Maine Gardens and Gardening - Reeser Manley
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Sturdy transplants take practice, careful planning
I can recall a time when the earliest harbinger of spring was the appearance in late March of the long folding table, the kind you see at potluck church suppers, against one wall of the dining room. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 3/19/10 | 34 views
Peas among first crops needing to be planted
"Got your peas in yet?" So far it is a question asked in jest, a poke at the impatience of gardeners. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 3/12/10 | 382 views
Cultivating pollinators aids harvests
One out of every three bites of food you eat depends on insect pollination. In the garden, you depend on pollinators, mainly bees, for success with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, summer and winter … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 3/6/10 | 113 views
Lack of birds due to winter garden visitor
We lost the birds in Marjorie’s garden this winter. They were there in the beginning, a flock of 30 goldfinches in drab winter dress taking every perch at the porch feeders just before the big … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 2/27/10 | 98 views
New gardeners need help choosing vegetable varieties
When it comes to choosing the best carrot variety to grow in your garden, the last place a first-year gardener needs to go is a seed catalog — or at least most of them. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 2/20/10 | 211 views
It’s ‘Gigante’: soccer ball-size kohlrabi
Talk about kohlrabi Last week’s column on kohlrabi spawned several e-mails, among them a message from Allison Keef. She and her husband, Ralph, have been gardening on 5 acres in Hermon since … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 2/13/10 | 498 views
Diversity is key to planting vegetables
Last week, reading about the importance of plant species diversity in ecosystems, it occurred to me that biodiversity is also an important consideration in planning the vegetable garden, that the … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 1/30/10 | 281 views
Winter tests commitment to composting
With both Marjorie and Lynne away, only the two old dogs were with me in the garden on Saturday morning. My list of weekend chores, created over coffee while waiting for the sun, began with “MT … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 1/23/10 | 482 views
Eastport garden an example for all
I have gardening in raised beds on my mind these winter days. We are planning a schoolyard community garden in Eastport at the high school where I teach and where barely buried ledge leaves little topsoil in which to garden. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 1/16/10 | 374 views
Way to enjoy a garden in winter
There was a brief moment, only for a few hours, when snow worked magic in Marjorie’s garden. It was early in the morning and early in the storm, the day before the big blow. I awoke to a landscape … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 1/9/10 | 317 views
Shoppers need guide for buying, planting trees
Gardeners will be planting more trees than ever this coming spring as we try to make a difference in the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 1/2/10 | 347 views
Hardwoods better than conifers at sequestering carbon dioxide
Planting trees, one at a time, is the most significant act one person or group of people can perform to mitigate global climate disruption. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 12/26/09 | 481 views
Global climate action, one tree at a time
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead One day this coming May, when everyone at Shead High … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 12/19/09 | 516 views
Where are gardeners among Earth’s leaders?
“We now live in a world that is as clearly our garden as was the Garden of Eden. We are fully responsible for the maintenance of the sustainability and beauty of Earth, our garden … and for its future as well.” more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 11/28/09 | 536 views
Beware the Asian long-horned beetle
The Asian long-horned beetle, or ALB, is a charismatic creature with a black-and-white body about an inch long and as wide of your little finger, bluish legs and two banded antennae that curve back over its body. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 11/21/09 | 617 views
Gardeners mark 16 community projects at supper
Last week, Master Gardener Volunteers in Hancock County gathered at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension office in Ellsworth. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 11/14/09 | 655 views
Enjoying end of this garden year with an eye on next
It has been an exceptional October in Marjorie’s garden, the leaves of some native shrub species just starting to turn, rich autumn color lost in recent years to early hard freezes. Summersweet … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 11/7/09 | 479 views
Screen plant choices for invasive potential
My favorite plant in Marjorie’s garden at the moment is a redvein enkianthus, Enkianthus campanulatus, planted 10 years ago and pruned to form a multitrunk small tree. This past week, as the last … more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 10/31/09 | 644 views
Using garden ethic in public places
Pollan describes the dilemma facing a community after a tornado devastates the local old-growth pine forest, Cathedral Pines, requiring a decision by the residents on the area’s future. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 10/24/09 | 638 views
Songbirds, crow stories grab attention
From mid-October until pea-planting time, reading books and watching the garden’s birds fill the void created by cold and snow. more
By Reeser Manley
Special to the NEWS | 10/17/09 | 635 views
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