Garden club gears up for New Market celebration
New Market Garden Club at Mount Airy home of Karin Borrelli plans New Market Days set for Friday to Sunday Sept 25 27 at Masonic Hall Main Street. Members craft Indian corn decorations and other items to sell to fund programs including sensory garden at Maryland School for the Blind and Fountain Rock Nature Center.
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New Market Garden Club
Mount Airy
Karin Borrelli
Helen Peterson
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Maryland School For the Blind
New Market
Time bomb bug turns Kudzu killer caterpillar
Entomologist David Orr leads NC State researchers in a biocontrol project where a engineered looper caterpillar, parasitized by stingless wasps, eats kudzu at double the rate. The venture, dubbed the time bomb caterpillar, aims to replace herbicides with an environmentally safe solution, backed by government and private funding toward a final goal of 1.5 to 2 million dollars.
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David Orr
Mr. Orr
North Carolina State University
Mc Orr
Orr
N.C. State
Larry Barber
U.S. Forest Service
Asheville
Union
D.C
China
Asia
U.S
Santa Rosa County
Fla
Board of Supervisors
Garden Tips For Early Fall Season
Fall gardening guidance covers mulching after first hard freeze around straw berries and perennials. Save seeds from beans to dry fully, store in glass. Harvest gourds after frost. ornamental gourds before first frost. sunflowers feed birds. Plant bulbs deep, fertilize, and protect ponds from leaves.
Recommended fall fescue cultivars for Maryland lawns
Turf-type tall fescue is the recommended turfgrass species for home lawns in Maryland. The listed cultivars, chosen for Maryland performance, can be planted alone or mixed and include Adobe, Alamo, Apache II, Avalon, Avanti, Aztec, Barleaus, Bonanza, Bonanza II, Brevo, Chieflan, Chieftan II, and many more. Cultivars marked with an asterisk have limited testing or seed availability.
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Maryland
Adobe
Avalon
Avanti
Aztec
Barleaus
Bonanza
Brevo
Chieflan
Cimmaron
Coyote
Crossfire
Debutante
Duke
Duster
Eldorado
Falcon UH
Finelawn
Gazelle
Generic
Genesis
Grande
Guardian
Heritage
Hounddog
Jaguar
Palisades
Pixie
Pyramid
Rebel Jr
Charles Thomas elected Regional Director of GWAA
Charles Thomas, chairman of Lilypens Water Gardens in Buckeystown, was elected Regional Director of the Garden Writers Association of America at the annual meeting in San Diego. He is a water garden lecturer, consultant, photographer and founder of the International Water Lily Society, with past roles in the Mailorder Gardening Association and Wilfred J Jung Distinguished Service Award recipient in 1996. He has authored three major books.
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Charles Thomas
Garden Writers Association of America
GWAA
San Diego
Thomas
Lilypens Water Gardens
Buckeystown
International Water Lily Society
Mailorder Gardening Association
Wilfred J. Jung
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Garden Club
Bill Green
Stadler
Stadler Nursery
Mont. Co
Stadiér Nursery & Garden Center
Laytonsville
Frederick
Mhey
Horticulture News
Robert Bishopsistant
Frederick County
Countryside Nursery
Tuscarora Rd
Point of Rocks
Briggs & Stratton Intek
Briggs & Stratton Vanguard
H.B. Duvall, Inc
E. Patrick St. Frederick
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