Harbor View Park Gets Ready for the Summer Of 2021
By Pamela Shaw Last year was a mostly fallow year for Harbor View Park. We lost much of the peach crop to a fungus on the leaves. We kept work groups... Read more
Search results for "Wild Seed Project"
Our Star Magnolia and other Views from the Third Floor
La Vida Local Irregular Notes on West End Life By Rosanne Graef I’ve been spending a lot of time at home lately (no surprise). I’m lucky to live on a... Read more
Why not try gardening – Bright Ideas No. 11
With COVID19 increasingly threatening industrial food supply chains, we need to consider other options for feeding ourselves. The Victory Gardens of W... Read more
The Birds and the Bees (and Native Plants) of Maine and Beyond – Part 1
By Nancy Dorrans It should be obvious by now that flowers bring me joy. I’m hooked on gardening and my insatiable need to get my hands dirty and learn... Read more
Growing Harbor View Park 2019
By Pamela Shaw The morning after the Harbor View Park Spring Work Day this year, two mallard ducks turned up, checking out the watercourse just above... Read more
Organic Lawn & Garden… It’s never too soon
By Tony Zeli, Editor The Portland pesticide ban was passed early this year. City property goes organic this summer. Private property will be required... Read more
BUILDING A POLLINATOR CORRIDOR
There is 26 square miles of roads, driveways, parking lots, roofs and other impervious surfaces in Portland. To a bumblebee or other native pollinator... Read more
Neighbors Ban Together for Pollinators
The Portland Pollinator Partnership is hosted by the Bayside Neighborhood Association (BNA), and its partners include the City, Cultivating Community,... Read more
Green is the New Orange!
Green is the New Orange! By Jade Christensen Halloween is knocking at our doors, and for most of us, it’s time to start decorating, stocking up... Read more
American Chestnut Returns to Portland
AMERICAN CHESTNUT PLANTING AT HARBOR VIEW PARK by Pamela Shaw The American chestnut was once the most important forest tree in much of the Eastern US.... Read more
12
