Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
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M A Y
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“Considerations When Choosing Fruit and
Vegetable Varieties”
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Coordinator’s
1 4 ,
2
Corner
Carpool to MG
Training Day
2
Garden Affair
3, 4,
5
Demonstration
6
Garden
Speaker: Emmalea Ernest, Extension Associate - UDEL
Emmalea Ernest is a Lancaster County , PA native, now transplanted Sussex County, DE. Testing
new vegetable varieties to determine their usefulness for commercial production on Delmarva is one
of her main job responsibilities in
her work with the University of
Delaware Cooperative Extension
Vegetable Research Program. She
also leads the UD lima bean breed-
ing program and oversees other research related to vegetable and
small fruit production.
Wednesday, May 15
9:30 to 11:30 am at
Tilghman Terrace
(Directions on page 10)
Native Plant Tour
6
Classes?
7
Impatiens Downy
Mildew
7
Advanced Training
8
Volunteer
9
MG Meetings
10
General Info
11
Rain Garden Clean-up, Thursday, May 2, 9am
Calendars
12,
Garden Affair, Saturday, May 4
13
Landscape Design for Water Management, Wye Research Institute, May 8, 15, 29
MG Monthly Meeting, Wednesday, May 15
Annual MG Training Day, College Park, May 22
Entomology—Ecological IPM, Mike Raupp, Wye, June 6, 13
15th Anniversary Celebration, June 19
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Coordinator’s Corner
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Presentations by MG Coordinator Candidates
Monday, June 17
QAC Commissioners’ Office, 2nd floor
Master Gardener
Coordinator - who will
wear the hat next?
107 North Liberty St.
Park behind building or behind Fire House
Debbie Pusey, Linda Doub and Jane Smith for helping Karen Wimsatt at the KI
farmers market booth; Linda Doub and Valynda Kingsley for being hostesses at
the meeting; Judy Cahall-Conley, Judy Geggis, Jackie Kelly,
Jim Persels, Kathy Persels, Susan Seth and Cathy Tengwall
Thanks To:
for helping out with the demonstration gardens; Linda
Doub, Ellen Filer, Pat Bowell and Joe Jelich for helping with
the MG display at the Queen Anne's Heritage Festival;
Stephanie Simpson, Louise Shearer, Kate Greer and Cathy Tengwell, for doing
IAL talks at Chesapeake College. As always, thanks is due to all of you, but if
we missed a deserved thank you or if you wish to express your appreciation
to someone, please let Sabine know and it shall be acknowledged in the next
newsletter.
Carpooling MG Training Day
Name
NEED a ride
Linda and Jack Doub
UPDATE YOUR
CONTACT INFO!
GIVING a ride to
Jim Persels
Contact Info
Connie Metcalf
X
Western Auto Park and Ride,
6:30am, leaving 6:45pm
conniemetcalf8@gmail.com
Sandy Simonson
X
simonsons@gmail.com
Judy Geggis
X
geggis@atlanticbb.net
Elizabeth Riffe
X
elizabeth_riffe@yahoo.com
Pat Gannon
X
Carol Romano
X
Please send any changes
to: Pat Bowell at
bowell74@verizon.net,
505 Railroad Ave,
Suite 4,
Centreville, MD 21617
Fax: (410) 758-3687
If you need a ride OR if you can offer a ride to the Annual Training Day, please
contact Sabine Harvey, greenbien@hotmail.com
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Garden Affair
What will you be doing on Saturday May 4th? Please look for you
name in the list below.
Don’t see you name? Contact Jim Persels or Carol Jelich. There is
still plenty left to be done!
Project
THE
Co-Chairs
Volunteers Signed up
Jim Persels, Carol Jelich
Tables/Tents/Chairs; Notes
Set up and clean up; fill in as
needed
Publicity
Genie Fitzgerald
Done
Set up - Clean up
Set Up starts at 8am.
Clean up starts at 2pm.
Susan Seth, Carol Jelich, Joe
Jelich, Jim Persels, Gayle Jayne,
Marty Appel, Fred Kurst, Genie
Fitzgerald, Jack Doub, Linda
Doub, Ted Filer
Each table host should plan to
arrive by 8 am to set up their display, and stay till after 2 to break
down their display. Please let Jim
or Carol know if other volunteers
are needed to help.
Balloons
Marty Appel
Susan has paid, Marty to pick up
Greeters
Kate Greer will arrange; Ellen Filer, Carol Romano, Judy Geggis,
Marty Appel
2 tables with umbrellas (Pat G
bringing), greeters to bring own
chairs
Ask a Master Gardener
Sabine Harvey, Susan McRae,
Jim Persels
1 table (Sabine bringing), 2
chairs, 1 tent Susan M may also
do Green E
Bake Sale
Sue D'Camera, Joe Jelich, Kit
Foster
1 table, 2 chairs
Birds, Butterflies & Beneficial Insects
Pat Gannon, Pete Gerdom, Connie Metcalf
1 table, 3 chairs, 1 tent – Connie
may go to plant sale
Bay-Wise Display
Kate Greer , Marty Appel, Cathy
Tengwall
1 table (Cathy T bringing), 1 tent,
3 chairs
Children’s Crafts
Betty McAttee, chair; Jackie Kelly,
Edie Lewis, Valynda Kingsley,
Debbie Pusey (passport development only)
2 large tables, 4 chairs
Composting
John Ittu
1 table, tent, John will bring
Container Gardening
Lynn Wait, Carol Jelich for breaks
1 table, Lynn will bring, plus 2
chairs and umbrella
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THE
Garden Affair
Door Prizes
White tickets to be given out by
greeters, one per family (approx).
1 table to display. Ellen Filer and
Kate Greer will decide where to
locate this table, Drawing times
to be posted.
Face Painting
Genie Fitzgerald ; Jessica Dixon,
Hanna Kingsley
2 tables, 3 chairs – use card tables; 1 tent
Green Elephant Sale
Karen Wimsatt, Julie Tompkins,
Susan McRae, Paula Bounds,
Joyce Woodford
2 tables, 4 chairs, 1 tent. Susan
M may also do Ask a MG.
Grow It Eat It
Jack Doub, Linda Doubm Uma
1 table and 2 chairs 1 tent -Doubs will bring plus 1 card table
for Uma
Herb Display
Gayle Jayne, Vida Morley
1 table, 2 chairs, 1 tent
Native Plants
Cass Smith, Nick Stoer
1 table, 2 chairs, 1 tent
Photography
Jessica Carrick, Valynda’s neighbor
All can take. Photo release forms
should be completed for photos
of children.
Plant Sale
Jane Smith, Sandy Simonson,
Carole Colavito, Jane Chambers
4 tables, 4 chairs, 3 tents (2 from
Ext), maybe Connie Metcalf
Raffle
Pat Gannon and Connie Metcalf
to monitor from their table
1 table to display prizes
Rain Garden Display
Debbie Pusey, Margaret Gardner,
Nick
1 table, 2 chairs, 1 tent (Jelich)
Rain Barrel Display
John Ittu
1 table, 1chair (John will bringing)
Exhibitor
Contact
Adkins Arboretum
Ginna Tiernan/Alice MacNow
1 table, 1 chair
Chesapeake Bay EC
Courtney Leigh
1 table, 1 chair
Chester River Association
Heather Forsyth
1 table, 1 chair
Corsica River Association
Debbie Pusey
1 table, 1 chair
Eastern Shore Land Cons
Carin Starr
1 table, 1 chair
QAC Health Dept
Karey Minor McCauley
1 table, 1 chair
QAC Public Library
Storyteller
no table needed
4H Food Service
Sheila Shorter
3 tables, 3 chairs
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Garden Affair
Bake Sale Information
Health Department Rules regarding bake sales:
No products with cream or custard
All products need to be individually wrapped and labeled
All ingredients need to be listed to avoid allergic reactions
Guidelines for packaging baked goods:
3 large cookies or 4 small cookies per “bag”
Brownies: 3 large or 4 small bars per “bag”
Please wrap entire loaf cake or bread
Any baked goods are welcome!! Thank you so much for your help. If you have any
other questions, please contact Sue D’Camera, ruthsburg@hotmail.com
WANTED…Items for the Green Elephant table at the Garden
Affair in May… gently used garden tools, decorative pots, vases, gadgets, gloves, books, magazines,
etc. Please price your items. Thanks, Karen
Plant Sale Information
Please consider contributing to the plant sale!! Here are some tips:
Please bring only healthy plants
Plants can be divided or grown from seed
Please avoid plants on the invasive plant list
Label plant with Latin AND common name
Do not put prices on your plants. We will price the plant items.
Bring excess pots and trays to the April MG Meeting
Tips for labeling plants:
Cut labels out of milk cartons or clear soft drink bottles
Use popsicle sticks or tongue depressors
Use a permanent marker or Sharpie
Include additional info (on label or masking tape) such as color, bloom time, growing
conditions, size, sun/shade requirements, etc. This is helpful for both the MG volunteer as well as the person who is buying the plant.
For more information contact: Jane Smith, janebsmith@verizon.net
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Rain Garden Clean-up
Submitted by Debbie Pusey
Thank you to Judy CahallConley, Judy Geggis, Jackie
Kelly, Jim Persels, Kathy
Persels, Susan Seth and
Cathy Tengwall for helping out with both the Library Rain Garden
and the 4-H Park garden.
Kathy and Jim Persels took care of the 4-H
Park garden, weeding, pruning and cutting
back the two big butterfly bushes in the
fenced in area by our raised bed. The pile
of cuttings from the two bushes was almost
as high as the fence! We’ll have to prune
them again before the fair so people can see
our booth. This garden really looks
good. Everything has come back and looks
healthy. It just needs some mulch to help
prevent more weeds before it fills in.
Adkins Native Plant
Garden Tour
Mary Jo Kubeluis is seeking four more
volunteers to act as docents at native
plant gardens in Caroline County on May
11 from 10 to 1 or 1 to 4. Docents get
free admission to the other gardens on
the tour. There will be pre-tour visits to
gardens and written notes on the highlights provided. If you can help, please
contact Mary Jo at
kubeluis@atlanticbb.net
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The rest of us worked at the library rain
garden. Thank goodness the County had a
work day there two weeks ago. They
weeded, mulched and cleaned out the dry
river bed and outfall pipe area. In spite of
all the work they did, we still had a lot of
pruning to do and weeds were coming
back again.
We will have another work day
there on Thursday, May 2 starting at
9:00am to make sure the garden is in tiptop shape for our Garden Affair. Our
next regularly scheduled work
day will be Thursday, May 16th at
9:00am at the Centreville Library
Rain Garden.
SAD NEWS
Barbara Vaughan
On April 29, Barbara Vaughan, our
friend and Master Gardener since 2001
quietly passed away . She would have
been 88 on Wednesday, May1. Barbara
was alert, making plans and keeping
everyone on their toes right up until
Sunday. She was a smart and elegant
lady who will be missed.
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Would you like to attend
this class on the Eastern
Shore?
Intensive Techniques and Small Space
Vegetable Gardening
Get more out of your vegetable gardens
with less work and expense. Find out how
to increase production per square foot using sustainable and cost-effective practices.
We’ll share, discuss and evaluate specific
approaches, such as biointensive (John
Jeavons) and square foot (Mel Bartholomew), and specific practices, such as interplanting, succession planting, vertical gardening, drip irrigation, and season extension. .
If this sound interesting to you, please let
Karen Wimsatt and Robin Hessey know.
Impatiens Downy Mildew
An important new disease on impatiens,
both in home landscapes and commercial
plantings, has arrived in Maryland this
summer. To prevent further problems this
coming season it will be very important to
follow the right management steps this
fall.
The disease is caused by the fungus-like
microorganism, Plasmopara obducens,
and is favored by cool, moist conditions.
However, we have continued to see symptoms even in hot weather. The disease affects both seed and cutting propagated Impatiens walleriana. It appears that New
Guinea impatiens plants are resistant
or tolerant.
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Symptoms can be very subtle, starting as
a slight light green mottling or stippling
on one or a few leaves. Infected leaves
may curl downward. If you look at the undersides of these leaves, the white fuzzy
growth of the pathogen is visible. As the
disease progresses, infected plants will be
stunted, and leaves and flowers will fall
off leaving bare, leafless green stems. The
leafless stems will eventually turn brown
and become soft.
The survival of the disease depends on
thick-walled structures called oospores
that are formed in the diseased leaves and
stems. These oospores can then overwinter in the soil and become a source of the
disease next year.
Unfortunately, fungicides do not cure
infected plants, so all symptomatic
plant material should be bagged and
discarded. Don’t compost them in your
yard or at your site. We understand that
this pathogen has overwintered on infected plants both in Europe and on Long Island, NY. Therefore we are recommending that you should not plant Impatiens
next year if you had infected plants this
year.
Good substitutes would include cultivars
of wax, winged and tuberous begonias,
vinca, New Guinea impatiens, coleus, plectranthus, hypoestes, iresine, torenia, lobelia, and nicotiana. You could even try
some grass-like alternatives such as cultivars of isolepis (optic grass) which is a
sedge, and juncus and luzula which are
rushes, and stipa which is a feather grass.
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Educational Opportunities
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Annual MG
Training Day
Wednesday, May 22, 2013,
College Park
Keynote speaker: Rick Darke
“Design Ethics for the Nature of Today’s
Gardens.” Rick will also be doing a breakout session on “The New Wild Garden:
Dynamic, Livable, Ecological”.
For a complete list of all the 35 speakers,
the schedule and the registration form,
please got to
http://extension.umd.edu/mg/annualtraining-day
Deadlines:
4/26/13 for MG Identity Items.
4/30/13 for Registration at the $69 rate.
Fee after April 30:
Are you interested in CARPOOLING?
Please let Sabine know,
greenbien@hotmail.com
Advanced MG Trainings
on the Eastern Shore!
Wye Research Center in Queenstown
Landscape Design for Water
Management
Wed. 5/8, 5/15, 5/29 9:30-3:30 plus
optional field trips and exercises
In this course, you 'll gain some very specific
skills:
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Specific information about plants used for
conservation landscaping so that you can
advise clients on plant selection and
placement.
How to install rain barrels
How to assess a site
You'll also learn to design techniques that help
manage water in the best possible way.
Learn how to make good design decisions
including resource protections,
microclimates, amount and type of
hardscapes, material selections,
maintenance requirements and best
management practices (best design
principles) for water management.
Learn in-depth about and take field trips to
both rain-gardens and riparian buffers.
Understand the scale of the problem and the
role of the Master Gardener in the solutions.
Entomology-Ecological IPM
with Mike Raupp
Thursdays, June 6 and June 13; 9:30am3:30pm
In addition to some fascinating insect CSI, this
year's expanded 2-day course will include the
fundamental concepts of population biology,
community ecology, ecosystem functions and
services as they relate to urban ecosystems and
IPM. Some topics to be highlighted:
Role of of native plants.
Planting to conserve diversity and attract
pollinators and other beneficial insects.
Managing water and soil resources for
maximum benefit of insect populations and
ecosystem function.
Changing public perception of what
constitutes a healthy attractive landscape.
This class will satisfy the Entomology
requirement for all of you going for your Plant
Diagnostics certificate and will be of great help
to those of you working at Ask a MG events.
Registration Fee: $49 Registration Deadline:
May 30, 2013
Volunteer Opportunities
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Plant Clinics
Bay-Wise
Help with certifications and publicity.
Contact Jane Chambers,
Earljane@atlanticbb.net ,
Kate Greer, Kway2bay@aol.com
or Vida Morley, vidamorley@verizon.net
Chestertown: Contact Sabine Harvey,
greenbien@hotmail.com
Kent Island Farmers Market: Karen
Wimsatt, jimandkaren.wimsatt@
gmail.com
Demonstration Gardens
School Gardens
Help maintain some beautiful gardens in
Centreville. Contact Debby Pusey,
debbiepusey@verizon.net
Grow It Eat It
So many opportunities! Give talks, go to
schools, make presentations at plant
clinics etc. Contact Linda & Jack Doub
lindadoub@gmail.com or
jkdoub@gmail.com or Sabine Harvey
greenbien@hotmail.com
Help maintain the gardens or work with
students. Contact Sabine Harvey, greenbien@hotmail.com
Reminder: Hours volunteered at Adkins Arboretum do count towards Master Gardener program hours.
Kent Island Federation of Arts Garden Tour
June 8 and 9, 2013
10am—4 pm
Looking for docents to fulfill TWO hour shifts, either day. This is a great opportunity to
answer questions and promote our programs. Not to mention, it's pleasant work. Sit in
the shade by the water and talk to interesting people. Can't ask for better.
You will receive a free ticket for both days and an invitation to the Thank You Party. On
Friday, June 14. Please contact Karen Wimsatt if you are able to volunteer for an hour
or two, Jimandkaren.wimsatt@gmail.com
Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge—Butterfly Garden
Alice Macnow is looking for volunteers to help cleanup at the Butterfly Garden at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, south of Rock Hall, The group of volunteers meets on Thursday mornings. Call (410) 639-7056 for information.
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VOLUME
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ISSUE
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Date
Topic, Speaker
Time
Place
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Considerations When Choosing
Fruit and Vegetable Varieties
9:30 to 11:30 am
Tilghman
Terrace
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Picnic and 15th
Anniversary Celebration
3—6 pm
Jack and
Linda Doub
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Lincoln Smith
9:30 to 11:30 am
Tilghman
Terrace
Thursday , September 19,
2013
State-wide Grow It Eat It
and Harvest Pot Luck
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Emmalea Ernest
Wednesday, November 20,
2013
Wye Research
9:30 to 11:30 am
Tilghman
Terrace
Annual Planning Meet- 9:30 to 11:30 am
ing
Tilghman
Terrace
Wednesday, December 18,
2013
Holiday Luncheon
?
Tilghman Terrace
104 Tilghman Ave
Centreville, Md. 21617
From South of Centreville
Follow 213 N. into town. Turn right at first
light onto Water street and * *
pass the PNC bank on your right. Tilghman
Ave will be the next street on your right.
Turn right onto Tilghman Ave. **
From North of Centreville
Follow 213 S. into town. Turn Left on
E. Water St. Follow ** directions above.
Parking on street and in the rear of building.
Directions to the
monthly meeting!
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QAC MG News:
The following Master Gardeners have
accepted responsibilities to keep the
program going until a new coordinator is hired. Please contact them if you have questions/info about
these areas and keep dialog flowing!
MG Meetings: Monthly meetings will continue to be in Centreville at
Tilghman Terrace in 2013.
Publicity: Each committee’s chair(s) will be responsible for their own
publicity.
Bay-Wise: Kate Greer, Jane Chambers, and Vida Morley
Grow It Eat It: Linda Doub
MG Interns: Karen Wimsatt and Linda Doub
A Garden Affair: Carol Jelich and Jim Persels
Volunteer Hours Entry: Pat Bowell. Volunteer hour forms can be
sent to the Extension Office or directly to Pat at bowell74@verizon.net
Directory Changes: Please send any updates to Sabine Harvey, greenbien@hotmail.com
Extension Advisory Council (lets Extension office know what MG
program needs are): Linda & Jack Doub, Jim Persels, and Sue D’Camera
3rd Thursday Centreville Demonstration Garden Cleanups have
started! Contact Debbie Pusey for more information, debbiepusey@verizon.net 410 758-8623
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Steering Committee
Members:
Linda & Jack Doub
lindadoub@gmail.com or
jkdoub@gmail.com
Sabine Harvey
greenbien@hotmail.com
Carol Jelich
carol.jelich@gmail.com
Debbie Pusey
debbiepusey@verizon.net
Jane Chambers
Earljane@atlanticbb.net
Kate Greer
Kway2bay@aol.com
Vida Morley
vidamorley@verizon.net
Jim Persels
jpersels@yahoo.com
Karen Wimsatt
Jimandkaren.wimsatt
@gmail.com
Pat Bowell
Bowell74@verizon.net
Susan Seth
Seths46@verizon.net
Plant Clinics
Alternate Saturdays at Chestertown Farmers Market: Sabine Harvey
greenbien@hotmail.com, 410- 810-3890
Kent Island Farmers Market, 2nd Thursday of each month, 3—6:30 pm. Karen Wimsatt, jimandkaren.wimsatt@gmail.com
Newsletters: Please send anything you would like to see in the newsletter to Sabine Harvey, greenbien@hotmail.com
2013 Training Coordination: will be at WREC on Thursdays from September 12th-November 7nd
from 9-3. Linda Doub is the contact: lindadoub@gmail.com, 410 827-8613
ANYONE MAY SEND MESSAGES TO THE WHOLE GROUP BY SENDING TO
QACMG@googlegroups.com . Please direct questions or email address changes to Marty Appel,
list serve manager. kitraveler@yahoo.com, 410-643-4351
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Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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4 Garden
tion Garden
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6 Rain Barrels 7
and Drip Irrigation, 6:30-7:30
Stevensville
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Wrap up
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20
21
8 Landscape
Design for Water Management
9 KI Farmer’s
Affair
10
Market, 3—
6:30pm,
clinic,
C’Town, 8-
15 Monthly MG 16 Demonstra- 17
Meeting
tion Garden
Landscape De- Clean Up, 9am
18 Plant
22 Annual MG 23
25 TEAPAR-
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Landscape De26
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29 Landscape
Design for Water Management
clinic,
C’Town, 8TY Plant
Clinic, 10am
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Check out the new websites!!!
extension.umd.edu
On April 2, all of the Extension Offices and Programs switched over to a new “content management
system.” That means that ALL OUR WEBSITES and ALL THE WEBSITE ADDRESSES
have CHANGED.
Here are some of the new addresses:
Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners: http://extension.umd.edu/queen-annes-county/homegardening
Maryland Master Gardeners: http://extension.umd.edu/mg
Home and Garden Information Center: http://extension.umd.edu/hgic
Grow It Eat It: http://extension.umd.edu/growit
Please make sure to change web-addresses in
publications, flyers, brochures, press releases etc.
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Mon
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17 MG Coordinators Candidates
presentations
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9 KIFA Garden
Tour, 10-4
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30
Thu
Sat
7
15
8 Plant clinic,
C’Town, 8-12
KIFA Garden
Tour, 10-4
Fri
14
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13 KI Farmer’s
Market, 3—6:30pm
EntomologyEcological IPM,
22 Plant clinic,
C’Town, 8-12
6 EntomologyEcological IPM,
9:30—3:30pm
19 15th Anniversary Picnic, 3-6pm
20 Demonstration 21
Garden Clean Up,
9am
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Tue
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May Newsletter Deadline:
May 20 2013
University of Maryland Extension
505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4
Centreville MD, 21617
Phone: (410) 758-0166
Fax: (410) 758-3687
http://extension.umd.edu/queen-annescounty/about
QACMG Website:
http://extension.umd.edu/queen-annescounty/home-gardening
Area Extension Director
University of Maryland Extension
Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties
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