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GARDENING BASICS

Where to Begin?

Starting Seeds at Home

Starting Seeds at Home

  • Check out the Gardening books at your local library. 
  • Visit your local gardening store
  • Do some online research
  • Come to the SCG monthly meeting to ask your fellow gardeners for ideas!


OOB/Saco Adult & Community Education offers gardening courses on a regular basis. 

See their current catalog here:

www.oobsaco.maineadulted.org

Starting Seeds at Home

Starting Seeds at Home

Starting Seeds at Home

See the UMaine Cooperative Extension flyer on when and how to start seeds in preparation for gardening season

Local Businesses that sell seeds include: 


Andy's Agway, Dayton

Moody's Nursery, Saco

O'Donals Nursery, Gorham

Skillins Greenhouses, Falmouth


Online retailers include:

Johnny's Selected Seeds

Winslow, ME


Pinetree Garden Seeds

New Gloucester, ME


Burpee Seeds and Plants

Purchasing Seedlings

Starting Seeds at Home

A beginners guide to hand tools

There are many local sources for vegetables, flowers, and herbs, including :


Green Spark Farm, Cape Elizabeth

(Organic)


Meservey Farm, Buxton


Moody's Nursery, Saco


O'Donals Nursery, Gorham


Skillins Greenhouses, Falmouth


A beginners guide to hand tools

A beginners guide to hand tools

A beginners guide to hand tools

This page has nice descriptions of the tools used for gardening, and also has other helpful links:


https://dragonfiretools.com/the-beginners-guide-to-gardening-tools/ 



TendingYour Garden

A beginners guide to hand tools

Harvesting Your Crops

Planting, watering, and more. Check out the pdf file in the section below and discover the yoga of weeding!



Harvesting Your Crops

A beginners guide to hand tools

Harvesting Your Crops

Don't forget about the fruits of your labor! Download pdf file in the section below.

Saving the Harvest

Saving the Harvest

Saving the Harvest

Download the pdf file in the section below for information about how to store your produce


Saco community garden educational files to download

All about Tomatoes (pdf)

Download

Tending Your Garden (pdf)

Download

Our Compost System (pdf)

Download

Garden Pests (pdf)

Download

Harvesting Your Crops (pdf)

Download

Saving the Harvest (pdf)

Download

Saco Valley Land Trust Newsletter 2021 (pdf)

Download

Raising gardeners

Kids in the Garden

Harvesting for Healthy Kids

Harvesting for Healthy Kids

The Saco Community Garden is a great place to introduce children to gardening!


Gardening with Kids


Seven Tips for Getting Kids into the Garden


Harvesting for Healthy Kids

Harvesting for Healthy Kids

Harvesting for Healthy Kids

Harvest for Healthy Kids

Plant Information

Harvesting for Healthy Kids

Plant Information

Kids Guide to the Parts of a Flower


General  Plant Info for Kids

Floating Row Covers

Wondering what that white cloth is on some of the gardens? Floating Row Covers are available in the shed for your use in protecting your garden. See link below for information  about how to use them :


Cooperative Extension UWisconsin/Madison

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Please note: External links are  provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the Saco Community Garden of any of the products or services offered by businesses or organizations.



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