Garden news Bird club to meet
The Frederick County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday Oct 1 in the music room at Frederick High School Greg Kerns of Patuxent State Park will present The Rails of Maryland Rails among birds stay unseen in wetlands Sora rail was seen in Frederick County in the past year and a Virginia rail was heard in May Two October field trips led by Bill duBell on Oct 10 to Lilypons and by Mike Welch on Oct 24 involve a stream cleanup Attendees meet at 7 30 a m at the Baker Park boat house Contact numbers are provided for information
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Frederick County
Maryland Ornithological Society
Frederick High School
Greg Kerns
Patuxent State Park
Maryland
Virginia
Bill duBell
Lilypons
Mike Welch
Baker Park
Volunteer training offered at Strawberry Hill Nature Center
Strawberry Hill Nature Center in Fairfield Pennsylvania seeks volunteers who love nature and children. Training for instructor volunteers runs 9 30 a m to noon and 1 to 3 p m on Wednesday October 7, led by environmental consultant Janet Adams of Shippensburg. Volunteers will assist visiting school groups a few hours monthly. To register call 717 642 5840.
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Strawberry Hill Nature Center
Fairfield
Janet Adams
Shippensburg
Garden club plans and events span October and fall
The Green walled Garden Club met in September with Nancy Waltz's Surrey brooke gardens items. President Lois Wright presided. Sue Rausch will lead a Cumberland- Frostburg Railway trip in October. Laura Offutt attends a District V program at the Venice Inn featuring Bob Benson on rowing orchids in his underground greenhouse. Ro Higinbotham outlined the Heather Ridge School landscaping project. A national meeting is set for Bethesda on October 26.
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Green Walled Garden Club
Nancy Waltz
Surrey Brooke Gardens
Lois Wright
Sue Rausch
Cumberland- Frostburg
Laura Offutt
Venice Inn
Bob Benson
Ro Higinbotham
Heather Ridge School
Bethesda
Tree planting workshop series offered in Cumberland
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division invites individuals groups and organizations to join Tree-Meadous Maryland. Two workshops run from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday Oct 3 in Allegany Community College rooms 6 and 7. Registration closes Sept 30 via Bernie Zlomek at 777-2137.
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division
Tree-Meadous
Maryland
Allegany Community College
Cumberland
Bernie Zlomek
MOFFA tohold annual social with Day Spring Church
The Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association will hold its yearly social from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday Oct 3 at Day Spring Church in Germantown with a rain date of Oct 17. Day Spring has about 200 acres of preserved oasis and is pursuing MDA organic certification for fruit, garden and community plots. A potluck is planned for 4:45 p.m. Bring two dishes. Contact Andrea 428-0567 or Marty 371-4814 for details.
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Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association
Day Spring
Germantown
MDA
Suburbia
Andrea
Marty
District V to Meet Federated Garden Club Ohio?
The semi annual District V meeting of the Federated Garden Club of Maryland will be held on Tuesday Oct 6 at the Venice Inn in Hagerstown. Bob Benson will present on cool growing Lycastes and his Angulocaste Olympus Chadd's Ford earned a first class certificate from the American Orchid Society. For reservations contact the local garden club.
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Federated Garden Club of Maryland
Venice Inn
Hagerstown
Bob Benson
Chadd
Ford
American Orchid Society
Garden Club
Cardboard collars and hay mulch boost small garden yields
A pensioner in Pound Ridge shares frugal, home made garden tactics. Cardboard from cereal boxes is cut into collars to deter cutworms while hay mulch from $15 bales protects asparagus and tomatoes, reducing labor and weed growth and potentially increasing harvests.
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Pound Ridge
N.Y
Theope
Bagging apples cuts codling moth damage say UC researchers
UC researchers Walter Bentley and Mario Viveros report in California Agriculture that bagging individual apples with paper or cloth bags markedly reduces codling moth infestations. The technique protects fruit from sunburn and pests, though labor costs may limit commercial viability. home gardeners may benefit from improved firmness and sweetness.
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University of California
Walter J. Bentley
Mario Viveros
University
California Agriculture Magazine
Bentley
Viveros
UC Cooperative Extension Service
California Agriculture” Magazine
Nierembergia Mont Blanc Tops 1993 AAS Winners
The 1993 All American Selections lists Nierembergia Mont Blanc as a white flowering annual. Grown from seed, it tolerates heat and drought, with a low spreading habit suitable for rock gardens, baskets, and borders. Mature plants reach 3 to 5 inches tall and 12 to 15 inches wide. seed will appear in catalogs and garden centers stock bedding plants.
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Mont Blanc
AAS
Hummingbirds Attract Garden Visitors And Favorite Flowers
A Phoenix AP piece examines how hummingbirds visit gardens in summer, noting they hover near hose spray and prefer tubular flowers. It lists favored plants like penstemon phlox salvia and red flowering species, and cites a 1981 Crosswhite study on nectar specialization and color visibility guiding hummingbird pollination.
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Phoenix
Mexico
Anna
Arizona
California
Frank and
Carol Crosswhite
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
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