IPM Threshold Guide for Agronomic Field Crops
Start Growing Thornless Blackberries: How to Prepare and Select Cultivars for the Mid-Atlantic (FS-2023-0660)
… with varying levels of sweet and tart flavors. Unlike tree fruits such as apples, peaches, and cherries, blackberries … using metal stakes and thick gauge wire on Goat Plum Tree Farm, Berlin, MD. Photos by Matthew Harhai, Goat Plum …
Soil Health (FS-2025-0754)
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The Challenge of Growing a Lawn in Maryland
… Updated: August 20, 2025 It’s time to rethink our lawns and landscapes A lush green lawn is often expected as part of … If all or part of your landscape is heavily shaded by trees, steeply sloped, or poorly drained, turfgrass will not … do not support healthy populations of beneficial insects. Watering lawns is a wasteful use of a limited natural …
Pest-Predictive Calendar
… Bridal wreath spirea Spirea x vanhouttei full bloom 123 A Japanese camellia 'Jerry Hill' Camellia japonica 'Jerry Hill' … woolly adelgid Adelges tsugae egg hatch (1st gen) 197 A Japanese camellia 'Jerry Hill' Camellia japonica 'Jerry Hill' …
Frederick County Agriculture and Food Systems
… Survey Seed to Harvest Women in Agriculture Webinars Free Lawn and Landscape Field Day Solar Energy Webinar Series: …
Gardener Gallery
… mature Oak trees. She is looking for another canopy tree and some native plants for a garden she shares with her … Her work is attracting lots of pollinators and beneficial insects, birds, toads, and other wildlife. Gavin of Annapolis … Stewards Academy’s Backyard Buffers program. The WSA makes tree/ shrub bundles available to the public in early spring …
Black-Eyed Susan
… including flies, beetles, moths, small butterflies, bees, wasps, and sawflies. The Silvery Checkerspot butterfly …