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Category: Gardening

Anyone Can Garden Workshop

“Anyone Can Garden!” a half-day free symposium focusing on the ease of creating simple, beautiful, and healthy gardens on a balcony, in a yard, or even in a straw bale, will be held at Harford Community College’s Chesapeake Center on Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event promises to be entertaining … Continue reading Anyone Can Garden Workshop

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Pollinator Gardens for Bees, Butterflies, & Hummingbirds

In 2022, let our New Year’s resolution be to plant more native plants in our yards that attract pollinators, like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. These links will lead you to resources regarding native Maryland plant species:

bee-vic-sanborn-2020 — Bee, Hampton Mansion gardens, 2020. Image Vic Sanborn

Creating a Wild Backyard – Hummingbirds, Butterflies & Bees: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Pollinator Gardens: University of Maryland Extension

In the News – 2022

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Articles

Winning Artwork Chosen for 2022-2023 Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design

Towson resident Jim Taylor won this year’s 48th annual Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design Contest held by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Judges chose Taylor’s depiction of snow geese flying over a cornfield to be featured on the stamps hunters purchase to hunt all migratory game birds in the state. Read more…

Towson resident Jim Taylor’s illustration will adorn the 2022-23 Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp

Calendar of Events

Free Zoom Workshop – March 19th, 7 – 8 PM

The Importance of Bees presented by Master Bee Keeper Steve McDaniel. To learn more about the workshop, Mr. McDaniel, and how to register, please visit our Yearly Workshops page.

Featured Nature Centers

A Hike on Phenology with Clare Walker, Master Naturalist and Master Gardener, is scheduled for March 26, from 1:30-3:30 PM at the Irvine Nature Center. Sign-up information is available at this link.

February and March Events at Lake Roland Nature Center. Click on this PDF document and scroll to Page 3.

February Events at the Willow Grove Nature Center, Cromwell Bridge Road. To enter the event calendar, click on this link.

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping

Click here to access the 184 page PDF document about native plants in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Beware of Ticks!

Soon Maryland’s weather will turn warm and the annual nymph tick invasion will begin again. Even scarier, with climate change, adult ticks are no longer just a warm weather scourge. Ticks common to our state are the American dog tick (wood tick), Blacklegged tick (deer tick), Brown dog tick, Lone star tick, Gulf coast tick, Asian longhorned tick (non-native, first discovered in NY in 2010).

This article from the University of Maryland Extension, discusses each tick’s characteristic, how we can protect ourselves from ticks, tick prevention around home and yard, and more.

About Our Collective Impact

Chesapeake Bay Trust – Shoreline Restoration

Center for Environmental Science: University of Maryland

Tree cores like the one shown here were used to measure wood chemistry.

Warming Climate Triggers Changes in Forests: “A warming climate is causing earlier springs and later autumns in eastern forests of the United States, lengthening the growing season for trees and potentially changing how forests function. Scientists from the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science used a combination of satellite images and field measurements to show that trees have greater demand for soil nitrogen in years with early springs.”

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Meetings at Cub Hill Ranger Station

9405 Old Harford Rd, Parkville, MD 21234

1-410-665-5820

rprenger@dnr.state.md.us

The Board meets every second Tuesday from 7-9 PM, except in August. All are welcome to attend.

2021 Maryland Forest Resource Fact Sheet

For those of us who love facts, this link will send you over the moon. Find information updated in 2/15/2021. Enjoy!

Vultures found dead of avian flu

More than 100 black vultures were found dead of avian flu near Fisherman’s Park, near the border of Harford and Cecil counties. Read this article by Tim Swift. Several hiking trails have been closed near Conowingo Dam to prevent contact with bodily fluids or droppings from the birds. The public is asked to avoid contact … Continue reading Vultures found dead of avian flu

by Vic May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Sorting Chestnut Tree Seedlings at Cub Hill Ranger Station

These are additional images of our board members sorting chestnut tree seedlings. All were distributed the following weekend. Find the full information about sorting at these links: American Chestnut Seedling Giveaway (2022), American Chestnut Seedlings Giveaway on Earth Day, and Sorting chestnut tree seedlings, 2021. (Click on title of post to view the images.)

by Vic May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

White Oak Initiative Workshop, May 26, 2022

A free 4 hour workshop will be held on Thursday, May 26 at the Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. (See image below.) The White Oak Initiative is a diverse coalition of partners committed to the long-term sustainability of America’s white oak forests as well as the economic, social and environmental benefits they provide. Find out more … Continue reading White Oak Initiative Workshop, May 26, 2022

by Vic May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

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