Gardening on the Maine Coast
is a challenge! Heavy clay soil, alternating with what
amounts to beach sand, acidic conditions, short growing
season, vastly fluctuating temperatures in any given
week - it's great!
You quickly (or not so quickly) learn what will and
will not grow in your yard. And there is no rule of
thumb! Trial and error - that's the ticket. Thank heaven
for rhododendrons and hydrangeas! And lilacs of course
- one of the perks of living in a colder state is the
lilacs.
I wouldn't live anywhere else - and the changing seasons
in the garden alone, is enough to make it worthwhile.
Spring, summer, autumn - even the ice and snowcover
of winter - is all incredibly beautiful here in Maine.
You just have to learn to plant what works!
