Hot and not: what’s trending in this year’s gardens

Mary: As the growing season begins in earnest, it’s a good time to assess what trends are developing in the home-gardening world. However, determining “what’s trending now” in the garden world is a little bit more involved than merely consulting the Twittersphere or Vogue magazine. To draw some conclusions, Brad and I consulted a variety of different source material including garden-design ...

Garden Corner

Most likely, you’ve been planning your vegetable garden since the seed catalogs began arriving in January.

Lincolnville gardener sold on raised beds

Darlene Carlson, 68, of rural Lincolnville has found a way to deal with the heavy clay soils that are common in this area. She has been using raised beds in her garden since she moved there in October 1993. She said 95 percent of the gardening she does is done with raised soil.

Home and Garden: My backyard pages

Gardening books can plant a seed with eco-friendly green thumbs... Gardeners can never have enough plants in their yard, seed catalogs on their nightstand or garden books in their library.

Many apps can help you with your gardening

Using your iPhone or iPad to pick up some fresh garden ideas, learn about growing your own food, locate plant sources or sketch your garden plans has gotten easy and portable, thanks to the many gardening apps popping up recently. Here are a few to explore.