Composting – great way to get free organic material for garden. Compost improves the soil structure and supplies nutrients to plants and beneficial organisms. There are many ways to make compost.

Fothergilla gardenii and Fothergilla major – Dwarf Fothergilla and Large Fothergilla – Both of these native shrubs produce lightly fragrant white bottle brush-shaped flowers in spring. The trouble-free blue-green leaves turn yellow, orange, and red in the fall.

Hamamelis vernalis – Vernal Witchhazel – This deciduous native shrub will brighten up your winter landscape. It blooms in March in Maine, with strongly fragrant yellow, orange, or red flowers.