Manual - Table of Contents
Master Gardener Volunteer Program Policy
Videos
Soil and Plant Nutrition: A Gardener’s Perspective, by Lois Berg Stack, Ornamental Horticulture Specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Bulletins
- Applying Fertilizers on Your Home Gardens, Bulletin #2287
- Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2510
- Lead in the Soil, Bulletin #2281
- Soil Organic Matter, Bulletin #2288
- Testing Your Soil, Bulletin #2286
Videos
Additional UMaine resources
- Analytical Laboratory and Maine Soil Testing Service
- Interpreting Soil Test Results for Gardens and Grounds, Bruce Hoskins, Assistant Scientist of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine
- Recommended Organic Nutrient Sources for Home Gardens & Grounds [Excel], Bruce Hoskins, Assistant Scientist of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine
MOFGA fact sheets — Look for
- Using Green Manures
- Natural Sources of Plant Nutrients
- An Organic Farmer’s Guide to the Interpretation of a Standard Soil Test from the University of Maine
Other resources
- Measurement Conversion Chart and pH Preference Table (PDF), University of Maryland
- Soil Biology Primer, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Web Soil Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- What Is Organic Matter?, University of Minnesota Extension
- How Plants Grow (Botany), Colorado Master Gardener Program, Colorado State University Extension
- UConn Plant Database
- Ecology (PDF), Sylvan R. Kaufman, Ph.D., Sylvan Green Earth Consulting, Denton, MD
- Climate Resources for Master Gardeners, CoCoRaHS and NOAA’s Office of Education
- Landscapes for Maine: Adding a Rain Garden to Your Landscape, Bulletin #2702
Bulletins
- Habitats
- Beneficial Insects and Spiders in Your Maine Backyard, Bulletin #7150
- Landscaping for Butterflies in Maine, Bulletin #7151
- Understanding Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds and Enhancing Their Habitat in Maine, Bulletin #7152
- Understanding Native Bees, the Great Pollinators: Enhancing Their Habitats in Maine, Bulletin #7153
- Weed Management
- Weeds in the Home Vegetable Garden (PDF), Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Weeds Management in Small Fruit Crops (PDF), Virginia Cooperative Extension
Resources
- Disease Cycles, by Mary McKellar, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- Entomology, by Jeffrey Hahn, Professor and Assistant Extension Entomologist, University of Minnesota; edited by Clay Kirby, University of Maine
- Plant Pathology, by Michelle Grabowski, Regional Extension Educator, University of Minnesota; edited by Bruce Watt, University of Maine
Websites
Bulletins
Videos
- Defending Against Spotted Wing Drosophila
- How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles
- Identifying Late Blight
- Managing Late Blight
Additional Resources
- Insect Orders, Colorado State University Extension Master Gardener Program, http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes.shtml (scroll down to Entomology/Identifying Insects/Insect Orders, #313)
Got Pests? (Maine.gov): Pests can be insects, weeds, fungi, mice and other animals, or microorganisms, like bacteria and viruses. Before you swat, stamp, or spray, know your enemy and, most importantly, know that it is an enemy, and not a beneficial or harmless plant or animal.
Master Gardener Educational Materials (Maine Board of Pesticide Control): Includes fact sheets on everything from Ants to Understanding Pesticide Label Signal Words.
Bulletins
- Home Composting, Bulletin #1143
- How Compost Happens, Bulletin #1159
Videos
MOFGA fact sheets — Look for
- Composting in the Backyard or on a Small Farm
Other resources
- Composting with Redworms, Washington State University
- Compost Chemistry, Cornell University
- Compost Physics, Cornell University
- Invertebrates of the Compost Pile, Cornell University
Bulletins
- Planting and Early Care of Fruit Trees, Bulletin 2411
- Renovating Old Apple Trees, Bulletin 2409
Videos
Website: Growing Tree Fruits in Maine
Bulletins
- Growing Highbush Blueberries, Bulletin #2253
- Growing Raspberries and Blackberries, Bulletin #2066
- Growing Strawberries, Bulletin #2067
- Home Garden Lowbush Blueberry Planting Guide
- Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for Maine, Bulletin #2172
- Strawberry Varieties for Maine, Bulletin #2184
Videos
- Different Varieties of Raspberries, Part 1
- Different Varieties of Raspberries, Part 2
- Getting Strawberry Plants Ready for Winter
- Growing Grapes: Caring for Young Grape Vines
- Growing Grapes: Four Arm Kniffin System
- Growing Grapes: Umbrella Kniffin System
- How Do I Grow Strawberries in the Off-Season?
- How Do I Prune Raspberries?
- How to Grow Raspberries
- How to Grow Strawberries: Planting A Strawberry Bed
- How to Grow Strawberries: Renovating an Old Strawberry Bed
- How to Prune a Blueberry Bush
- Planting Blueberries
- Site Selection: How to Grow Blueberries
Additional Resources
- Growing Grapes in Wisconsin (select the yellow “view PDF” button to download a free copy)
Bulletins, fact sheets, and other resources
- Choosing, Storing and Using Fresh Produce
- Common Problems in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2765
- Extending the Gardening Season, Bulletin #2752
- Garden Equipment and Items to Make for the Maine Garden, Bulletin #2763
- Gardening in Small Spaces, Bulletin #2761
- Growing Asparagus in Maine, Bulletin #2071
- Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2762
- Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2762
- Storage Conditions: Fruits & Vegetables, Bulletin #4135
- Storing Fresh Garden Produce (Word)
- Trickle Irrigation: Using & Conserving Water in the Home Garden, Bulletin #2160
- Vegetable Varieties for Maine Gardens, Bulletin #2190
Videos
- Asparagus
- Extending the Gardening Season Using Raised Beds
- Gardening in Limited Space Using Container Gardens
- Garlic
- Onions: How to Harvest and Store Onions in Maine
- Pumpkins: How to Harvest and Store Pumpkins
- Tomatoes
MOFGA fact sheets — Look for
- Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Storing Garden Vegetables
Additional Resources
- Establishment of Vegetable Gardens on Septic System Disposal Fields
- New England Vegetable Management Guide, University of Massachusetts
Plant Propagation, David C. Sorensen, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, and Kate Garland, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Bulletins
- An Introduction to Seed Saving for the Home Gardener, Bulletin #2750
- Starting Seeds at Home, Bulletin #2751
Videos
- How to Build a Seedling Stand: video and plans for building a seed stand; includes diagram and materials list [Word; PDF]
MOFGA fact sheets — Look for
- Soil-less Mixes for Vegetable Seedling Production
Additional Resources
Bulletins/Fact Sheets/Handouts
- Five Steps to Food Safe Fruit and Vegetable Gardening [Word]
- Food for ME: Citizen Action for Community Food Recovery
- A Donor’s Guide to Vegetable Harvest, Bulletin #4303
- A Food Pantry Wish List, Bulletin #4304
- Food for Your Community: Gleaning and Sharing, Bulletin #4301
- Food Safety for Food-Pantry Donations, Bulletin #4302
- Steps to Organizing Your Community Garden, Bulletin #4300
- Storing Fresh Garden Produce (Word)
Website
Videos
- How Farmers’ Markets Can Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger
- How to Donate Food to Maine Harvest for Hunger
- Maine Harvest for Hunger
- Maine Harvest for Hunger: IDEXX Adopt a Garden Program
- Maine Harvest for Hunger: Yarmouth Community Gardens
- Maine Harvest for Hunger: York County
- What is Maine Harvest for Hunger?
Maine Policy Review, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
- Getting What We Pay For (and Other Unintended Consequences): An Overview of the Federal Agricultural Policy, Mary Ann Hayes
- Hunger in Maine, Donna Yellen, Mark Swann, Elena Schmidt
Bulletins
- Adding a Rain Garden to Your Landscape: Landscapes for Maine, Bulletin #2702
- Common Problems in Container Gardens, Bulletin #2765
- Debunking Old Gardening Myths – Caring for Woody Plants in Your Maine Landscape, Bulletin #2512
- Designing Your Landscape for Maine, Bulletin #2701
- Gardening in Small Spaces, Bulletin #2761
- Gardening to Conserve Maine’s Native Landscape: Plants to Use and Plants to Avoid, Bulletin #2500
- Pruning Woody Landscape Plants, Bulletin 2169
- Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Trees and Shrubs in the Maine Landscape, Bulletin #2366
Videos
Bulletins
- Establishing a Home Lawn in Maine, Bulletin 2367
- Maintaining a Home Lawn in Maine, Bulletin 2243
- Steps to a Low-Input, Healthy Lawn, Bulletin 2166
Videos
Additional Resources
- A Homeowners Guide to Environmentally Sound Lawn Care, Mass.gov
- Grass Seed Sources, Maine Yardscaping for a Healthy Maine, Maine.gov
- Healthy Lawns, Healthy Families, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Lawns, Maine Yardscaping for a Healthy Maine, Maine.gov
- Maine’s Great Grass Experiment, Maine Yardscaping for a Healthy Maine, Maine.gov
- North Country Organics Turf Program: www.norganics.com/applications (click on Turfcare, listed under Technical Articles)
- Sustainable Lawncare Information Series, University of Minnesota
Plants for the Maine Landscape
Bulletins
- Flowering Crabapples in Maine, Bulletin #2508
- Maine Native Plants
- Native Trees and Shrubs for Maine Landscapes
- Striped Maple or Moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum), Bulletin #2561
- Hazel Alder or Speckled Alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa), Bulletin #2562
- Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Bulletin #2563
- Alleghany Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis), Bulletin #2564
- Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis), Bulletin #2565
- Sweet Birch (Betula lenta), Bulletin #2566
- Gray Birch (Betula populifolia), Bulletin #2567
- American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), Bulletin #2568
- Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia), Bulletin #2569
- Common Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana), Bulletin #2570
- Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Bulletin #2571
- Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica), Bulletin #2572
- Mountain Holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus), Bulletin #2573
- American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), Bulletin #2574
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), Bulletin #2575
- Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), Bulletin #2576
- Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum), Bulletin #2577
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra), Bulletin #2578
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina), Bulletin #2579
- American Elder (Sambucus canadensis), Bulletin #2580
- Scarlet Elder (Sambucus racemosa var. pubens), Bulletin #2581
- Showy Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora), Bulletin #2582
- Nannyberry Viburnum (Viburnum lentago), Bulletin #2583
- Maine Invasive Plants
- Asiatic Bittersweet, Bulletin #2506
- Autumn Olive / Russian Olive, Bulletin #2525
- Black Swallowwort, Bulletin #2523
- Brazilian Waterweed, Bulletin #2524
- Common Buckthorn and Glossy Buckthorn, Bulletin #2505
- Common Reed (Phragmites), Bulletin #2532
- Eurasian Milfoil, Bulletin #2531
- Fanwort, Cabomba, Bulletin #2522
- Garlic Mustard, Bulletin #2526
- Hydrilla, Bulletin #2527
- Japanese Barberry, Bulletin #2504
- Japanese Honeysuckle, Bulletin #2528
- Japanese Knotweed/Mexican Bamboo, Bulletin #2511
- Japanese Stilt Grass (Chinese Packing Grass), Bulletin #2529
- Lesser Celandine, Bulletin #2534
- Mile-a-Minute Weed (Devils Tail, Tearthumb), Bulletin #2533
- Multiflora Rose, Rambler Rose, Bulletin #2509
- Porcelainberry, Bulletin #2521
- Purple Loosestrife, Bulletin #2508
- Shrubby Honeysuckles, Bulletin #2507
- Variable-Leaf Milfoil, Bulletin #2530
- Water Chestnut, Bulletin #2535
- Invasive Plants Threaten Maine’s Natural Treasures, Bulletin #2536
Videos
Other Resources
- Forest Trees of Maine, Centennial Edition – 1908 to 2008, Maine Forest Service
- The Climate-Friendly Gardener: A Guide to Combatting Global Warming from the Ground Up, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Ecosystem-Based Effects, eXtension
- Extreme Weather Map 2012, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Gardener’s Guide to Global Warming, National Wildlife Federation
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- Zone Changes, Arbor Day Foundation
Websites
Presentation
- Climate Change, Dr Craig Cogger, Washington State University