April marks national lawn care month across the nation
April is National Lawn Care Month as research tallies more than 25 million acres of lawn and 61 million power mowers in use annually. About 57 percent of Americans engage in lawn care, with nearly 100 million people mowing lawns and spending about a billion hours yearly. Lawns offer cooling, filtration, erosion control, oxygen production, and noise reduction benefits, averaging 5,000 square feet per lawn.
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Ann E. McClure
CAE
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
PLCAA
Bob Tracinski
John Deere
Frederick County Seeks Volunteers for Recycling Office Seminar
Frederick County invites residents to join the Recycling Office Volunteer Bureau. The free training seminar runs 9 30 a m to 2 p m on Saturday April 18 at the Frederick County Cooperative Extension Service Office 330 Montegue Lane Frederick. Sessions cover the county recycling program giving presentations composting Reichs Ford Recycling Center tour and kid friendly demonstrations Lunch and transportation to Reichs Ford Road are provided. Volunteers may speak at events staff information booths distribute flyers run neighborhood leaflet drops and help form local recycling committees in Brunswick Thurmont Walkersville Myersville and Mount Airy.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Recycling Office
County Recycling Office
Frederick County Cooperative Extension Service Office
Montegue Lane
Frederick
Linda Norris
Reich
Ford Recycling
Reich’s
Ford Road
Brunswick
Thurmont
Walkersville
Myersville
Mount Airy
Planting California poppy for a bright easy garden
Plan a fresh sunny border with California poppy. Broadcast seeds directly, prep soil with compost, and thin to six inches. Varieties include Aurantiaco Orange Mission Bells Ballerina Mix and Scarlet Bubbies. annuals reach about a foot, with 2 to 3 inch blooms, while Oriental poppy is a three foot perennial for backdrops.
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Iceland
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Chuck Wade
Moonville
Adamstown
H.B. Duvall
E. Patrick St. Frederick
Club
Gaclet
Mt Arry
Amer Property Insper
Bryan Butler
Timothy Jacobsen
Tasker
Chance Garden Club
City Hall
Amy Clapp
Lea Kline
Jeanie Reeder
Helen Smith
Margaret Conley
California
Rt. 15
Mountaindale Rd
Gm. N
Fredenck
Heldor Pools
John’s Inc
Poolesville
Eeaderic
Hun
Ting
MHIG
Windows
Bodmer’s Stoves & Pottery
Vermont
E. Main St
Susan
Back Yard
Allyssum
Agoratum
Begonias
Coleus
Celosia
Dianthus
Dusty Miller
Impatiens
Thebe
Merigolds
Petumas
Salvia
Verbena
Vinca
Zinnias
Thorogro
Ballenger Creek Pike
Sun
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