Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
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INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Coordinators
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Corner
MG Directory
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MG Monthly
Meetings
3
Garden Affair
4
Garden Affair-
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Plant Sale
Grow It Eat It
5
Vertical Gardening 6
Bay-Wise
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Advanced Training
Educational
Opportunities
8-9
Volunteer
Opportunities
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Calendar
10-11
For many of us
Our February meeting will
who
garden,
the
focus on these unique
garden is not solely
creatures of nature. Andi
about pretty flowers but
Pupki, from Chesapeake
what those pretty flowWildlife
Heritage
will
ers bring into our
discuss the Monarchs great
gardens. One such creamigration
from
North
ture is the
MonAmerica and Canada to
arch Butterfly (Danaus Photo taken by Rachel Melvin southern California and
plexippus). This easily
Mexico.
As always, our
recognized butterfly is probably one monthly meetings start promptly at
of the best known butterflies of 9:30 am at Tilghman Terrace in
North America. It takes about a Centreville. (see page 3 for directions)
month for the adult to develop (from
egg to pupa to adult)
and feeds only on
milkweed.
MG of the Month: Kit Foster
Kit, a resident of Queenstown,
joined the Queen Anne’s County
Master Gardeners with the class
of 2009. Since joining Kit has
been an active member of the
Garden Affair planning committee and the Bay-Wise planning
committee.
Additionally, she
regularly helps with Junior
Master Gardeners in the spring
and in our demonstration
gardens. Thank you Kit,
for all of your hard
work
volunteering
with
the
Queen
Anne’s County Master Gardeners! We
are so lucky to have you!
Coordinator’s Corner
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Here it is February and it
feels like April outside! Mother
Nature is playing an awful trick
toying with our emotions and
hopes for spring. All of the
Daffodils, crocus, and irises that I
planted in the fall are slowly
trying to make an appearance.
Rachel Melvin,
Master Gardener
Coordinator
UPDATE YOUR
CONTACT INFO!
hours equate to over $90,000 in savings to
the county. Way to go Master Gardeners!
Everyone deserves a round of applause for
their extraordinary service.
Also, thank you to everyone who has
signed up to be at a Master Gardener booth in
the spring, teach a class, or work with our 5th
Annual ‘A Garden Affair.’ All of our programs
A special thank you to could not happen without each and every one
everyone who was able to turn of you.
in their Master Gardener hours
for 2011. For 2011, Master
Lastly, a plea to any Master Gardener
Gardeners volunteered over who would like to step forward to be our
4,200 hours of service to Queen co-chair in the Junior Master Gardener
Anne’s County and various Mas- program this year. Unfortunately, MG Pat
ter Gardener projects. These Bowell will be unable to help with the
implementation of the program so I will need
someone who is willingSubmitted
and able
be at
by Julie to
Tompkins,
every class. The classes will
start
at
Kennard
with additions by Neenah
Elementary on Wednesday, April 18th and
will run every Wednesday until May 23rd
from 3:30 to 5 pm. Pat will be available to
help with the planning of the classes.
Please send any changes
to Rachel Melvin at
Directory
2012
rmelvin1@umd.edu,
505 Railroad Ave,
Suite 4,
Centreville, MD 21617
or fax: (410) 758-3687
Just another great reason to
come to the February Master
Gardener monthly meeting!
Kit Foster and Karen Wimsatt for being Hostesses at our
January meeting. Sabine Harvey for being our speaker at our
January meeting. Sue D’Camera, Linda Doub, and Jim Persels
for being our Master Gardener representatives on the QAC EAC. 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 Rachel know and it shall be acknowledged in the
next newsletter.
Thanks To:
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Date
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Topic
Monarchs
Speaker: Andi Pupki
Time
9:30am to 11:30 am
Place
Tilghman
Terrace
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
State of the Chesapeake Bay
Speaker: Alan Girard
CBF
9:30am to 11:30 am
Tilghman
Terrace
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Oyster Gardening
Speaker: Don Webster
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Stink Bugs
Speaker: MG Jim Persels
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Picnic
11:30 am to 2 pm
Wye Research
and Education
Center
Tilghman
Terrace
QAC 4-H Park
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tools in the Garden
Speaker: MG Joe Jelich
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Beekeeping
Speaker: MG Dick Crane
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Topic: ?
Speaker: ?
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
* Week early due to Holiday*
Planning for 2013
9:30am to 11:30 am
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
* Week early due to Holiday*
Holiday Luncheon
Tilghman
Terrace
Tilghman
Terrace
Tilghman
Terrace
Tilghman
Terrace
Place???
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. Street
Parking is available as well as in the back.
From North of Centreville
Follow 213 S. into town. Turn Left on E. Water St. **Follow
directions above.
Parking on street and in rear of building
Hey Look…...
Directions to the Monthly
Meetings
All MG Monthly Meetings
start at 9:30am and run
through 11:30am
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5th Annual ‘A Garden Affair’ Update
Submitted by: MG Susan Seth, Garden Affair Chairperson
If you have not done so already please mark
your calendar for Saturday, May 12 for our fifth
annual Garden Affair. It will take place at the
Centreville Branch of the Queen Anne’s County
Library property and the adjacent Wright’s
Chance property. The hours for the event are
from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Set up will begin at
8:00 AM. If you have not participated previously
we are looking forward to a day with lots of fun
and interesting information, displays, and
activities for everyone. We also have our
extremely successful plant sale, green elephant
sale and bake sale to anticipate.
There will be sign up sheets at the Master
Gardener monthly meetings. Please review
the sign up sheets and sign up for an
assignment for which you have a passion or
maybe just an area where extra help is
needed. We need everyone’s help and there is
a job for everyone. Last year we had at least
50 Master Gardeners who participated and
had around 400 visitors.
During these cold and dreary winter days we
can be thinking about which plants we have
that need to be divided or what seeds we
might plant to donate to the plant sale. We
can also think about those garden items that
we no longer use which might be donated to
the green elephant sale. Thinking about the
Garden Affair makes Spring seem just around
the corner.
The Garden Affair Committee is up and running.
Won’t you join us for our next meeting? We are
always looking for new ideas and welcome your
input. Committee meetings take place in the
middle room at the Extension Office at 9:30 AM.
Upcoming Garden Affair Meetings:
Monday, February 13th at 9:30am at the Extension Office
Tuesday, March 13th at 9:30am at the Extension Office
Monday, April 9th at 9:30am at the Extension Office
Monday, May 7th at 9:30am at the Extension Office
Saturday, May 12th from 10am to 2pm- 5th Annual ‘A Garden Affair’ at the
Centreville Library & Historic Wright’s Chance
Plant Sale
submitted by MG Jane Smith, Plant Sale Chairperson
We need your help to make this a successful
plant sale this year. As you start your spring
gardening, look for plants to divide for our
sale. We need commonly recognizable plants
for the beginning gardeners who will be
shopping, as well as some of those more exotic
plants that will appeal to our master
gardeners. Quality not quantity is our goal for
this year. Try to get them in pots early and
give them a chance to grow into beautiful,
healthy plants by our Garden Affair in May.
Hopefully, some of you have already started
planting your seeds for spring annuals and
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vegetable plants. Surprisingly, we had many
requests for annual flowers and the usual vegetable plant varieties. Healthy house plants were
also popular. Enjoy the beautiful spring weather
that is just around the corner and keep the plant
sale in mind.
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Grow It Eat It
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Centreville Free Library
Wednesday, February 15th , Time: 7 to 8pm
Topic- 12 Simple steps to starting a veggie
garden
Wednesday, March 21st , Time: 7 to 8pm
Topic-Waterworks: Rain barrels, soaker hoses and
drip irrigation
Wednesday, April 18th , Time: 7 to 8pm
Topic-Growing healthy habits with children in the
garden
Monday, May 7th , Time: 7 to 8pm
Topic: Veggie Garden IPM: knowing your friends &
foes in the garden
Monday, June 11th , Time: 7 to 8pm
Topic-Composting made simple
Stevensville Free Library
Wednesday, February 22nd, Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm,
Topic-12 Simple steps to starting a veggie garden
Thursday, March 22nd, Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm,
Topic-Waterworks: Rain barrels, soaker hoses and
drip irrigation
Tuesday, April 24th , Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic: Container Gardening & Beyond
Tuesday, May 15th , Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic: Veggie Garden IPM: knowing your friends &
foes in the garden
Wednesday, June 13th , Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic- Composting made simple
Sudlersville Memorial Library
Tuesday, March 13th , Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic-12 Simple steps to starting a veggie garden
& early spring veggies
Tuesday, April 10th, Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic: How to grow lettuce & herbs
Tuesday, May 8th , Time: 6:30 to 7:30pm
Topic- Composting made simple & knowing your
friends & foes in the garden
Upcoming Garden Affair Meetings:
Thursday, February 16th-State Grow It Eat It
Meeting at 4-H Office in College Park from 10 am
to 1pm.
Tuesday, February 28th-Grow It Eat It Meeting
at the Extension Office at 9:30am.
News from Jon Traunfeld….
2012 will be the year of Leafy
Greens for UME’s GIEI program
Leafy greens are easy to grow- a plus for beginners; they
can be grown year-round; “kale” was the #1 searched
word on the GIEI website in 2011; leafy greens are great
for youth/school gardening because many of them grow
best in spring and fall when schools are in session.
GIEI teams should take the initiative to grow whatever
other types of leafy greens and other cultivars they fancy
(maybe Italian leafy greens, water spinach, or sweet potato greens)!
The idea would be to showcase the leafy greens and educate around them in the garden, through articles, blog
entries, whatever. Here are some ideas for creating excitement and developing new knowledge:
send a press release to local newspapers.
team up with nutrition educators in the Extension
office to create a leafy greens display.
teach mini-classes in your demo garden where people can learn how to grow and eat leafy greens, beds
of different greens together with some color and
taste contrast.
create a dedicated leafy greens bed or garden; take
photos and collect data (plant growth, lbs. or bushels
of harvested greens, food $ savings).
grow leafy greens using different techniques in different types of gardens (containers, salad tables, edible landscape, cold frames, etc.)
grow them in high visibility public places where they
could get attention- cool planters on Main Street, borders to gardens at public buildings, etc.
grow half of your leafy greens under floating row
covers and compare the results with the uncovered
leafy greens.
think up other ideas…let’s be creative!
There will be a contest with prizes for GIEI teams that
grow, teach, promote, photograph, and have fun with
leafy greens in 2012!
Calling all artists and graphic designers… Rachel Melvin
had the idea to have a yearly official GIEI illustrated
poster based on the selected theme each year. Wouldn’t it
be cool to have a 2012 Leafy Greens poster! Rachel sent
this link to some great food garden posters and artworkhttp://victorygardenoftomorrow.com/
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Vertical Gardens
submitted by MG Anne Wake
I have been interested in gardens since
childhood and, as an adult living in
Bethesda, I was a happy gardener,
particularly passionate about my roses.
Moving to the waterfront on the Eastern
shore forced me to deal with radically
different growing conditions. It always
astonishes me that a move of less than 50
miles can so change soil and climate. In
order to cope with my new terrain I
decided to become a master gardener.
Becoming a master gardener has changed
the way that I look at the world around me.
When friends decided to celebrate big
birthdays by taking a cruise on the Rhône
River, I joined them and eagerly observed
the gardens of Provence and Burgundy.
Walking in Avignon, I admired the tiny
urban gardens tucked into every corner.
We turned a corner and suddenly in front
of me was a site I could hardly believe, a
green exterior wall. At first, I thought the
vegetation on the wall at the entrance to
Les Halles had to be fake, but upon closer
inspection I saw the front wall of the
central market of Avignon was actually
covered by living plants suspended on a
frame. Consumed by
curiosity I consulted
the Internet and found
that
this
vertical
garden was the work
of Patrick Blanc who
has created vertical
gardens all over the
world. He created his
first vertical green
wall
in
1988.
Beginning in 1998 his
work has rapidly expanded and there are now vertical
walls on placed on a load bearing wall. A metal frame
is placed on the wall to support a PVC plate 10 mm
thick. Two layers of polyamide felt 3 mm thick are
stapled together. These layers support the roots of
many plants. A network of pipes control by valves
provides the nutrient solution containing dissolved
minerals that are needed for plant growth. The felt is
soaked by capillary action with this nutrient solution
which flows down the wall by gravity. The roots of the
plants take up the nutrients they need and excess
water is collected at the bottom of the wall in a gutter
and then re-injected into the network of pipes. The
system is a closed circuit. Plants are chosen for their
ability to grow in this type of environment and using
the available light. These vertical gardens provide
insulation, filter rainwater, create a cooling effect and
help control pollution. Furthermore, aesthetically they
bring nature into urban deserts. For further
information, check out the website of Patrick Blanc
www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/ or read one of
his many books. In any case, if you have an
opportunity, be sure to visit one of his gardens which
are listed geographically on his website. The east
coast has projects in New York City and Charlotte, NC.
There are two gardens installed in New York, one in a
private home and one at PhytoUniverse. A third is
projected to be installed at the New York Botanical
Garden in 2012. There are two projects in Charlotte,
NC: one is at the Capitol Clothing Shop and the other is
at the Foundation for the Carolinas. It is also now
possible to purchase
kits to grow your own
vertical garden if you
google living walls, you
will
find
many
suggestions
of
resources.
Vertical garden in Avignon. Photo taken by MG Anne Wake
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Bay-Wise Advanced
Training
Topics covered:
Bay-Wise Consultations, Soils,
Lawn Care, Landscape Management, Private Well Management,
Recycling, Septic System
Management, Storm Water
Management, Water Quality,
Water Conservation
and much more!
Monday, March 5th &
Monday, March 12th
From 9am to 3pm at the Talbot Operations Center
605 Port St., Easton, MD
Cost: $45 checks made
payable to QAC EAC (Queen
Anne’s County Extension
Advisory Council)
To Register:
Submit registration form by
February 16, 2012 with
payment to:
University of Maryland Extension-Queen Anne’s County
505 Railroad Ave, Suite 4
Centreville, MD 21617
(410) 758-0166
University of Maryland Extension programs are
open to everyone without regard to race, color,
religion, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or disability
Advanced Bay-Wise Training
NAME:__________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
TELEPHONE: (
)_________________________________
E-MAIL: _______________________________________________
COUNTY: _____________________________________________
Don’t forget to come to the Bay-Wise meeting on
Wednesday, February 15th at 12pm at the Extension
Office
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Educational Opportunities
Adkins Arboretum
Mt. Cuba
Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:00 am - 1:00
Now offers online courses for
pm Plants for Difficult Soil Registration
around $40 per session. Go to
required. Fee: $15 members, $20 general
http://www.mtcubacenter.org/
public
education/distance-learning/
Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:30
Wednesday, February 8 Time: 1:30
pm Planting for Native Bees Registration
pm – 2:30 pm Native Plant Cultivars
required. Fee: $15 members, $20 general
Cost: $10
public
Saturday, February 18 Time: 9:00
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:00 am am – 12:00 Noon Woody Plant Iden11:30 am Coaxing Blooms Registration
tification in Winter Cost: $25
required. Fee: $15 members, $20 general
Saturday, March 10 Time: 10:00 am
public
– 2:00 pm A Look at Lichens Cost:
Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:30 am - 12:30
$25 (Bring your own bag lunch)
pm Becoming Bay Smart: Living Within
To register call Phone: 302.239.4244
Maryland's Critical Area Registration
o r
g o
t o h t t p : / /
Required
www.mtcubacenter.org/education/
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 am continuing-education/
1:00 pm Hypertufa Planter Registration
required. Fee: $45 members, $65 general Horticultural Society of Maryland
Tuesday, March 7th.
Time 7:30pm
public
"Personal
Habitat:
Creating
a Haven for
Saturday, March 3, 2012 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Wildlife (And Yourself)"
Landscape Design Workshop Registration
Tuesday, April 10th.
Time 7:30pm
required. Fee: $85 members, $110 general
"Nonstop Plants: A Garden for 365 Days"
public
Tuesday, May 8th. Time 7:30pm "Don’t
Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:00 am - 11:30
be a Drip! Using water wisely in the
am Favorite Perennials Registration
garden"
required. Fee: $15 members, $20 general
Members are required to show a current
public
MEMBERSHIP CARD for free admission
Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
to lectures Guest of members also receive free admission. Admission for non
Made for Each Other: The Biology of the
-member is $10
Human-Animal Bond Registration required.
All classes are held at The Vollmer CenFee: $15 members, $20 general public
ter Cylburn Arboretum 4915 Greenspring
Friday, March 30, 2012 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ave. Baltimore, MD.21209
Spring Greens Fee: Members: $15 or $35 for
all three in the series; General public: $20 or Irvine Nature Center
$45 for all three in the series.
Wednesdays, March 21 through April
Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
11, 7 – 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 14, 9
Foraging Registration required. Fee: $15
a.m. – 2. Beekeepers short course. p.m.
members, $20 general public
$40 members, $50 non-members. To
register call 443-738-9224
Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sunset Walk with Nick Carter Registration
required. This walk is free with admission
($5 adults, $2 students ages 6-18, payable
upon arrival).
To register for classes visit http://
www.adkinsarboretum.org/
programs_events/ or call 410-634-2847
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Green Matters Symposium Join Brookside Gardens on the final Friday in February each year for a
daylong
symposium dedicated to sustainable horticulture. In 2012, Green Matters: Urban Farming Pioneers, our third and final
food-focused symposium, we'll highlight innovative approaches to feeding the world's population. Featuring Dickson
Despommier, Columbia University Emeritus Professor and author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century, Darrin Nordahl, landscape architect and author of Public Produce, Ben Flanner, Head Farmer/CEO and co-founder of
the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm, and Jeff Semler Maryland State Coordinator of Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Education, this year's Green Matters will kindle your inner urban farmer and entice you to think about food production in
wholly different ways. Friday, February 24, 8:30am-4:00pm Fee: $89; Register Online or download a Registration Form
Brookside Gardens Visitors Center Auditorium http://www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/
News from the State MG Office
Youth Gardening Education MG/FSNE Advanced Training
School gardens are hot right now and getting kids in touch with
nature – especially through gardening and growing plants – is more important today than ever. Garden projects promote
environmental awareness, awareness of where food comes from, better eating habits, exercise, and wonder and awe of the
world of nature. Join us for the day, and learn how we can help teach and promote garden education among our young
people. It's easier than you think! This class will focus on how to start a school vegetable garden, how to manage or engage
kids of different ages/ethnicities/gender in the garden, give some practical curriculum and gardening techniques, and talk
about resources and safety in the garden. MGs can obtain their own class information, as usual, on the state MG website:
http://mastergardener.umd.edu/AdvancedTraining/YouthGard.cfm . Registration cost is $30
Single All-DayTrainings (9:30am-3:30pm) will be offered in 3 locations:
Saturday 2/25/12 - Baltimore Co. Extension (Hunt Valley) (Snow date 3/17)
Friday 3/2/12 - Washington Co. Extension (Boonsboro) (Snow date 3/5)
Saturday 3/3/12 - Sheridan St. Garden (PG County- Riverdale) (Snow date 3/10)
Master Composter Course Learn all about composting from dedicated Master Gardener Composters. This advanced
course, designed to teach the teacher, will not only enable you to improve your own composting techniques, it will
empower you to share your knowledge with novices and experts alike. You will be given instruction in both the science
and the art of creating compost and be given the opportunity to hone your own personal teaching skills. As a graduate
“Master Composter”, you will be able to seek out new and innovative ways to present ‘backyard composting’ to both MG
interns and to the public at large. Master Gardeners are among a very small number of spokespersons for Integrated Pest
Management. Our mandate goes well beyond the sensible use of pesticides; we are also charged with educating homeowners
in areas of Water Quality, Nutrient Management, Soil Conservation, and Recycling. Backyard Composting is an endemic part
of each of these areas and thereby has a crucial role to play in all of our programs and projects. Class participants are
expected to give 10 hours of volunteer time in the next 12 months in the area of compost education. Registration
Fee: $45 (includes a looseleaf handbook and CD). Classes will be held on Wednesdays March 14 & April 4; 9:30 am-3pm.
Includes field trip on 4/4. at : Montgomery Co. Extension, 18410 Muncaster Rd., Derwood MD 20855. Registration
Deadline: Wed. March 7, 2012
Required Text: NRAES' 50 page booklet Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream ($10)
Optional Texts: Rodale Guide to Composting by Grace Gershuny, Deborah L. Martin ($14)(highly recommended) Worms Eat
My Garbage by Mary Appelhof ($12) (great, but optional)
Volunteer Opportunities
A Garden Affair: Just a little over 3 months
until our 5th Annual ‘A Garden Affair,’ which
means we’ll need many hands to make it
another successful event. Here are some ways
you can help:
Balloons: We’ll need 1 person to
help Marty
Set-up/Clean-up: This is the
perfect way to help if you can’t
spend the entire day with us. Setup begins at 8am sharp and only
takes about 2 hours.
Bake Sale: This is a great
way to lend a hand, especially if you can’t be there
for the event. Bake a
batch of your favorite
cookies or brownies!
Children’s Activities: Do
you love doing crafts?
Always, wanted to help
but have never been
available? Then this is
the activity for you!
Junior Master Gardeners: We our
sponsoring another year of Junior
Master
Gardeners
at
Kennard
Elementary. This program offers
6 weeks of fun and creative
hands on activities, which will
run from April 18, 2012 to May
23, 2012 from
3: 30 to 5:00
pm. Unfortunately, Pat will be
unable to help us this year so I
will need some willing to
co-chair this program. If you are
interested please let
Rachel know.
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meeting at
Extension Office
9:30 am
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15 MG
monthly
meeting at
Tilghman
Terrace 9:30
to 11:30 am
Bay-Wise
meeting 12pm
at Extension
Office
16 Grow It
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Eat It
Meeting in
College Park
10am to 1pm;
Bay-Wise
registration
Due
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Extension
Office 9:30am
29 Hypertufa
Containers at
Adkins
Arboretum
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Matters
Symposium
Upcoming Meetings and Trips
Mon, Feb 13th: Garden Affair Meeting at the
Extension Office 9:30 am
Wed. Feb 15th: MG Monthly Meeting at
Tilghman Terrace in Centreville at 9:30am
Wed. Feb 15th: Bay-Wise meeting 12pm at
Extension Office
Thur. Feb 16th: Grow It Eat It State Meeting
at the 4-H office in College Park 10am to 1pm
Thur. Feb 16th: Bay-Wise Advanced Training Registration Due
Tue. Feb 28th: Grow It Eat It Meeting at the
Extension Office at 9:30am
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Bay-Wise Advanced Training: Monday,
March 5th & Monday, March 12th in
Easton.
A Garden Affair: Saturday, May 12, 2012
at the Centreville Library & Historic
Wright’s Chance
Annual Training Day:
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
in College Park
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February Grow It Eat It Tips:
March Newsletter Deadline:
Tuesday, February 21st
Send submissions to Rachel:
rmelvin1@umd.edu
University of Maryland Extension
505 Railroad Avenue, Suite 4
Centreville MD, 21617
If starting seeds indoors, set up florescent grow lights and
gather needed materials: pots, trays, soil less mix.
Early in the month, start seeds of early crops, such as leeks,
onions, shallots and artichokes indoors, under florescent lights.
Also start peppers- they are very slow growing.
Later in the month, start seeds indoors of beets, turnips,
Chinese cabbage, kale and other early crops. These will be
ready to set out in the garden in 3-5 weeks. (Or, direct seed
these crops in the garden as soon as soil can be worked.)
Fax: (410) 758-3687
Build a cold frame. Late in the month, add compost and good
soil; sow spinach, lettuce, or a mesclun mix for early greens
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Start a compost pile if you don’t have one.
Phone: (410) 758-0166
QACMG Website:
http://queenannes.umd.edu/QACMG/
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