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YARD AND GARDEN: Change up your holiday plant tradition with amaryllis | Home & Garden
Master Gardener Juanita Sherwood introduces you to amaryllis. By now, Thanksgiving is over and your focus is on Christmas. Maybe you are one of those people who regularly buy a poinsettia or two for yourself, and some as gifts for friends and family. I like at least one for myself and have sometimes bought one of the newer varieties just for a change. I especially like the one that looks like it has been splattered with paint. While poinsettias are a great tradition, there is another holiday plant that you might not want to overlook, both for yourself and as gifts, and that is the amaryllis. Amaryllis bulbs were brought…
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YARD AND GARDEN: Discover the eerie wheel bug | Home & Garden
Master Gardener Darla Chouinard introduces us to the eerie wheel bug. Recently, a neighbor posted a picture of a big scary bug on social media inquiring what it was. I promptly identified it as an assassin bug or a wheel bug specifically an Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus). I am familiar with the wheel bug, as I found a dead one at my house not long before. There are about 160 species of assassin bugs in North America but the cristatus variety is found only in the United States. Even though these bugs are terrifying, they are beneficial to the farmer and gardener. Their diet includes “pest insects” including insect eggs, leafhoppers,…
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YARD AND GARDEN: Interested in becoming a Master Gardener? | Home & Garden
Interested in becoming a Master Gardener? This week, Kathy Hummel has the information to help you realize that you might already be qualified and not realize it. When I retired from teaching 23 years ago, I had a list of activities I wanted to do: writing sparkling children’s books that would have all the publishers clamoring to represent me, taking piano lessons, finishing the cross stitch I’d started 18 years ago, organizing and labeling drawers full of photographs, volunteering at Lincoln Log Cabin and 5 Mile House and taking the Master Gardener training. Hey four out of seven ain’t too bad… YARD AND GARDEN: Canada Geese can be real pests!…
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Yard Sale Raises More than $10,000 for Sarah’s House of Maine
The 2021 return of this community celebration can help rejoice the daily life of Sarah Robinson and carry on her mission to help cancer people Posted: Oct. 13, 2021 at 9:00 AM EDT|Updated: 17 several hours back BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Superior Homes and Gardens Authentic Estate The Masiello Team and Wonderful East Title recently joined forces to increase $10,685 for Sarah’s Home of Maine at yearly Sarah’s Property Lawn Sale. Members of Good East Title and Far better Households and Gardens Serious Estate The Masiello Team current Sarah’s Household with a check out for $10,685. Pictured (l to r) is Rachel Cole, Sherrill Tompkins, Phil Sloan,…
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