Regional Gardening Guide - Zone 3-4
October 1 to October 31-- Discover what you should be doing right now. Our experts share gardening advice, techniques, news, and ideas to make your garden the best ever.
Here’s what’s happening in your gardening region:
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Lisa Colburn is a crazy gardener, great cook and author of The Maine Garden Journal.
To see what Lisa's doing in her garden. Click Here!
1.) Gardening is an investment!
1. Learn a few money-saving tricks.
How to bring tender herbs inside for winterKeep your green thumb working through the winter.Read more
Saving Seed PacketsSaving seeds from year to year reflects a gardener’s very best intentions and a naturally thrifty nature.Read more
2.) Cooking can be a breeze with the right tools.
2. The right tools make cooking a delight.
3.) Compost like a champ.
3. Kitchen waste, leaves, and grass clippings are the makings of black gold – compost!!
Easy Fall CompostingThe best way to improve any soil is to add organic matter, and in the autumn, the supply of organic matter is unlimited: it's falling from the trees.Read more
CompostingComposting is the best way to improve soil and create a perfect home, teeming with life, for the roots of your plants. Learn how to compost...Read more
4.) Keep some green in your home all winter long.
4. Houseplants come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.
5.) It’s not too late to plant spring-blooming bulbs.
5. Nothing screams “Spring is Here!” better than tulips.
September 1 to September 31-- Discover what you should be doing right now. Our experts share gardening advice, techniques, news, and ideas to make your garden the best ever.
Here’s what’s happening in your gardening region:
Your Regional reporter
Lisa Colburn is a crazy gardener, great cook and author of The Maine Garden Journal.
To see what Lisa's doing in her garden. Click Here!
1.) Plant garlic for next summer harvest!
1. Garlic, prized in Italian, Asian and Indian cooking, adds pizzazz to almost any dish.
Roasted Garlic DressingThe sweet flavor of roasted garlic blended with traditional vinaigrette allows the Looseleaf Blend lettuce to shine.Read more
2.) Best garlic for the north.
2.Hardneck garlic varieties grow best in northern gardens.
3.) Be prepared for September's cool nights.
3. Experienced gardeners in zones 3 and 4 know that frost often strikes in September!
4.) Have frost protection at the ready.
4. Frost protection in the garden shed is like money in the bank. You never know when you’ll need it.
5.) Replace frost-bitten annuals with flowering bulbs.
5. Take the guesswork out of choosing spring show-stoppers with Burpee’s bulb mixes.
