Garden show registrations and free trees offered by Arbor Day Foundation
The District V Arts and Flowers show at Frederick Community College on Sept 22 and 23 invites registrations across design categories with a theme welcoming beginners and advanced arrangers. The Arbor Day Foundation offers ten free Colorado blue spruce trees to August joiners, with trees shipped in September or October and a replaceable guarantee, while Rose Hill Garden Club hosts its first fall meeting Sept 6 with Susan Summers discussing gardening in The Frederick News-Post.
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Frederick Community College
Garden Club
National Arbor Day Foundation
Trees For America
John Rosenow
Foundation
Rose Hill Garden Club
Church of the Brethren
Frederick
Susan Summers
Hints to rid bugs and deter them from the home
Experts offer practical steps to keep insects outside and reduce indoor infestation. Improve crawl space ventilation under raised homes and decks, trim shrubs, rake mulch away from foundations, seal doors and windows, and caulk water pipe gaps with steel wool. Inside, vacuum regularly, dispose of eggs, store dry goods tightly, relocate pet food, and rinse recycling containers to deny roaches a syrupy attractant.
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Richard Patterson
USDA
Anthracnose Threatens Sycamores and Oaks In Spring
The article warns that a bumper crop of leaf diseases, especially anthracnose, is appearing on shade trees due to cool wet spring weather. It details symptoms on sycamores and white oaks, causes, spread, and control measures including leaf removal, pruning, fungicide applications, and trunk injections with Arbotect. It also notes plant replacements and urban tree considerations.
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Roger Fuck
Davey Tree Expert Company
Kent
Ohio
United States
Europe
South America
Funk
Lawn seeding best suited for fall timing
Experts recommend autumn seeding to mirror natural conditions with cooler days and ideal soil moisture. Plant four to six weeks before the first autumn frost for sturdy fall growth. crabgrass and other annual weeds are past their peak. The Lawn Institute offers area specific lawngrass names via mail for request.
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Eliot C. Roberts
Lawn Institute
Pleasant Hill
Tenn
Recycling yard waste as mulch and compost
Landfill space is scarce prompting Lawn-Boy guidance on yard waste reuse. Grass clippings mulch lawns and beds, leaves and brush form mulch, with composting turning plant matter into soil nutrients. Use sharp mowers, chipper, leaf shredder, and a 4x4 holding bin to start.
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Lawn-Boy
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