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:
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:
Skillins Greenhouses, Falmouth
Online retailers include:
Winslow, ME
New Gloucester, ME
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)
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
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!
Seven Tips for Getting Kids into the Garden
Harvesting for Healthy Kids
Harvesting for Healthy Kids
Harvesting for Healthy Kids
Plant Information
Harvesting for Healthy Kids
Plant Information
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 :