Wild plant seminar at Strawberry Preserve luncheon
The first Winter blues breaker lecture features John Bartlett of Gettysburg Gardens speaking on propagating wild plants. The 11:30 a.m. event on Wednesday Jan 20 includes lunch, cuttings tips, frame building, and easy plant-start methods with Q&A. Cost 8.50 members 10 nonmembers. advance registration by Jan 15.
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Strawberry Preserve
John Bartlett
Gettysburg Gardens
Barrett
Strawberry Hill
Hickory Bridge Farm
Dobbin House
Dick Peterson
Gettysburg
Ten Trees Offer From National Arbor Day Foundation
Ten trees will be mailed postpaid to new members joining in January as part of the Trees for America campaign. The selection includes sugar maple, white flowering dogwood, pin oak, white pine, red maple, birch, American redbud, silver maple, red oak and Colorado blue spruce.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
Foundation
Trees For America
Arbor Day New
Arbor Ave
Nebraska City
Conservation Teacher Awards Nominations Open
Nominations are invited for the Conservation Education Teacher of the Year awards for full time K through 12 educators who have implemented innovative soil and water conservation activities. State level winners receive certificates and cash. regional and national prizes include cash and an expense paid trip to Phoenix for first place in each category. For info contact Howard Soil Conservation District Ellicott City.
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Conservation Education
Phoenix
Ariz
National Conservation Districts Convention
Howard Soil Conservation District
Chevrolet Dr
Suite J
Ellicott City
Navy seeks wildlife for Cecil Field nature park
In Jacksonville, the Navy invites Florida native animals including squirrels, bobcats, raccoons, snakes, deer, small birds and alligators to populate a new nature park at Cecil Field Naval Air Station. Forester Hank Cochran notes the park aims to observe wildlife amid groves, trails and five ponds on the Yellow Water compound. Navy spokesman Bert Byers says the park poses no threat to visitors or the weapons site.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Cecil Field Naval Air Station
Hank Cochran
Florida
Robert Nordman
Cochran
Bert Byers
Boom in mushrooms could hurt forest
Agness Oregon scene details a long term study mapping forest fungi from Alaska to Southern Oregon led by Oregon State University researchers. Mycorrhizal fungi form essential partnerships with trees supplying water and nutrients in exchange for sugars, a system potentially disrupted by a mushroom hunting boom valued at tens of millions in Oregon alone.
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Agness, Ore
Joyce Eberhart
Oregon State University
Forest Service
Mike Amaranthus
Northwest Woods
Oregon
State Department of Agriculture
Amaranthus
Alaska
Jim Trappe
Corvallis
Mr. Trappe
Mr. Amaranthus
Japan
Crescent Ranger District
Deschutes National Forest
Europe
Trappe
Oregon Mycological Society
Lorelie Norvell
University of Washington
Ms. Norvell
Crop rotation in vegetable gardens for health and soil
Crop rotation helps control diseases and pests and improves soil quality in home gardens. Avoid planting the same crop family on the same land year after year, and rotate among leafy, root, and fruiting crops. Group by plant families and alternate shallow and deep rooted crops to maintain soil health.
Planting Bare-Root Roses Timed by Region and Care Tips
Timing matters for roses with bare-root planting underway in Sunbelt areas. In Phoenix, December to January best, while other regions favor January to February or spring planting, with careful bud placement, soil mix, watering, sun exposure, and subsequent mulching and fertilization guidance from AARS and experts.
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Maso
Phoenix
All-America Rose Selections
AARS
West
Gulf Coasts
Carls
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Garden News
Fred Archibald
Delmarva Farmer
Bob Rouse
Wye Research & Education Center
Fisher Structures
Loysville
Eppes
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