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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1999
Page
12
The Farm Service Agency and Natural Promotion Agency contribute to the agenda with agronomy update and improvement notes. The cost is six dollars. For more information, call 410 313 2707.
The Loudoun Beekeeping Association sponsors an eight week course for beginner beekeepers from 7 to 9 30 p m Wednesdays starting February 17 at the Leesburg Police Station. Veteran beekeeper Billy Davis covers bee behavior equipment use hive management and disease control with a March 24 panel discussion and a field day. Registration is 30 dollars due before Friday February 12 includes a one year LBA membership. after that 35 dollars. Door prizes and refreshments. Contact Billy Davis at 540 554 2290 or email davisbee anent.com
Boxelder bugs become a nuisance when temperatures rise, congregating on light colored homes and box elder trees. The document explains identification, life cycle, and practical controls including removing female trees, sealing openings, washing with soapy water, vacuuming indoor bugs, and using insecticidal soap on trees. It cautions against inside pesticides for laypersons and provides HG10 resource and contact information.
Hints of summer appear in seed catalogs and store seed racks. One catalog lists 28 tomato varieties and 17 pea varieties, showcasing the wide range offered to gardeners. Despite pests, gardeners weigh variety against risk and sacrifice crops for better yields.
Seed sowing in flats requires multiple seeds per cell and careful scarification for hard coats like geranium. Provide light, heat, air, and moisture. keep medium evenly moist for 7 to 14 days, then transplant after frost danger passes.
The piece discusses starting seeds indoors in low light conditions, using seed packets with freshness dates such as Packed for 1999, and notes older seeds can be used with careful storage though germination rates may be lower. It advises checking catalogs nurseries and garden centers for selections.
The umbrella plant thrives with simple watering and bright light. Growers stand its pot in a water-filled saucer, keeping soil moist without skillful watering. Stems reach 2 to 4 feet with each leaf 4 to 8 inches, while dwarf and variegated forms exist. Related plants include yellow nutsedge and papyrus, with historical ties to papyrus usage and Nile habitats.
A February Garden Calendar lists the Romance of the Orchid Exhibit at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton from Feb 11 to 28 with hours 10 am to 5 pm and the Orchid Festival Weekend at the same site, plus multiple society meetings and shows across Maryland Virginia and New Jersey including the National Capitol Orchid Society meeting at The National Arboretum Washington DC and the Deep Cut Orchid Society Show at Monmouth Mall Eatontown New Jersey.
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