Monocacy Garden Club to Present Election ’92 Flower Show
The Monocacy Garden Club will host a flower show at Barnesville School on Saturday Sept 19 from 2 to 5 PM at 2184 Peach Tree Road Barnesville. The event features floral designs horticulture exhibits and three educational displays including a John Poole House arboretum pictorial history a xeriscaping exhibit and Barnesville School student electron memorabilia. The show is free. For more information call Corinne Armstrong at 6989799.
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Monocacy Garden Club
Barnesville School
Peach Tree Road
Barnesville
John Poole
Poolesville
Corinne Armstrong
Carroll Earth Care Meeting Set for September 17
Carroll Earth Care plans a 7 30 p m session on Thursday September 17 in room A115 at Carroll Community College Westminster. The volunteer group discusses the CEC Fairfest booth and fall activities and promotes environmental awareness through calendars hotlines newsletters and meetings. For more information call Noreen Cullen at 848-6459.
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Carroll Earth Care Group
Carroll Community College
Washington Road
Westminster
Carroll Earth Care
Piney Rub Park
Noreen Cullen
Master Gardener Course Offered by Carroll County Extension
The Carroll County Extension Office invites residents to a five week master gardener training starting September 16 at 9 a.m. in Westminster. Topics cover home fruit production, vegetable gardening, pest control, disease management, landscape care and pruning. Registration is $45 with $20 refunded after 50 volunteer hours. Contact Vivian Strayer at 848-5013 or 875-2801 for information.
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Carroll County
Westminster
Vivian Strayer
Oatlands Garden Fair Returns to Historic Mansion Grounds
The 12th annual Oatlands Garden Fair runs September 25 to 27 in Leesburg Virginia with exhibits demonstrations and expert guidance from Alfredo Siani and over a dozen consultants. Highlights include a standard flower show carriages tours a photo art show doll houses and a potter and spinner. Family day on Sunday offers a children’s zoo art corner and hands on activities. Admission starts at 8 dollars in advance and 10 at the gate Friday and Saturday. Sunday fees are 5 dollars adults and 3 dollars for ages 7 to 12 with under 6 free. Call (703) 777-3174 for details.
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Leesburg
Oatlands
Alfredo Siani
Virginia
Mountain View
Ginseng season opens in Maryland with permits required
Maryland opens its ginseng gathering season from August through December 1 with mandatory two party permits under state law for sale in commerce. Buyers must record permit numbers and supplier identifications for federal export permits. In 1991 approximately 200 permits issued. 65 holders reported selling 165 pounds at 190 dollars per pound.
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Maryland
Charlie Staines
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Office of Plant Industries
Stamnes
Frederick
Maryland Grapples With Africanized Bees In Shoreline Survey
Apiary inspectors from the Maryland Department of Agriculture monitor for stray Africanized honey bees to keep them out of Maryland colonies. The effort, led by Barton Smith Jr., places bee traps along the Annapolis shoreline near the Chesapeake Bay to detect swarms arriving from ships. So far two Africanized swarms have been found in the region, the latest in 182.
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Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
MDA
Barton Smith Jr
Annapolis Anchorage
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
South
Centra America
Smith
Violet club sale and seminar set at Towson Marketplace
The Baltimore Afacan Ware club announces a ninth annual plant sale and seminar on Friday and Saturday, October 23? at Towson Marketplace on Joppa Road. An ongo me seminar will explain the fate of African isolated plants and proper care to encourage blooming.
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Baltimore
Afacan Ware
Frodas
Towson
Joppa Road
September garden tips offered
September gardening advice covers root pruning to coax wisteria bloom, fertilizing, watering, and fall cleanup. It lists pruning, tying canes, weed control, and staging vegetables, along with storage of gladiolus, bulb planning, and indoor houseplant care.
Pumpkin Baby Bear Wins 1993 AAS Vegetable Award
The 1993 All-America Selections vegetable winner is Pumpkin Baby Bear. A medium sized hulless pumpkin weighing 14 to 20 pounds, with a long stem for easy lifting, eight to nine fruits per vine, and about 105 days to maturity. Seeds offered in mail order catalogs and garden centers. Indoor sowing before outdoor planting advised. suitable for pies and indoor Halloween decoration.
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AAS
W. Ray Hastings
Garden Center
Late Summer Garden Pruning Tips From Maryland Nurserymen
The Maryland Nurserymen's Association notes late summer or early fall as a good time to prune oversized branches on deciduous shrubs without harming the plant. Selective pruning varies by plant type, with broadleaf evergreens pruned only to remove broken or unattractive branches. For perennials, cutting finished flowering stems encourages basal growth and, sometimes, more blooms. Bearded iris should be divided in late fall or spring with careful rhizome handling.
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Maryland Nurserymen's Association
The
Maryland
Inspection Aims To Prevent Rooftop Problems In Autumn
An article from Better Homes and Gardens urges biannual roof inspections to catch minor issues before major damage. It covers shingle checks, signs of cracking, tar patching, flashing maintenance, drip edges, and safe inspection methods, including binoculars for steep roofs and cautious repairs to prevent moisture damage.
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