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Our Backyard Gardens: Seed Catalogs Arrive

by Amy Halsted

Berms, beds, bags, greenhouses, and grow lights: two area gardeners and a small MOFGA-certified farmer discuss getting started on this year’s garden and how to make best use of all the seed catalogs now arriving. 

Picking the Right Binoculars

by James Reddoch



I frequently get questions about binoculars like what do I need for bird watching and what do those numbers mean? 

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Jumping Worms - The Latest Garden & Forest Pest

with Brittany Schappach (webinar)

Tuesday March 5

6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Butterflies of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes

with Ron Butler (webinar)

Thursday March 21

6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Vernal Pools - The Source of Spring in Maine

with Bryce Hatch (webinar)

Thursday April 11

6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Bird Migration

Thursday April 25 (webinar)

6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.

Spring is Calling and I Think of Caterpillars

by Linda Ray

Springtime is coming and the overwintering pupa of the order Lepidoptera hidden in soil, plant, and leaf mulch break out as mature adults to eat and reproduce. These moths and butterflies seek out their specific host plants where they lay their eggs. This life cycle can happen several times in a growing season...

Saving Seed – The New Frontier for Conservation

by Barbara Murphy

About this time every year I spend countless hours pouring over seed catalogs figuring out what fruits and vegetables I will grow. These choices carry extra weight these days...



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