J & E Riggin Goes Green at Sea

jamie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:45:30 -0500

J & E Riggin. Photo by Elizabeth Poisson

Getting the Most Out of Cut Flowers

jamie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:17:54 -0500

Red and yellow mums. Photo: Lynette L. Walther

Searsport resident Anna Kessler knows her cut flowers. She is a flower arrangement judge for the Garden Club of America and teaches the art to garden clubs and other organizations. During a recent demonstration at Merryspring Nature Park, in Camden, Maine, she showed participants how to arrange a variety of flowers for various occasions, and how to prolong the blooms’ vase life.

Garden, Garlic - Lynette Walther

jamie — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:51:24 -0400

When foliage is dry, but not brittle, the garlic
can be braided or the foliage cut away

Garden, Common Ground Fair - Lynette Walther

jamie — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:31:26 -0400

The MOFGA Common Ground Fair. Photo: Lynette L. Walther

Where did the summer go?