Columnist Tom Atwell is moving garden pathways this summer to make room for more garden and less lawn.

Although it's already mid-June, you can still plant both vegetables and flowers. 'Truth is planting time is anytime you find a plant – or maybe even a seed – that you want to plant.'

If you're in the second camp, these tips may nudge you toward the first.

Plant once, but harvest for years. More food, less effort.

We lack the data to answer the question. But urban gardens and farms have educational and cultural value.

The late Currier McEwen of Harpswell hybridized dozens of Siberian irises. A collection of his irises will go on display at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Herbs, lilies and lilacs are among the options.

Non-native plants and patches of grass can have a place at your home, no matter what the internet trolls say.

Tomatoes, potatoes and peppers are among them.

There are 3 basic types: sugar snaps, snow peas and shelling peas. Fresh from the garden, all peas are peerless (though garden asparagus gives them a run for their money).

Things will be different in the Atwell's vegetable garden this year. Among other things, the couple is eager for bell peppers that get enough sun to actually ripen.

Anybody who wanders by is free to pluck fruit from the trees and shrubs at Mt. Joy Orchard in the city's Munjoy Hill neighborhood.

As our Maine Gardener column turns 20, writer Tom Atwell reflects on how gardening has changed.

The process takes some time but is straightforward.

Submit an application for one of three $1,500 scholarships for students and teachers seeking to learn more about organic and sustainable farm systems.

Many annuals, and perennials, too, are easy to grow from seed directly in your garden.

Raymond native Justin Terry moved to Paris a decade ago and now runs a Japanese restaurant there that specializes in ramen.

Born as the humble food of farm laborers in Valencia, it was cooked over an open fire in the field with whatever ingredients were easily at hand.

Late winter/early spring is the perfect time to repot houseplants.

Bonus: Bring any branches you trimmed from flowering shrubs and trees inside and arrange in vases. Be patient, and in a few weeks enjoy beautiful blossoms.

No need to be regimented inch by inch and row by row. Inject a bit of free spirit into your gardening style as a way to use up old seeds and discourage pests.

To a bird, a grub, a nymph, a slug, a maggot all just spell lunch.

Barracuda, a project of universities in Maine and Vermont, gathers and shares data.

Gas stoves have come under criticism for their impact on the environment and people's health. Can we induce you to change?

But they don't go far enough, as homeowners probably won't read them. It's the plants and animals in your garden that will suffer.

Pansies have figured out how as a response to the dire drop in pollinator numbers, but self-pollination produces weaker plants.

Columnist Tom Atwell is hopeful that in 2024, gardeners are doing more to help the environment. But climate change is beyond our (individual) control.

Now he knows about them in fact.

Don't sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.