Maryland Grows
Category: Lawn & Garden
Spooky season brings us creepy but tame beneficial Garden Orb Weaver spiders – Featured Video
Come and see the big female garden orb weaver, she has a huge cicada in her web. View video on YouTube Joyce Browning Horticulturist, Master Gardener Coordinator Video credit: Bethany Evans Longwood Gardens Professional Gardener Program Alumni; CPH
Read MoreCreate a pollinator-friendly garden
What did you have for breakfast? If your plate included toast with jam, fresh berries, granola with nuts, coffee and juice, you had a nice balanced breakfast, right? Take away everything that needs a pollinator and your left with only dry…
Read MorePodcast: HGIC’s lead horticulturist reveals this year’s top gardening topics
What are the most frequently asked questions this year at the Maryland Extension’s Home & Garden Information Center? Our lead horticulturist Debra Ricigliano revealed some of the hottest topics during her chat with Washington Gardener Magazine editor Kathy Jentz for…
Read MoreRain Gardens – The Garden Thyme Podcast
In this month’s episode, we are chatting all about the benefits of rain gardens (~12:45). Every time itrains, water runs off impervious surfaces such as roofs, driveways, roads, and parking lots, collectingpollutants along the way. Maryland’s average rainfall is about…
Read MoreInvite butterflies to your garden
Raise your hand if you love butterflies. Wow, that’s a lot of hands. It’s hard to resist the fluttering appeal of butterflies with their delicate wings, zig-zag flight and graceful presence in our gardens. So, why resist? Revel in butterflies’ visits…
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