Tomato planting time – and cukes, and more – has arrived

Here's our guide to some of the vegetables you'll want to plant now.

Grow: Corn

Maine Gardener: An argument for annuals

Yes, you need to buy them and plant them every year. But there are a few good reasons to do so.

Grow: Beans

Green Plate Special: Did you thank a farmer today?

Nationwide, farms are struggling to find enough farmhands to raise and pick crops. In Maine, legislators are considering a law to raise their pay.

Green Plate Special: New UMaine program helps towns to turn food waste into ‘black gold’

At home, you can put sour milk to use in pancakes.

Maine Gardener: Plant sales have returned

And more farmers are getting in on the action, offering their own seedling sales. But take care you don't transfer any pests — plant or insect — with your new plants.

Grow: onions

In a new year, new beekeepers get new bees and vow to make some changes

Plus, they make the best of a bad situation by extracting honey. A lot of honey.

Grow: potatoes