The goal of the Piscataquis Gardening Newsletter is to provide timely information on practical, sustainable, research-based horticultural practices, tools and techniques which will improve home gardening success. Topics on growing and caring for vegetables, fruits, flowers, and landscaping for the home will be included as well as pest management techniques. Information will be based on our U.S.D.A plant hardiness zone. Upcoming events and programs of interest will also be included.

If you have a question, feel free to contact me and I can include it in our garden question section.

Sincerely,

Current Calendar of Events & Publications

• Calendar

• Featured Extension Publications

2008

August- Volume 6 Issue 8 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Late Blight in Maine

• Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes

• Excess Garden Produce?

• Supporting Maine Ag Plates

• Purple Traps Deployed to Detect Emerald Ash Borer

• August Gardening Activities

July- Volume 6 Issue 7 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Bug of the Month: Cucumber Beetles

• Managing Poison Ivy

• When will veggies be ready to harvest?

• Find Locally Grown Food

• UMaine Launches Energy Information Website

• July Gardening Activities

June- Volume 6 Issue 6 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Your Garden on Television

• Grubs in the Lawn

• Tree and Shrub Pest Management

• Find Locally Grown Food

• Mulching for Weed Control

• June Garden Activities

May - Volume 6 - Issue 5 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Raised Bed Series a Hit

• Something Digging Up My Lawn

• Mole Damage

• Welcome Our New Secretary

• May Garden Activities

April - Volume 6 - Issue 4 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• The Snow is Melting!

• Fertilizing Your Lawn

• The Great Sunflower Project

• April Gardening Activities

Past Issues of Piscataquis Gardening Newsletter:

March - Volume 6 - Issue 3 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Starting Seeds...Is it Time Yet??

• Agriculture Specialty  License Plates

• You can participate in Project BudBurst

• Plant of the Month: Potato

• March Garden Activities

February - Volume 6 - Issue 2 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Starting Seeds… Is it Time Yet?

• Plant of the Month: Pepper

• Make Your Own Newspaper Pots for Starting Seedlings

• Enjoy Your Garden with Containers and Raised Beds

• February Garden Activities

January - volume 6 - Issue 1 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Enjoy Your Garden with Containers and Raised Beds

• Food Miles?

• What's New in the Garden World in 2008?

• Project Orange Thumb

• January Garden Activities

2007

December- Volume 5 - Issue 12 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Early Snow

• Don't Feed the Deer!

• Supplying Soil Nutrients

• December Garden Activities

November - Volume 5 - Issue 11 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Tips for a Long Lasting Poinsettia

• To Protect or Not Protect...That is the Question

• Hardy Shrub roses for Northern new England

• North Country Garden Calendar...Have Your Ordered Yours Yet?

• Help Us Reduce costs...Try Our New Electronic Newsletter Alternative

• November Garden Activities

• Thanks to you All!

October - Volume 5 - Issue 10 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Electronic Newsletter Alternative

• Seed Saving:

• Did you sign up for the Ag in the classroom License Plate?

• North Country Garden Calendar Has Returned!

• "Maine Feeds Maine""  Statewide Series of Discussions

• Assistive Technology

• October Garden Activities

September  - Volume 5 - Issue 9 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Winner of the Garden Gift Basket

• Fair Garden Survey Results

• Excess Garden Produce?

• Hunters for the Hungry:

• Maine Senior Farm share Has Over 2000 Farm Shares Still Available!

• State Offers Free Disposal of Banned, Unusable Pesticides in October

• Ripen Tomatoes Indoors

• Most Popular Vegetable Varieties:

• September Garden Activities

August  - Volume 5 - Issue 8 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Bug of the Month:  Eastern Larch Beetle

• Excess Garden Produce?

• Featured Vegetable:  Cauliflower

• Giant Salvinia Found in Portland Greenhouse

• Finding Locally Grown Foods

• Rogers Farm:  The University of Maine's Forage and Crops Research Facility

• August Garden Activities

July  - Volume 5 - Issue 7 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Bug of the Month:  Rose Chafer

• Soil Solarization for Weed Control

• Excess Garden Produce?

• Finding Locally Grown Foods

• Featured Vegetable

• July Garden Activities

June  - Volume 5 - Issue 6 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Phosphorus Fertilizer Regulations for Lawn Application

• Deer In My Garden!

• Finding Locally Grown Foods

• Bug of the Month:  UMaine Ant Research Project Request

• June Garden Activities

May  - Volume 5 - Issue 5 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Finding Locally Grown Foods

• Plant Quarantine News

• Making the Cut

• Bug of the Month:  Dobsonfly

• Arbor Week This Year is May 21-26

• Budget Cutbacks in Extension

• May Garden Activities

April - Volume 5 - Issue 4 (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Apple Growing Success

• 75th Diamond Anniversary of All-America Selections

• April Garden Activities 

March - Volume 5 - Issue 3  (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Improving Your Garden Soil:

• Plants to Avoid and Why:

• Asparagus:

• March Garden Activities

 February - Volume 5 - Issue 2    (Printer Friendly Copy)

• Anxious To Plant Something?...Try Onions

• Seven Steps to Successful Seed Starting

• Planning Your Vegetable Garden

• February Garden Activities

• arborday.org Hardiness Zone Map 

• Substainable Landscape Projects

• Plastered Paperwhites?? 

• January Garden Activities

2006

Volume 4 - Issue 10

Volume 4 - Issue 9

Volume 4 - Issue 8

Volume 4 - Issue 7

Volume 4 - Issue 6

Volume 4 - Issue 5

Volume 4 - Issue 4

Volume 4 - Issue 3

Volume 4 - Issue 2

Volume 4 - Issue 1

Volume 3 - Issue 12

Volume 3 - Issue 11

Volume 3 - Issue 10

Volume 3 - Issue 9

Volume 3 - Issue 8

Volume 3 - Issue 7

Volume 3 - Issue 6

Volume 3 - Issue 5

Volume 3 - Issue 4

Volume 3 - Issue 3

Volume 3 - Issue 1

Volume 2 - Issue 12

Volume 2 - Issue 11

Volume 2 - Issue 10

Volume 2 - Issue 9

Volume 2 - Issue 8

Volume 2 - Issue 7

Volume 2 - Issue 6 

Volume 2 - Issue 5

Volume 2 - Issue 4

Volume 2 - Issue 3

Volume 2 - Issue 2

Volume 2 - Issue 1

Volume 1 - Issue 12

Volume 1 - Issue 11

Volume 1 - Issue 10

Volume 1 - Issue 9

Volume 1 - Issue 8

Volume 1 - Issue 7

Volume 1 - Issue 6

Volume 1 - Issue 5

Volume 1 - Issue 4

Volume 1 - Issue 3

Volume 1 - Issue 2

Volume 1 - Issue 1

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Container Garden Survey

2007 Piscataquis Fair Garden Survey

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