Garden & farm

My community garden bed in all its glory this spring. | Photo by Sam Schipani When I moved to Bangor last winter, I had no idea where I was going to garden in the spring. My second-floor apartment on the outskirts of Little City was…
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Photo by Gabor Degre Temperatures are dropping, once-hearty stems are shriveling and the first frost is fast-approaching. Another growing season has come and gone, and it is time to prepare your garden for winter. Garden winter prep is…
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Photo by Gabor Degre When the gardening season comes to an end, it is easy to get distracted from the pre-frost clean-up. Learning how to prepare a raised garden bed for winter, though, is essential to prepare for the season to come,…
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BDN File Photo Corn mazes are a staple of autumnal agritourism. It can be a vast undertaking, though, to lay down the intricate trails through fields of corn, sometimes forming charming pictures when viewed from the sky. Even for…
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Image by congerdesign from Pixabay The growing season is winding down, and soon, it will be time to put your garden beds to rest. If you are trying to save money on gardening supplies, you may already be thinking of ways to cut costs…
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BDN file photo With all the lingo and jargon, farming sustainably can seem like an inscrutable task. Once you have sustainable farming practices explained, though, the whole process appears less daunting. The exact definition of…
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No two farms are exactly alike. Different agricultural ventures produce different products -- and some may not sell anything at all. Some farms sit on less than an acre, and others span across acres and acres of fields. Having a guide to…
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Photo by Gabor Degre With the endless cycles of pesticides, fertilizers and tilling, agriculture can take a toll on the environment and the ecosystem of your land. Regenerative agriculture aims to change that. Regenerative…
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As New England’s summer winds down, this season’s crop of beaked hazelnuts is ripening. Now the race is on to see who is going to be the first to harvest that wild edible -- humans or wildlife. Beaked hazelnuts are found in open…
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Photo by Julia Bayly Hello. My husband and I have been looking for land in Maine to retire and live off the land on. I wanted to ask you about the land management plan. Is that something everyone has to do or only certain areas/type of…
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Photo by Gabor Degre It was a small rectangular plot, cut from my lawn and sort-of tilled by hand — if you can consider a little light digging tilling. In there, I planted my first garden, surrounding it with cheap metal garden…
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There are few things young children like better than the sights and sounds of motorized machinery in action like the tractors, combines, mowers or trucks found on family farms and homesteads. But kids and these powerful rigs can be a…
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