The Constant Gardner Blog Index

First food Happily tired Looking forward to a warm weekend Making progress Nothing accomplished Outside at last Saving rain Peas purchased cold Vegetables everywhere Getting started Flower show wrap-up A good afternoon Busier today Heading back again Good times Big crowds Off and running Personal preview Back for the flower show Storm damage New England fix Getting antsy Ordering seed Back in the groove Under a quilt Ice everywhere Christmas pruning Paperwhite height Back at the botanical garden Fabulous fall cleaning up I'm back Fall color I'm back Gone fishin' Lawn battle Onion harvest Fruitful season A little update Happy hostas Busy, busy First tomato lilies and daylilies Back Cove progress A success Martha update A rant Covering Martha Stewart Mono-diet, or fresh and local New flowers Tops off June blooms Back from vacation All in Caving in Busy weekend More spring flowers Planting annuals PJM appearance The onions are in Never caught up More spring flowers Early season It's really spring Waking up Blog hibernating for winter Cleaning up I'm back Gone Fishin' Slowing down Evil invasives Deadly deadheading Harvest time Fruity More japanese beetles Japanese beetles Proven Winners trip Craving tomatoes Gladiolus time A rush of raspberries Sudden spurt Better smokebush Summer flowers Running late Soggy times Mid-season update Weekend update Weathermen Race for peas Stupid woodchuck They're alive, they're alive Late lilacs Pruning time First strawberries vegetable progress azalea update Great azaleas perfect rain Veggie update Woodchuck in hiding He's back Onions coming up Soggy weekend Artichoke wins our heart Adorable arabis Fighting the woodchuck Asparagus is up

Tom Atwell has written the Maine Gardener column in the Maine Sunday Telegram since the spring of 2004. He has worked at the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram since 1974, about the same time he started gardening with any seriousness.

He gardens with his wife, Nancy. She not only is the better gardener of the pair, but also knows the botanical names of plants. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.

Tom was born in Skowhegan, grew up in Farmington and graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in journalism. His goal each year is to have continuous compost from his three compost bins, continuous bloom in his low-maintenance garden and more fruits and vegetables on his family table than the garden pests eat in the field.



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