Holli Cederholm is the editor of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, the quarterly publication of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), and the host of MOFGA’s Common Ground Radio, a discussion of local food and organic agriculture. She lives and farms in rural Maine.
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Barbara Damrosch’s Life in the Garden
I often just say gardening is standing back and taking a look and seeing what nature’s already doing and not stand in its way. That’s it in a nutshell. If I had to put it all into one sentence, it would be that one.
July 23, 2025