BDN interviews Garland about winter gardening

The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “From York to St. John Valley, winter can’t stop gardeners.” A growing number of Mainers are pushing the region’s gardening season to produce fresh vegetables year-round, according to the article. “People are certainly doing it,” Garland said. “How much or how involved depends on resources and how much [people] want to invest.” Maine’s growing season averages 124 days, and pushing the season on either end can be as simple or complex as people want to make it, according to Garland. She said the easiest way to get fresh greens in the winter is to go with simple trays, such as foil lasagna pans. Garland suggests filling them with potting soil and plant microgreens such as field peas on a sunny window ledge.