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Maine Gardener: When it comes to Christmas trees, balsam or Fraser?

Each of the firs has its advantages: The balsam smells wonderful. The Fraser doesn’t lose its needles as fast.

Read on for tidbits from and summaries of several gardening books published in 2020.

by Tom Atwell November 8, 2020November 2, 2020

House plant SOS! When employees were sent home to work in March, in some cases their office plants felt the neglect.

by Tom Atwell October 25, 2020October 24, 2020

Thanks to watering with a garden hose, both the flowers and vegetables flourished.

by Tom Atwell October 11, 2020October 12, 2020

Feed and shelter wild animals? Or clean up the mess in the perennial garden? Each approach has advantages and disadvantages.

by Tom Atwell October 11, 2020October 15, 2020

The time to enjoy them is next spring.

by Tom Atwell October 4, 2020October 5, 2020

They have many uses in the garden, among them helping you reduce the size of your environmentally destructive lawn.

by Ted Burns Special to the Telegram October 4, 2020October 3, 2020

A lesson learned long ago in a tomato patch gets passed on to an eager learner.

Some annuals in your garden have monetary or sentimental value. Here’s how to keep them for another year.

Avoid plastic, fertilize in the appropriate season, and just say no to phosphorus.