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The Jane Gates Heritage House located on Greene Street in Cumberland, Maryland is a non-profit museum and community center started by John and Sukh Gates to honor the spirit of John’s third great-grandmother, Jane Gates (c. 1819 – 1888). Jane…
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Every year I try to think back over the growing season about things I’ve learned (often re-learned) about gardening, so here’s the Derwood Demo Garden version thereof for 2015. Not that the growing season is over, but maybe I can…
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This is a guest post by Mary Anne Normile, Montgomery County MG heading the 100 square foot garden team at our demonstration garden. As you walk down the main path of the Derwood Demonstration Garden, you may have noticed something…
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The year is not over yet in the Derwood Demo Garden – we hope to keep producing well into the fall and even winter, and to add quite a bit to our current total of 1471 pounds donated to Manna…
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1. Show off your tomatoes, if you got ’em. Please, we really need your tomatoes. We’ll have a tomato tasting, and you can also bring seeds and recipes to share, as well as learning about several ways to cook tomatoes,…
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The Montgomery County MGs are having a Grow It Eat It Open House next Saturday (March 29) and we hope you’ll join us! We’ll have a full slate of interesting talks and lots of other opportunities to learn and share…
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Guest post by Robin Ritterhoff (my co-leader for vegetables at the Derwood Demo Garden). As the Derwood Demonstration Garden’s growing season has come to an end, we are thankful for the past season of production, camaraderie and learning. And we…
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