APRIL 2011 VOLUME 13, ISSUE 4 Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter The Watering Can INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Coordinators Corner 2 2011 Monthly Meetings 3 Leopold Bench 4 Garden Affair & Plant Sale 5 Emerging Forest Pests 6-7 Bay-Wise 7 Grow It Eat It 8-9 Advanced Training 9 Project Clean Stream 10 Demo Gardens 10 Longwood Gardens Trip 11 Volunteer Opportunities 11 Educational Opportunities 11 Calendar 12 Calendar 13 April 20th Meeting: Pollinators with Mike Embrey Judy, a resident of Church Hill, joined the Queen Anne’s Master Gardeners with the class of 2008. Since joining Judy has been an active member, participating in many MG activities including: The Annual Garden Affair, Junior Master Gardeners, Demogarden cleanups and many more. Thank you Judy for all of your hard work and dedication to the QAC MG’s. We are so lucky to have you in our program! Did you know that bees can fly at about 7 miles per hour and that they have to beat their wings 190 times per second to do it? Also, almost 90% of all flowering plants rely on animal pollinators for fertilization, and about 200,000 species of ani- mals act as pollinators. Of those, 1,000 are hummingbirds, bats, and small mammals such as mice. The rest are insects like beetles, bees, ants, wasps, but- terflies and moths. Worldwide, approxi- mately 1,000 plants grown for food, beverages, fibers, spices, and medicines need to be polli- nated by animals in order to produce the goods on which we depend. Our April 20th meeting at WREC (see page 3) from 9:30am to 11:30am will fo- cus on Pollina- tors and their im- portant role with the home land- scape. Our speaker will be Mike Embrey, UME Apiary Spe- cialist. MG of the Month: Judy Cahall-Conley
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Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
The Watering Can
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Coordinators
Corner
2
2011 Monthly
Meetings
3
Leopold Bench 4
Garden Affair &
Plant Sale
5
Emerging Forest Pests
6-7
Bay-Wise 7
Grow It Eat It 8-9
Advanced Training 9
Project Clean Stream
10
Demo Gardens 10
Longwood Gardens Trip
11
Volunteer Opportunities
11
Educational Opportunities
11
Calendar 12
Calendar 13
April 20th Meeting:
Pollinators with Mike Embrey
Judy, a resident of Church Hill, joined the Queen Anne’s Master Gardeners with the class of 2008. Since joining Judy has been an active member, participating in many MG activities including: The Annual Garden Affair, Junior Master Gardeners, Demogarden cleanups
and many more. Thank you Judy for all of your hard work and dedication to the QAC MG’s. We are so lucky to have you in our program!
Did you know that bees can fly at about 7 miles per hour and that they have to beat their wings 190 times per second to do it? Also, almost 90% of all flowering plants rely on animal pollinators for fertilization, and about 200,000 species of ani-mals act as pollinators. Of those, 1,000 are hummingbirds, bats, and small mammals such as mice. The rest are insects like beetles, bees, ants, wasps, but-terflies and moths. Worldwide, approxi-mately 1,000 plants grown for food, beverages, fibers, spices,
and medicines need to be polli-nated by animals in order to produce the goods on which we depend. Our April 20th meeting at WREC (see page 3) from 9:30am to 11:30am will fo-cus on Pollina-tors and their im-portant role with the home land-scape. Our speaker will be Mike Embrey, UME Apiary Spe-cialist.
Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Susan McRae, Louise Shearer, and Joe Jelich for being a host/hostess at Advanced Bay-Wise Training. Linda Doub and Gayle Jayne for doing Grow It Eat It talks. Sandy Simonson and Billy Gibson for being our March Meeting Hostess.
Judy Geggis, Debbie Pusey, Susan Seth, Judy Conley, Jim Persels and Jackie Kelly for help-ing with the Centreville Library Raingarden clean up. 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:
Signs of Spring
Is anyone else happy that we had the first day of Spring?? I cannot tell you how happy I am to finally see spring emerge after this long cold winter. I’m sure that many of you are feeling the same way after being cooped up in the house for so long. Just to see the trees budding and daffodils sprouting, means that its almost time to start the garden.
I can hardly believe that we are a little over 6 weeks till our 4th An-nual Garden Affair. Plan-ning is in full swing (see page 5) for opportuni-ties to help out!
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Date Topic Time Place
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Pollinators Speaker: Mike Embry
9:30am to 11:30 am Wye Research and Education
Center
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 * Week Earlier due to Annual
Training Day*
Composting Speaker: Lew Shell
9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Picnic 11:30 am to 2 pm Linda & Jack Doubs Home
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Bay-Wise 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Orchids Speaker: Roger Cole
9:30am to 11:30 am Arbec’s Greenhouse
Ridgeley, MD
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Bring One Get One, Bring Two Get Two
9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Planning 2012 9:30am to 11:30 am Tilghman Terrace
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
* Week early due to Holiday*
Holiday Luncheon Place???
Monthly Meetings are held the
3rd Wednesday of the month and start
at 9:30 AM
WREC
P.O. Box 169
Queenstown, MD 21658
410.827.8056 The WREC is seven miles southeast of Queenstown. From US
Route 50 West, turn Left onto Carmichael Road. From US Route
50 East, turn Right onto Carmichael Road. About one-half mile
beyond the Carmichael Methodist Church, turn right onto Cheston
Lane. Follow Cheston Lane past Education Lane on the left. Turn
left at the second lane. Meetings will be held in the conference
room of the red brick WREC Administration Building. Please en-
ter through the main administrative office door.
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The winning ticket holder also will receive a copy of Aldo Leopold’s famous book, A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There.
Leopold Bench Raffle
Sponsored by the Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners
The “Leopold Bench” is named for the famous conservationist Aldo Leopold. He designed a bench like this which sat in front of “The Shack” on his farm in Wisconsin. The bench is hand-crafted of western red cedar, a sustainably-harvested wood. If left untreated the bench will fade to a gray patina. The life of the bench can be extended by coating it with preservative, especially where it contacts the ground. Even if you haven’t read Leopold’s opening lines, “There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and di-lemmas of one who cannot,” from A Sand County Almanac, you will appreciate this bench. Aldo Leopold wrote about our place in the natural world. He promoted conser-vation of natural resources and an ethical relationship between people and the land. His simple, sturdy bench design reflects these ideals.
Please stop by the Extension Office to pick up your ticket !
Garden Affair Update Submitted by: MG Susan Seth (Chairperson)
The planning committee has a wonderful Garden Affair planned for the community this year on Saturday, May 21 from 10 until 2. We are working hard to publicize the event to increase our community participa-tion. Please include the event in the newslet-ters of your communities and organizations. We also have flyers available for you to post in your neighborhoods. Contact Rachel if you want her to e-mail a newsletter article or a copy of the flyer to use for publicity.
We are developing invitations to the event that we hope each Master Gardener will use to invite at least 10 people to the Garden Affair. Remember it will be an event with many activities for both children and
adults. We will have copies available at the April 20 meeting. If each Master Gardener has 3 or 4 individuals or families who attend the Gar-den Affair, it will be a huge success.
Thank you to the Master Gardeners who have volunteered to fill many of the jobs that are necessary for a successful event. We are still in need of volunteers, particularly for set-up (8am-10am), to blow up the helium balloons (8am-10am), and to serve as greeters (10am-2pm). Contact Rachel to sign up to fill one of these needs or to find another volunteer spot that appeals to you.
Keep your eye out for useful gardening items for our Green Elephant sale. Be sure to price them in advance. All of our bakers out there are needed to supply those yummy home baked items for our bake sale. Judy Geggis will provide information in the May newsletter about the type of items allowed by the Health Department and how we will need to package them.
Before we know it the Garden Affair will be here, for all of those who are growing plants to be sold please remember:
Favorite houseplants can be propagated (not too many spider plants, please!) When starting seeds indoors for your own garden, sow some extras (herbs & veggies are popular) and pot them up Sharing your divided perennials is ap-preciated by new & experienced garden-ers Any “volunteer” (flower, tree, or shrub) can be potted up for sale. Offering plants on the invasive list (English Ivy, Nandina, Ajuga, barberry for example) is
strongly discouraged. Healthy plants, labeled with the Latin and common names, color of bloom, bloom time, growing condi-tions (sun/shade), the more information the bet-ter. Labels can be masking tape, plastic tabs. Tabs can be made easily by cutting milk cartons or clear soft drink bottles up into short lengths with a pointed bottom, use Magic Marker or Sharpie to write on them. Plant trays for display and custom-ers’ use. Anyone who needs small pots can contact Rachel or Karen. We will price plant items. Near the end of the day the prices will be reduced on re-maining plants.
Submitted by: MG Carole Colavito
Garden Affair Meetings Don’t forget to mark your calendars: · Monday, March 14, 2011-9 A.M. · Monday, April 11, 2011- 9 A.M. · Monday, May 9, 2011-9 A.M. · Post meeting Tuesday, May 24, 2011-9 A.M.
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Highlights from the Forest Stewardship Program Webinar, presented on Feb. 15, 2011. For a complete re-
cording of the presentation and other webinars, and webinar opportunities, go to
www.naturalresources.umd.edu. I am told this presentation will be online shortly.
Ambrosia Beetles….(Xylosandurs germanius )
Spring is coming, and with that, the first generation of the Ambrosia Beetle. The
beetle will overwinter in leaf litter and come out when it warms up in March. It
will procreate two more times in the season, with evidence showing up again in
June and August. The main concern is the invasive variety, not the natives. And
unfortunately, it goes after healthy trees. Females bore into the tree and nest just
under the bark. Look for a wet, gelatinous area and then a small circle of sawdust.
At this point, it can be treated with insecticide. Once you see sawdust and beetle
waste sticking out, like a cigarette butt, it is too late to treat. The whole will be invaded by secondary fungi,
and ultimately, the tree will die. The beetle is attracted to alcohol (hmmm, Webinar didn’t say if it was rub-
bing alcohol or Jim Beam!) Traps baited with alcohol are used to collect the beetles for identification and
extermination. The beetles are a very serious problem for nurseries, because there is no way of predicting
which type of tree the beetle will hit. Growers are injecting alcohol in target trees and intending to use insec-
ticide when the beetles return.
Send samples to the Clarksville, MD research center.
Bark Beetles on Conifers: http://www.hgic.umd.edu/_media/documents/BarkBeetlesonConifershg1pfv.pdf
Emerging and Current Forest Threats in Maryland continued
Congratulations to: Jane Chambers, Kit Foster, Jim Persels, Joe Jelich, Stephanie Simpson, Susan McRae, Lori Sharer, and Louise Shearer for success-fully completing Bay-Wise Advanced Training on Tuesday, March 15th.
Our next Bay-Wise meeting will be held directly following the April
Continue to sow lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, beets and other favorite salad vegetables.
Thin seedlings of leafy greens, to a few inches apart and eat the ones you pull. Check planting chart for fi-nal spacing between mature plants.
Plant seeds of carrots, turnips and parsnips in deeply worked, well-drained soil.
Start Brussels sprouts indoors, under lights, to be planted in late May, for fall harvest.
Start tomato seeds indoors under lights, to be ready for transplanting outdoors in six to eight weeks.
Don’t jump the gun with warm sea-son crops; plant outside only after all danger of frost is past. (Night tem-peratures below 45º F. can damage plants and later fruiting.)
Optional: lay down black plastic mulch to warm the soil, two to three weeks before planting warm season crops, like tomato, pepper, eggplant, and melon. Plastic mulch also keeps down weeds. (Biodegradable non-plastic mulch, made out of corn, is n o w a v a i l a b l e ; www.highmowingseeds.com is one source.)
Sow beans and corn outdoors late this month or early May, when soil temperatures are above 50º F. (Or pre-start them indoors to get them off to a faster start.)
Start squash, melon and cucumbers indoors to be transplanted in the garden, in two to three weeks. (These plants also benefit from black
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plastic or biodegradable mulch.) Or, plant them di-rectly in the garden, in late May through mid-June.
Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Stevensville: · Wednesday, April 13, 2011
from 6:30 to 7:30 pm-Container Gardening & Raised Beds
· Wednesday, May 11, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm-Composting made Simple
· Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm-Vegetable Gardening IPM
Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Centreville: · Wednesday, April 13, 2011
from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Container Gardening
· Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.– Vegetable Gardening IPM
· Wednesday, June 8, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Ex-tending the Season for Fall Harvest
Kent County Extension Office in Chestertown: · Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from
7 to 8 pm-Unusual Fruits for the Backyard
· Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-Vegetable Garden-ing IPM
Check out all of these Grow It Eat It Classes
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Grow It Eat It continued
· Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 7 to 8 pm-Extending the Season: Summer Planting for Fall Harvest
Sudlersville Memorial Library: Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-Herbs & Planting an Edible Landscape Thursday, May 13, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m-Growing Great Tomatoes
Master Gardener Annual Training Day Master Gardener Annual Training Day is open to all Master
Gardeners and Master Gardener interns.
ANNUAL TRAINING DAY HIGHLIGHTS • Keynote Speaker-Pat Stone
• 33 Workshops to choose from
• Continental Breakfast
• Delicious Box Lunch
• Free Parking
• Tradeshow/Exhibits • 600+ MG’s from across the state
• all classes (except labs and walks) in same building for
2011
If you need assistance to participate in the Annual Training
Day program, contact Robin Hessey at least 2 weeks prior to
the program -410-531-1754 (tel.); 410-531-5567 (fax);
Join in the fun at the site of your choice. Gloves and trash containers will be pro-
vided. Contact Jim Persels at 410-758-6513 for further information.
Demonstration Garden submitted by MG: Debbie Pusey & Alice Macnow
Spring is almost here and I know that we
are all gearing up to get outside.
Demo garden work schedule:
April 21– Millstream at 9:30
May 19- Library Rain Garden at 9:00
June 16 and July 21 –Library Rain Garden at
9:00
August 18 – Millstream at 9:00
September 15–Library Rain Garden at 9:00
October 20 – Millstream at 9:30 and
November 17 –Library Rain Garden at 9:30
The locations may change if we feel one garden
or the other needs more or less attention. The
town has been taking care of the garden at Rt
213 north since they now have a ‘Welcome to
Centreville’ sign there.
Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge-
Butterfly Garden
Garden cleanup work is starting
up at Eastern Neck Wildlife Ref-
uge butterfly garden, which is a
demonstration garden in the Mas-
ter Gardener's program. MG's are able to
count their volunteer hours done at ENWR
for cleanup days, which are held on Thurs-
days from about 9:00AM to noon (varies a
bit according to the weather). Dave Gauntt
and Zeeger deWilde are usually there much
earlier (and much later.) Everyone is wel-
come, please check in at the lodge to record
volunteer hours for ENWR and also record
your MG hours for Rachel. ENWR is 7
miles south of Rock Hall, take route 20 to
Rock Hall, then Main Street South from the
center of town to the Refuge. The garden
is down the road to the right where the sign
says Butterfly/Bayview. The lodge is a lit-
tle farther down the main road to the right
where it says Office/bookstore/Lodge.
Bring gloves, your favorite small tools,
some other tools are there, Binoculars are
available too. Spring is really coming!
Submitted by: MG Intern Jim Persels
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Just a quick reminder that if you have signed up for a trip to Longwood Gardens on Thursday, April 14th, 2011.
The Bus will be leaving the route 404/route 50 park & ride promptly at 7: 15 am and returning at 5:30 pm.
Adkins Arboretum: Saturday, April 16th: Designing Extraordinary
Mixed Plantings from 1-2 p.m. Cost: $15 mem-bers, $20 non members
Friday, April 22 & Friday, April 29th: Designing a Native Forest from 10am to 2:30pm. Cost: $85 members, $110 non members
Monday, April 25th: Founding Gardeners Lunch & Lecture from noon to 2:30 pm. Cost: $35 members, $40 non members
Thursday, April 28th: Ecology of the Forest in Spring from 1 to 3 pm. Cost: $15 member, $20 non members
Please Call 410-634-2878 or visit http://www.adkinsarboretum.org to register for classes
Longwood Gardens
Saturday, April 9th: Performance Pruning-Shrubs from 9:30 to 12:30pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member
Thursday, April 14th: Dividing & Transplanting Herbaceous Perennials from 6 to 9 pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member
Thursday, April 28th: Plant Propagation: A plan for Spring from 6 to 9pm. Cost: $45 member, $50 non member
To register visit www.longwoodlearning.org or call 610-388-5454
Educational Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities
Chestertown Plant Clinic: This year the Chestertown Plant Clinic at Fountain Park will start on Saturday, May 14th (8am to 12pm) and will run every other Saturday until mid September. If you are interested in signing up please contact Sabine Harvey at [email protected]. Here are the Dates:
Saturday, April 30th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, May 14th from 8am to 12pm. Saturday, May 28th from 10am to 3pm (Tea Party Day) Saturday, June 11th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, June 25th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 9th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, July 23rd from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 13th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, August 27th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 10th from 8am to 12pm Saturday, September 24th from 8am to 12pm
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