The Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 7, from 8:30 a.m. until noon, indoor/outdoor at the Wiscasset Municipal Building…
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Sign of Spring
The Moose Crossing Garden Center, at 3033 Atlantic Highway (Route 1), Waldoboro opened its doors for the 43nd season Friday, April 15.
Founder Jerry Lupien began operations with a single…
Grow It In Maine
Priscilla plans to add raspberry plants to her new garden.
Visions of raspberry jam,…
After moving out of their shop in Damariscotta in November, Cara and Michael Gaffney have relocated. They took over the new retail space on the street level of 8 Wharf Street, Boothbay Harbor in…
When Garden Club of Wiscasset President Linda Belmont first joined the club, she was struck by how supportive and welcoming the members were to her, a beginning gardener.
It’s a very…
Grow It In Maine
Beauty for a day. Really?
Yes. Hemerocallis is the botanical name for daylily.…
The next meeting of the Garden Club of Wiscasset will be on March 3 at the Congregational Church of Wiscasset. At 12: 30 p.m. there is a business meeting followed by a brief horticulture…
The Coastal Humane Society is looking for homes for the holidays for its latest group of rescued animals – 35 puppies from Blairesville,…
With her current show “Winter Colors” at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG), East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters clearly shares in the spirit behind the celebration of the holidays…
See the Gardens in a whole new light
There will be a glow of color over the Boothbay peninsula from just before Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve, illuminating trees and rocks and gardens — a heaven of lights cascading over the Boothbay…
The public is invited to two homeowner energy clinics: Thursday, Nov. 19, 1-3 p.m., in the Friends Meetinghouse, Belvedere Rd. Damariscotta; and…
The Bath Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at noon at Grace Episcopal Church, 1100 Washington St., Bath.
After a light fare of sandwiches and beverages, there…
The Clamshell Quilters' next meeting is Monday, November 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the Faith Baptist Church, 144 Mills Road, Newcastle. Marilyn Ingham will shows attendees how to develop a small…
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
With Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens officially closed for the season, it is all hands on deck for the winter lights display Gardens Aglow. This magical event will be taking place at the Gardens…
In this hands-on free class on Nov. 7 at the Morris Farm, Wiscasset, you will learn to preserve the bounty of the fall harvest using the age old art of lacto-fermentation.…
Grow It In Maine
One October, newcomer Burni wrote with glee about harvesting red berries. She had gone out to pick all she could.
“They’re almost too pretty to eat,” she raved.
I think I reached her…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) is hosting an invasive plant identification and management class on Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. This class will be…
A Bird’s Tale
The leaves are finally turning and the nights are getting cold—we even had to scrape the frost off the car windows last week — so we know that snow is coming sooner or later. The birds are way…
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The annual Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta features pumpkins in many settings — as boats, as art, and as spectacle.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, one of the massive squash was dropped 180 feet…
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta
Autumn: When pumpkins fall like leaves in the Midcoast.
When wood and aluminum and fiberglass boats are put away for the winter and pumpkin boats instead dot the Damariscotta River, it’s…
Lisa Evans and Tim Smith have been growing microgreens in their greenhouse in Roslindale, Massachusetts, since January, ever since Evans…
The Morris Farm Store will be transitioning into fall hours beginning Friday, Oct. 2. The store will be open Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and…
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Store aisles are not the only place where Halloween is on view several weeks before trick-or-treat time.
Travelers of Route 144 in Wiscasset on Sept. 19 were treated to the sight of a lawn…
Grow It In Maine
Last time, you learned to bury bulgy little nuggets for spring flowers. There’s more.
Yes, there are many kinds of…
The Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick has received a Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund grant through the Maine Community Foundation in…
A Bird’s Tale
It was our last day of summer vacation, and a day of surprises and mysteries. It started with a fishing excursion to Clary Lake with our son, for whom fishing became a major interest over the…
A Bird’s Tale
Like many people dealing with the recent heat, we elected on a recent weekend afternoon to cool ourselves in one of the lakes that we in Maine are blessed with. We…
Gather ’round the railroad on July 29 at 3 p.m. This afternoon outing is an opportunity for model railroad buffs…
Stone Soup Institute
If you would like to learn to: cut trees and use horses to drag them from the woods; use horses to plow gardens and mow hay; saw logs into lumber and build a tiny house; plant gardens and store…
There's a new kitchen in town. It’s not in a restaurant, it’s not in a take-out concession stand, and it’s not in someone's home.
This…
On Sundays, July 12, August 2 and September 13, the Frances Perkins Center will host guided tours of the Frances Perkins Homestead.
The Frances Perkins Homestead, named a National Historic…
Knox-Lincoln and Waldo Soil & Water Conservation Districts and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation…
A Bird’s Tale
How many stories have we all heard over recent years about people buying a house at the height of the market when prices were overinflated and then having to deal…
A Bird’s Tale
We always called them “partridges” growing up here in Maine. Probably most people still know them by that name.
But…
13th Annual
Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. (SPI) is presenting its 13th annual House & Garden Tour featuring 12 historic houses and/or gardens in Bath, on…
A Bird’s Tale
Grandmother (she was always known as “Nanny” to us) Audrey Giles Chase was an avid observer and student of nature, especially birds, as well as a lover of language.
She always insisted that…
What happens when nature inspires art and art inspires nature? Unexpected and captivating beauty. Textile designer Angela Adams and the horticulture staff at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is warning Maine residents that the infestation of a noxious invasive caterpillar is worse this year than last year and local…
On Saturday, June 20, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine will offer the public an opportunity to hear more about what qualifies a family to become a Habitat homeowner.
…
A Bird’s Tale
We were out on Monhegan Island over Memorial Day weekend. After a wild boat ride out courtesy of very strong northerly winds, it was a pleasure to arrive on the island to be greeted by lots of…
While buying local is clearly on the rise, the stories in “Growing Local” make clear that small farms and access to locally produced food are no sure thing. In…
The Coastal Humane Society will host its 13th anniversary plant sale to raise money for shelter animals on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17. The sale will be held at 190 Pleasant Street,…
The Bath Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on May 16, from 8 a.m. to noon, at City/Library Park, Washington Street, Bath. Perennials, herbs, native shrubs, geraniums, annuals and many…
In mid-April, students in Wiscasset High School biology classes planted seeds of 17 varieties of tomato plants for the annual Morris Farm Community Plant sale. Two weeks later, on May 1, the…
Boothbay Region Garden Club
The May 13 meeting of the Boothbay Region Garden Club will feature an explanation of Duo Design by Sandra Leonard, a member of the club.…
The Clamshell Quilters will host quilter and collector Mary Lou Newstead for a trunk show of her vintage quilts at our May 11 meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Faith…
A Bird’s Tale
This past week, as we were having breakfast at the kitchen table, we noticed some “flitting and sitting” in the lilac tree just outside the window. We turned and saw a ruby-crowned kinglet that…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
Winter is over and spring is here — don’t be caught without your plants!
The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Spring Plant Sale, Backyard Conservation Sale & Garden…
Just a reminder that the Garden Club of Wiscasset will hold its annual plant sale on May 9 from 8:30 a.m. until noon indoors at the Municipal Building in Wiscasset, located on the corner of Routes…
Would you like to learn from an expert how to turn a so-so garden into a fertile growing place? You’ll have that opportunity on…
