Guini Ridge Farm Blog
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Tips for Growing Garlic
As fall approaches, it is time to start thinking about planting garlic for harvesting in summer 2024! While you can plant garlic in the spring for harvesting in the summer, it will produce much smaller heads than those planted in the fall. Here are some tips for...
Time to Plant Bulbs for Spring Color
Daffodil, tulip, and other fall bulbs should be planted as soon as the ground is cool, when evening temperatures average between 40° - 50° F. However, if you can dig and your ground is workable, you can still plant! You can, if necessary, store bulbs for a month or...
Planning Your Garden!
Mud season is nigh – time to switch out the boots by the back door and, more excitingly, map out your garden! It’s not hard–we promise. Even a rough sketch on a napkin can make the whole thing easier and more rewarding. The basics are simple: put shade-tolerant plants...
Scouting for Brown Tail Moth Egg Sacks
Scouting for Brown Tail Moths can help protect the plants in our gardens and help to reduce next years caterpillar population. By now most of us living in Midcoast Maine have come to despise the Brown Tail Moth due to the awful rash that comes from contact with the...
How to Successfully Harden Off Plants
Young plants grown in a greenhouse will need a period to adjust and acclimate to outdoor conditions, prior to planting in the garden. This transition period is called "hardening off". Hardening off gradually exposes the plants to the wind, the sun, and rain and...
Digging in the Dirt Really Makes You Happy
Most gardeners know that digging in the dirt makes them happy and some call it therapeutic. Now, scientists have identified soil microbes that have been found to have similar effects as antidepressants on the brain without the side effects and dependencies when using...
Lambing is in full swing at the farm
Lambing is a busy time at the farm with checking on the pregnant ewes to make sure they are progressing well, countless trips to the barn to check for newborns and making sure they get the care they need. Let's see what is involved. Lambing is an important time of...
About GRF
The team at Guini Ridge Farm, located in scenic Rockport, Maine, is dedicated to providing you with healthy, beautiful and productive annual and perennial flowering plants, vegetable plants, herb plants, shrubs, trees, roses, cut flower varieties, and ornamental grasses for your garden and landscape.
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Tips for Growing Garlic
As fall approaches, it is time to start thinking about planting garlic for harvesting in summer 2024! While you can plant garlic in the spring for harvesting in the summer, it will produce much smaller heads than those planted in the fall. Here are some tips for...
Time to Plant Bulbs for Spring Color
Daffodil, tulip, and other fall bulbs should be planted as soon as the ground is cool, when evening temperatures average between 40° - 50° F. However, if you can dig and your ground is workable, you can still plant! You can, if necessary, store bulbs for a month or...
Planning Your Garden!
Mud season is nigh – time to switch out the boots by the back door and, more excitingly, map out your garden! It’s not hard–we promise. Even a rough sketch on a napkin can make the whole thing easier and more rewarding. The basics are simple: put shade-tolerant plants...
Scouting for Brown Tail Moth Egg Sacks
Scouting for Brown Tail Moths can help protect the plants in our gardens and help to reduce next years caterpillar population. By now most of us living in Midcoast Maine have come to despise the Brown Tail Moth due to the awful rash that comes from contact with the...
How to Successfully Harden Off Plants
Young plants grown in a greenhouse will need a period to adjust and acclimate to outdoor conditions, prior to planting in the garden. This transition period is called "hardening off". Hardening off gradually exposes the plants to the wind, the sun, and rain and...
Digging in the Dirt Really Makes You Happy
Most gardeners know that digging in the dirt makes them happy and some call it therapeutic. Now, scientists have identified soil microbes that have been found to have similar effects as antidepressants on the brain without the side effects and dependencies when using...
Lambing is in full swing at the farm
Lambing is a busy time at the farm with checking on the pregnant ewes to make sure they are progressing well, countless trips to the barn to check for newborns and making sure they get the care they need. Let's see what is involved. Lambing is an important time of...
