Free booklet shows how trees boost homes and cut costs
The National Arbor Day Foundation offers a color guide Conservation Trees explaining how properly placed shade trees reduce fuel bills, form windbreaks, attract songbirds, and aid year-round water supply. It also covers tree planting steps, protecting trees during construction, pruning, and sourcing tree care help. Send name and address to Conservation Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City, Nebraska 68410.
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National Arbor Day Foundation
Conservation Trees
Conservation
Nebraska City
Capital Coalition Publishes 1990 Washington DC Organic Directory
The Capital Coalition for Safe Food released a 1990 Washington DC Area Organic Farmers Directory listing 59 organic producers with on farm sales markets co ops and direct delivery. It notes CCSF aims to reduce chemical use and offers memberships at 10 dollars with benefits and a four dollar directory copy.
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Capital Coalition For Safe Food
CCSF
Washington D.C. Area
D.C
Roger Blobaum
Americans For Safe Food
Center For Science
Chesapeake Bay
Devon Rd
Silver Spring
All-Playground Flower Show Winners At Frederick Event
Garden Club of Frederick sponsored the All-Playground Flower Show at the Adult Recreation Center. Eighteen playgrounds entered more than 300 entries across 12 categories with winners named for each class and overall best placings.
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Garden Club of
Frederick
Adult Recreation Center
Taller Vase
Michelle Thompson
Babee
Chasity Heath
Aye Hill
Carver
Teresa Buckley
Hillcrest
Harold Willis
College Estates
Rainbow Smallwood
Chapel
Collier Gistel
Baker
Detrina Lyons
Monocacy
Mary Theresa DeSanto
Carrollton
Kevin Rusherman
Catoctin
Lexie Kepple
Amber Meadows
Andy Fries
Kevin Bowie
Mullinix
Jason Lee
Maryland
Mike Marrone
James Williams
Andrew Radcliffe
Eric Smith
Katie Cecil
Sarah Hirsch
Rosedale
Rose
Adam Davis
Tyrone Weedon
Karen Goukert
Staley
Sarah Martin
James Schultz
Charlie Hall
Erin Sincevich
Marilyn Radcliff
Kelsie Esworthy
Harmon
Quinten Gistel
Shawn Baer
Michael Sincevich
Alex Sincevich
Thomas Naylor
Karen Gouker
Christine Lennox
Brandon Hollingshead
Marilyn Radcliffe
Adam Bradley
Darnell Hobern
Erin Beals
Jessica Bennett
Sarah Shinn
Stonegate
Michelle Grimm
Chris Meyers
Marcello Aranda
D.J. Goines
Jack Phillips
Shannon Gaddis
Cathy Karl
Pat Lanner
Betty Radcliffe
Helen Gregory
Jean Martz
Jane Byron
Meta Nash
Caroline Utt
Betsy Fisher
Doris Gaither
Peggy Kinsey
Ginny Lee
Linda Funseh
Katy Plummer
Harriet Gardiner
Susan Helfenstein
Adopt a Flowerbed Program beautifies Montgomery County Fair grounds
Volunteers, garden clubs and local businesses adopt flowerbeds at the Montgomery County Agricultural Center for the annual fair. Projects include marigolds and scarlet Sage by the Youth Conservation Corp under Doug Appleman, geraniums and petunias by Jackie Foster, and 63 roses tended by Carol Ann Williamson from Monrovia. The beef Club's 4-H bed near racing park and boxes along barns showcase donations from Beall's Florist, Southern States, Williams Feed, Terra Nursery, and Ruppert Landscaping.
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Montgomery County Agricultural Center
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Chestnut Street
Carol Ann Willamson
Monrovia
Racing Park
Montgomery County 4-H Beef Club
Danny Beall
Beall’s Florist
Clarksburg
Gaithersburg
Williams Feed
Help July's flowers flourish in the garden
July garden hints stress watering to support mature root systems and bulbs while avoiding leaf scorch. Soaker hoses, shading lily roots, mulch, and regular feeding with Miracle-Gro are advised. Weeds should be weeded weekly to protect nutrients, with cleanup of fallen blooms to prevent disease.
Tips from a rose master George Rose shares garden rose growing tips
The longtime All-American Rose Selections director George Rose discusses cutting canes to eight inches after spring planting and mounding soil for winter protection. He warns wind dries buds, advises gradual soil removal as green appears, and suggests Funginex for black spot while noting pruning in spring.
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George Rose
Rose
All-American Rose Selections
AARS
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