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THE GREATEST GIFT OF THE GARDEN IS THE RESTORATION OF THE FIVE SENSES--HANNA RION



CREATE A BOUNTIFUL GARDEN FOR LE$$

 


Your gardening questions answered...
MaryAnne's Maine Line

Our Master Gardener's  Blog about the joys and challenges of gardening in Maine. 

MaryAnne has many years of experience gardening across the country from San Francisco to Wisconsin to Maine
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Post your gardening questions on her blog.  
Calendar of Gardening Events
The Village Garden Web


 Free Seeds
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Learn Winter Sowing Tips



 
Donate a Portion of your harvest to your Local Food Bank, soup kitchen or service organization.  The Dirt Cheap Gardener supports PAR--Plant a Row
for the Hungry--a public service organization encouraging gardeners to plant an extra row of herbs and vegetables to help people in need.



 


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1.  Flower Gardening
Brighten up any landscape with beautiful flowers. 

2.  Fresh Garden Recipes
Delicious recipes made from the freshest ingredients from your garden.  Try ours or add your own recipes to our blog, we love to hear from our readers. 

3.  Organic Gardening
Delicious, organic food is higher in nutrients and promotes better health. 

4.  Advantages of Greenhouse Gardening
Extend your growing season and increase yields using greenhouses and poly-tunnels. 

5.  Monthy Garden Calendar
Download a free monthly garden calendar to keep track of tasks to maintain a beautiful, bountiful garden. 




o MARCH GARDENING TIPS 
Spring is finally about to spring upon us!  Try to get out in your garden during breaks between weather systems to look for any damage, get ahead of those nasty weeds that are just beginning to surface (if your snow has melted).   Once a weed goes to seed, you can end up fighting its seedlings for more than seven years.  In early spring, while they are young, they are easily pulled with their roots intact. After weeding, now is the time to think about preventive pest-control by turning over your soil and exposing insect eggs and larvae to hungry birds.

Evergreen shrubs should be pruned before new growth starts.

Fertilize deciduous trees, shrubs and roses. 

Don't forget to keep an eye on those pesky slugs and snails.  





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