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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2001
Page
7
Reports describe orange striped caterpillars feasting on oak leaves. They feed in groups, leaving only veins and later pupate underground, with moths emerging next summer. Contact Steve Allecier for more details at the provided address and times.
The Elm Research Institute of Westmoreland New Hampshire aims to reward owners of American Liberty elms with a brass identifying marker and seeks the tallest disease resistant American Liberty elm in each state. For more information call Be 367 Joby uf sistl ww bbertyeim cum.
Randy Best teaches a free workshop on Harvesting and Drying Herbs at Behnke Nurseries Beltsville on Saturday September 8. Learn simple techniques to preserve flavor and beauty of fresh herbs for various uses. For information call 301-937-1100.
Margaret Saul, natural science illustrator, teaches drawing and painting plants in an Introduction to Botanical Illustration course. Sessions run Saturdays 9 am to noon on Sept 8 15 22 29 Oct 13 20 27 at Saiv Givethee Road Bethesda with a $250 fee. Registration required. Call 301-962-1251 or visit brooksidegardens.org for details.
The 15th Annual Honey Harvest Festival is set for Sunday Sept 9 from 4:30 PM to 4 PM at Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster. Carroll County Beekeepers Association hosts open hive and honey extraction demonstrations plus a bee rodeo. Wagon rides face painting a farm petting area crafts and period interpreters. Food features a $2.75 honey pancake brunch honey pit beef and ham ice cream and baked goods. For details call 410 848 9040 or email hashawhaa ecarrore.
The Friends of Brookside Gardens host a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, outside the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center in Wheaton. Members get a 10 percent discount from 8 to 10 a.m. The sale features perennials shrubs trees and unusual plants such as bellflower cranesbill geraniums lungwort and yellow peonies. For details call 301-949-8230 or visit brooksidegardens.org.
Strawberry Hill Nature Center and Preserve celebrates 16 years of environmental stewardship with an all day open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday September 15 at the Fairfield facility on Mount Hope Road. Jeep and hay rides, demonstrations of pottery and basket making, wildlife walks and music, plus a fundraiser refreshment sale and organizational displays. For more information call 717-642-5840.
August schedule from Behnke Nurseries and area gardens lists the Sixth Annual Tomato Taste Off at Behnke Nurseries Beltsville 10 am to 2 pm August 25. September events include Carroll County Farmers Market Fall Demonstrations Westminster 8 am to 1 pm, Lawn Care Seminar at Behnke Nurseries Largo and Beltsville, Children’s Tea Party at Anderson Island Pavilion and Brookside Gardens, Frederick Area Landscape Contractors meeting at Dun Dee Country Inn, Botanical Illustration class at McCrillis Gardens Bethesda, Harvesting and Drying Herbs Seminar Beltsville, Honey Harvest Festival Hashawha Environmental Center Westminster, Children’s Day Laden Topiary Gardens Monkton, and Plant Materials I Class Brookside Gardens Wheaton.
Timely watering boosts plant growth while avoiding waste. Water about 1 inch weekly, let soil absorb gradually, and measure with cans or a two gallon watering can. Check sprinkler coverage with containers, water in mid morning, and avoid fine spray.
The article explains fall fertilization for cool season grasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass. It covers timing from Labor Day to Thanksgiving, soil testing importance, NPK analysis, slow versus quick release nitrogen, and recommended rates 3–4 pounds N per 1000 sq ft annually with specific fall applications, plus follow up steps and contacting for more information.
An AP piece explores garden journaling from simple notebooks to databases, explaining how diaries track bloom times weather wildlife visits crop rotation and costs. It cites Thomas Jefferson who began a garden journal in 1766 and notes modern software aids like video design and genetic data bases for multi facet gardening records.
Scientist Blumwald reveals a salt tolerant tomato project engineered to survive saline irrigation. Opponents fear genetic modification while supporters say widespread salinity damages U.S. croplands. The work, tested in five Mounts near Fresno, aims to restore salt-affected soils and maintain tomato yields amid increasing water salinity.
Joe Price and his wife Caroline of Magnolia Avenue Frederick own a 125-foot tall pecan tree judged as the runner-up Maryland state pecan tree. It has a base circumference of 135.9 feet and is estimated to be 100 to 125 years old.
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