Fresh Food Gardens

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Fresh Food Gardens Fresh Food Gardens provides design, installation and maintenance garden services.

Fresh Food Gardens thrives on helping families and organizations take steps towards self sufficiency by creating beautiful vegetable garden spaces. We foster community through education focused on promoting access to healthy, organic fresh food.

Really happy with this new fenced-in garden project we finished last week! Designed with future expansion in mind and pl...
06/28/2026

Really happy with this new fenced-in garden project we finished last week! Designed with future expansion in mind and plenty of room for container plantings, this garden features four 4’ × 8’ raised beds, each equipped with drip irrigation on an automated timer.

As always, the beds are filled with our own vegetable garden soil mix and include an 8-foot string trellis system to support vertical-growing crops like tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and peas.

Looking forward to seeing this garden grow throughout the season! 🌱

03/30/2026

Early spring planting is all about the soil temperature.

Even after a few warm days if your soil temps are still in the 30s, nothing’s really happening. Seeds just sit there.

A simple soil thermometer makes a big difference. It takes the guesswork out and lets you know when it’s actually time.

Right now, our uncovered beds are still below 40°, but inside the cold frame we’re over 50°. That 10–15 degree bump is enough to get things moving.

That’s why we’re comfortable seeding things like arugula and spinach in there expecting that they should germinate within about a week at those temps.

Before planting we prep the soil with some kelp meal and an all-purpose fertilizer. These beds were put to bed well last fall, so they don’t need much right now. Maybe top off with a little compost soon.

I got a couple of rows in today and we’ll check back next week to see how things are coming along and decide on the next row of successions.

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Portland, ME

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm

Telephone

(207) 450-9729

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