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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1999
Page
15
The 1999 Coverts Spring Refresher will be held at Meyer Station in Odenton at 9 a.m. on Saturday March 27. The public course covers wildlife habitats with hands on habitat evaluation. Registration is due by Friday March 19. A $5 fee covers refreshments and lunch. Call 301 432 2767 for details.
The public is invited to join this year’s reforestation effort at the West and North Woods. Work begins Saturday March 20 and runs through May, Tuesdays through Saturdays. Monetary gifts help buy project materials. For details or to schedule a session, contact the Natural Resources Division at Antietam National Battlefield at (301) 432-2248.
Brunswick Walkersville Mount Airy and county landfill offer unbagged leaves grass clippings yard trimmings and small brush under 6 inches diameter and 8 inches long. Brunswick and Walkersville operate year round dawn till dusk while Mount Airy has winter closures and limited hours. Landfill site runs 7 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Saturday May through September. Call recycling office at 301 631 3042 for details.
Friends of the National Arboretum sponsor a plant fair and sale from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday April 24 at 3501 New York Ave NE Washington DC. More than 20 vendors offer perennials annuals shrubs vines trees bulbs water plants and herbs with garden merchandise tools and hanging baskets. Proceeds benefit the horticultural National Arboretum student internship program. For details call 202-448-7333.
Upperville Virginia hosts a daffodil show and tea from 2 to 5 pm on Tuesday April 13 at Trinity Parish House. Amateur growers may exhibit and the public may attend free. The program includes a horticulture competition five artistic inter club classes and fellowship. Contact Lucinda Mullett at 540 955 0428 for information.
Catpetin Orchid Society members will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, for their monthly meeting at the Church of the Transfiguration on Maryland Avenue in Braddock Heights. The program features an American Orchid Society slide show on Trends in Modern Cattleya Breeding. Call Donna Russell at 301-620-0157 for details.
The Mailorder Gardening Association selects four new varieties for the Green Thumb Awards in Plants and Seeds division. Calla Black Forest, Digitalis thapsi Spanish Peaks, Mindy and Gilroy potato seeds, and Balaton Cherry are highlighted with sources for purchase and brief notes on each plant. Awards honor uniqueness and gardener appeal among MGA member companies.
Washington growers report stronger winter apple sales totaling about 40.3 million boxes of a 100 million box crop. The average 42 pound box is 11.85 dollars, below the 12.50 break-even, as export demand and a citrus freeze in California lift shipments while cheap Chinese apple juice concentrate pressures prices.
CAROLE PHILIPPS Scripps Howard News Service notes that houseplants can improve air quality by absorbing contaminants from sealed indoor spaces. NASA studies show plants remove trichloroethylene benzene and formaldehyde in controlled tests, suggesting greenery may reduce respiratory irritants and headaches from indoor pollution.
Plant lettuce spinach radishes and other fast-growing greens once soil passes the bounce test. Water and fertilize young plants. Clean or add nest boxes for songbirds. Plant fruit trees brambles strawberries and grapes soon. Hold bareroot stock in cool area or heel in outside if needed. For more gardening help call Maryland Extension.
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