Welcome to Our New Office Secretary!

             Join with the rest of the staff in the Piscataquis County Extension Office to welcome our newest member of the office staff.  Amanda Miles just started as Extension Secretary for our office in Dover-Foxcroft in April and has jumped right into the position with a lot of enthusiasm.  She and her husband live in Sangerville with their chocolate lab. We are very happy to have her on board. 

May Garden Activities:

¨ Once your soils have dried out you can till to prepare your vegetable garden for planting of early crops like peas, onions, potatoes, lettuce, etc. Wait until the soil has warmed up before you try to plant beans, cucumbers or the vine crops.

¨ Be vigilant for the red lily leaf beetles that will be laying eggs on your Asiatic lilies.  The larvae are yellow and carry their excrement on their backs for a disgusting camouflage.  You can start hand picking the adult beetles and the larvae to cut down on your infestation.  Contact the Extension Office for pesticide recommendations to control this pest. 

¨ Now you can start your vine crops such as pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelon, and squash.  They should be set out in your main garden spot four weeks after you start them in individual pots.

¨ Monitor the seedlings that you started earlier this spring.  Water carefully since overwatering is the death of many seedlings.

¨ Enjoy beautiful bouquets of daffodils and other spring flowering bulbs that you planted last fall.  The lilacs will be in bloom before you know it.

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