Water quality talk at Carroll Earth Care meeting
University of Maryland extension specialist Tom Miller will discuss the natural water cycle and groundwater flow using a model. The Carroll Earth Care group meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday January 23 in room 7 of the Carroll County Office Building in Westminster. for details call 857-0688 or 848-6459.
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Tom Miller
University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Carroll Earth Care
Carroll County
N. Center St
Westminster
Miller
Wild Bird Seminars Set At Frederick
Wild Bird Co plans three free workshops at 45 Waverley Drive Frederick with limited seating by reservation at 698 2545. Sessions include attracting owls at 11 a.m. Sunday Jan 20 led by ornithologist John Haley who will show five local species and how to nest attractively.
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Wild Bird Co
Waverley Drive
Frederick
John Haley
America
Lawrence Zeleny
North American Bluebird Society
Zeleny
Brookside Gardens Hosts Two January Workshops
Brookside Gardens in Wheaton announces two free Saturday training sessions in the garden library at 1500 Glenallan Ave. Landscape supervisor Mike Zajic lectures on Japanese gardens at 10 a.m. Friday Jan 18 and leads an interpretive tour of Japanese style sites in America. Rebecca Zastrow covers berry bearing trees and shrubs at 1 30 p.m. Thursday Jan 24.
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Brookside Gardens
Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
Mike Zajic
America
Rebecca Zastrow
Foundation offers ten trees to January members
Ten trees will be given to each new member joining the National Arbor Day Foundation in January as part of Trees for America. The 6 to 12 inch trees include sugar maple dogwood pin oak white pine red maple birch America redbud silver maple red oak and Colorado Blue Spruce. They ship postpaid for planting Feb 1 through May 31 with instructions and lifetime replacement if they fail to grow. Send a $10 to Ten Trees National Arbor Day Foundation 100 Arbor Ave Nebraska City NE 68410 by Jan 31.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
Foundation
Trees For America
America
Arbor Ave
Nebraska City
Hobby Greenhouse Association offers directory and details
Information and a complete directory for manufacturers of hobby greenhouses are available from the Hobby Greenhouse Association. Membership inquiries may be sent to Catherine Russell at 18517 Kingshill Road Germantown 20874 or by calling (301) 972-1325. The nonprofit group formed in 1975 promotes greenhouse gardening with a quarterly magazine and local chapters.
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Hobby Greenhouse Association
Catherine Russell
Kingshill Road
Germantown
Hobby Greenhouse
Market sees big gains at Southern Maryland Regional Market
The wholesale produce auction reports a 268 percent rise in dollar volume from 1989 to 1990, totaling $346,594. Buyers grew to 243, up 70 percent from 142. sellers reached 238, up 105 percent from 116. Top items by dollar volume include tomatoes, watermelons, sweet corn, cantaloupe, peaches, and more.
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Southern
Maryland
Allen Swann
Sticky trap for garden pests using colored cups
Garden columnist Tom MacCubbin explains a simple sticky trap to catch insects. Use red blue or yellow picnic cups with petroleum jelly, hang them on strings in a garden and check daily which color attracts most pests like leaf miners and whiteflies.
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Tom MacCubbin
The
Orlando
Fla
Brazilians pin hopes on tropical fruit
In Alta Floresta Brazil Divino Araujo and French agronomist Paul Vaes back acerola a tart vitamin C rich cherry crop to diversify farming, cut deforestation pressure, and boost farmer incomes. Acerola could replace coffee and cacao with eight harvests a year, yielding juice and jam.
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Alta Floresta
Brazil
Divino Araujo
Paul Vaes
Geraldo Dias
Amazon
Araujo
Vaes
Caribbean
Zaire
Uganda
Sao Paulo
Winter gardening and rodent prevention tips
The article notes evergreen shrubs may yellow in winter due to shorter days and cooler temperatures and suggests leaf composting methods including bags with soil and optional fertilizer. It also warns of mice entering homes through small openings and recommends traps, sealed openings, and targeted baits while stressing safe trap placement and reducing accessible food.
Winter Garden winners Part 1
The Winter Garden trials in Maryland review 1990 season annuals and perennials. Varieties include Lisianthus Echo Geraniums Multibloom Deep Rose Border Carnation Burpee Super Giants Clarkia Grace Hybrid Calendula Early Nakayasu Aster Early Pompom Serene Zinnia Showstar Showstar African Geranium Early Wonder Mix Green Gold Flowering Kale Dazzler Impatient Splash Series Giant Perfection Mix and more noted for cutting and garden use.
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Maryland
Nakayasu
Stokes
Jung
Park
Harris
Harris Moran
Harris/Garden Trends
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Loysville
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Parana
My. Vaes
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John Deere
Gladhill
E. Patrick St
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