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Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Newsletter
The Watering Can I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
News 2
Holiday Lunch 3
Galilee Community
Garden 4
Volunteer
Opportunities 5,6
Educational
Opportunities 7
Beekeeping 101 8
In Memoriam 9
GIEI, Youth Garden-
ing 10
Pollinator of the
Months 11
Basic Training 12
Calendars 13
Holiday Luncheon Wednesday, December 14, 11:30am
Prospect Bay Country Club
311 Prospect Bay Dr W, Grasonville, MD 21638
We are still looking for one more person to make a centerpiece for our Holiday Luncheon. Volunteers, please email Margaret:
Payment of $29 is due on Tuesday, December 6
For more details, see page 3
New MG Coordinator Presentations Thursday, December 15
107 North Liberty Street, Centreville MD
For more details, see page 2
Donations to the Galilee Community
Gardens at Harbor View
The crowd sourcing campaign ends on December 15
For more information, see page 4
P A G E 2
MONTHLY MEETING HOST SIGN-UP THIRD TUESDAY EVENING OR WEDNESDAY MORNING OF EACH
MONTH
The evening meetings take place at the Queen Anne’s County
Library in Centreville, 121 South Commerce Street
The morning meetings take place at 104 Tilghman Ave, Centreville
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
COORDINATOR’S CORNER
December 14th Holiday Luncheon (Margaret Gardner)
Tues, January 17, 6:30pm Debbie Pusey, Susan Seth
Wed, February, 15, 9:30am Karen Wimsatt and ???
Tues., March 21, 6:30pm Cindy Riegel and ???
Wed, April 19, 9:30am
New MG Coordinator Presentations Candidates for the the MG Coordinator position will be making presenta-
tions on Thursday, Dec. 15th.The first interview should start at 9:30am
We could use the help of a few MGs with the following: Greet candidates
If they bring a powerpoint presentation, get it ready to go on the computer
At the end of each presentation, collect cv’s and comment cards from the audience
All Master Gardeners are invited to attend QAC Commissioners Building, 107 N. Liberty Street, Centreville, MD
Save the dates!
Dec. 2— Annual Harvest Breakfast
Dec. 14 - Holiday Luncheon
Feb. 16 – April 8, Basic Training
May 25 - Annual MG Training Day
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 4
Galilee Garden at Harbor View
The advisory committee of the Galilee Garden at Harbor View‘s will be meeting on Dec. 1,
2016, 7:00 pm, at Galilee Lutheran Church in Chester. Although we have a nice group of
volunteers, we do still need to fill the following positions on the board: treasurer, fund rais-
er, and a plot manager. At this meeting, we hope to finalize committee groups.
At our last Master Gardener meeting, it was suggested that the QAC MG program could
make a donation to the current fundraising campaign. Since this seems to be more compli-
cated than we initially thought, instead, please consider making an individual donation.
If you would like to make donation, please go to the following website:
https://www.seedmoney.org/campaign/233/galilee-garden-at-harbor-view
If we collect $600 by December 15th, we will be taken into consideration to
receive an additional $400. So far we have collected $305.
We have developed a garden plan that complies with county regulations. We are very happy
to have a Boy Scout setting up our first ten raised beds as his Eagle Scout project. Our goal
is to have the garden ready by March l, 2017.
Mark your calendars for a
“Garden Day” at the Kent Is-
land Public Library, February
25th, from 10:30-1:00. In addition
to information about the Com-
munity Garden, we will hold a
seed exchange and provide gen-
eral gardening info.
The following Master Gar-
deners have volunteered to
work on this project:
Karen Wimsatt, Dean Horowitz,
Jane Chambers, Elizabeth Riffe, Cindy Riegel, and Nancy O’Connor. We would also like to
welcome Kate Greer who will be doing publicity for us. If anyone else is interested in joining
this group, please contact Nancy O’Connor at [email protected] or 443-249-0646.
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 5 QAC MG Volunteer Opportunities
Hosts needed for Monthly meetings! If you would like to be a host on any of the following dates, please contact Sabine.
Tuesday, January 17, 6:30pm (Karen Wimsatt and ??)
Wednesday, February 15, 9:30am (Cindy Riegel and ??)
Tuesday, March 21, 6:30pm
KENT ISLAND ASK A MASTER GARDENER (PLANT CLINIC) Thursday, December 8 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m
Location: 830 Romancoke Rd, Stevensville, MD 21666
The theme will be gardening tips for December and handouts for the care of holiday
plants.
At the November Plant Clinic we created a display of composting practices coinciding with
the falliing of tree leaves along with our monthly gardening tips. Denise Malueg graciously
brought her Black Compost Display including some hands-on compost. Four of us,
including Nick Stoer, had a productive time with at least 20 people stopping by the booth
to ask questions. We hope you will consider volunteering in the future to help out!
Liz Hammond 410-758-2992 [email protected]
Deane Horowitz 410-604-0969 [email protected]
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 6 QAC MG Volunteer Opportunities
Annual Plant Sale The following three people have offered to co-chair the plant
sale committee: Laura Klinger, Shelia Shorter, Cathy Tengwall
We thank them so very much!! Obviously they are going to
need lots of help! If you are interested as well, please contact
Cathy Tengwall, [email protected]
Mentoring Committee As discussed at the November monthly meeting, Sue Goward, Laura Klinger, Jane Smith, Bob
Macfarlane and Nick Stoer are functioning as an ad hoc committee to develop a QAC mentoring
process for 2017 based on experiences and practices of other MG programs. They will be
discussing their findings with the Steering Committee and present details at the Monthly Meeting
in January. They have already spoken with Mikaela Boley, the Talbot County MG Coordinator
who runs the successful mentoring process. They have also spoken in depth with the Master
Gardener mentoring guru for the 67-county Alabama Cooperative Extension Program (ACES)
whose mentoring strategies have been adapted and adopted in a number of states. Other
outreach and homework is underway.
The ad hoc committee will be meeting on December 7th in the morning. If you would
like to join them, please contact Nick at [email protected].
Compliments, Compliments!
Many MGs have entered their volunteer hours online. Quite a number have done so for
the first time.
In just 6 weeks our registered volunteer hours went from 475 to 1873!
Our education hours increased from 156 to 642 hours!
Job well done!!
If you have not entered your hours yet, please follow this link: http://extension.umd.edu/
mg/program-management/tracking-volunteer-hours
Environmental Series Lectures and Films December 1: Inhabit: Alone in the Wilderness
6:30-8:30 pm @ Sumner Hall, (206 S. Queen St.)
Follow the mesmerizing story of Dick Proenneke, a man who ven-
tures into the Alaskan wilderness to live a simple life in the natural
world. With minimal human contact, he builds his own cabin and sub-
sists on produce from his kitchen garden and wild-gathered food. His
adventure illustrates the breadth of human capacity. 57 minutes. For
more information, go to http://www.chestertown.com/environment.
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 7
Educational Opportunities
Buck, Buck, Moose
December 3, 3:00-4:00 pm @ Washington College,
Litrenta Lecture Hall (Toll Science Center, 300 Wash-
ington Ave.)
A book signing and presentation by author Hank Shaw on
“How to Get the Most from Your Venison.”
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 8
Educational Opportunities
Upper Shore Beekeeping Association BEEKEEPING 101
Michael Embrey will be offering a beginning beekeeping classes. There will be a total of sev-
en classes. The first five will be held every other week from January until April. The two
final sessions will be held in August and September. These sessions will teach how to win-
terize your hives and how to protect your bees from diseases and pests.
You will learn…..
About bees, in general
About beekeeping equipment
How and where to set up and establish a hive, i.e. location, wind, etc.
How to hive a package of bees
About “b” pests and diseases
About winterizing your bees
How to manage your colonies
Honey Bee Union Rules
Starting Date: Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Location: Washington College (Sophie Kerr Room in Miller Library)
Registration fee is $125.00.
Recommended textbook: “The Beekeeper’s Handbook, Fourth Edition” by Diana Sammataro
For more information or to register contact the following people: Mike Embrey, 410-924-0028, Mechar-
Dick Crane, 410-507-0539,
Registration deadline: January 14, 2017
Please make check of $125 payable to:
Tuckahoe Apiaries
Mail to: Mike Wham
24986 Montabello Lake Rd
Worton, MD 21678
The next meeting of the Beekeepers Association will be on Wednesday, January 11 at
6:30pm at the Kent County Library, yellow building.
P A G E 9
Virginia Flower and Garden Expo Virginia Beach Convention Center
January 27-29, 2017
$10
Last year Karen Wimsatt as
well as Jim Persels visited
the Expo and they really
enjoyed themselves. . More
information is available at
vafgs.org
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
Educational Opportunities
In Memoriam - Annie Ittu March 20, 1957 – November 19, 2016
It is with deep sadness that I report on the untimely passing of
former Queen Anne’s County Master Gardener Annie Ittu.
Annie passed away in her sleep in the early hours of Saturday,
November 19, at her home in Kure Beach, North Carolina, at
the age of 59.
Annie joined the Queen Anne’s County Master Gardeners
with the class of 2004. She was a dedicated gardener, and
soon joined the Bay-Wise committee. Although Annie was
very shy, she was passionate about the Bay-Wise principles,
and ultimately took over chairing the committee.
Annie’s then-husband John Ittu also joined the Master Gar-
deners in 2009. Together they were a formidable team,
providing many hours of volunteer service on vegetable gar-
den education, Bay-Wise consultations, making rain barrels
and more.
Annie moved to North Carolina in 2014 and John followed. Recently they have become
closer.
Submitted by Carol Jelich
Annie’s Facebook profile photo
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T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
Grow It Eat It—2017 Statewide Meetings February 22, 4-H Center, College Park
July 27, place TBA
November 15, 4-H Center, College Park
The meetings usually take place from 10am until 1pm
Grow It Eat It
smallfruits.org
Youth Gardening
Nancy O’Connor has been running a Youth Gardening Program, "Friends of the Garden",
at the KI Library, In October the theme was spiders. They read a book and did a spider
project. Not only does Nancy educate the children, but she gives valuable information to
the parents who attend as well.
Some of the themes for the Spring will be worms and bees. "Friends of the Garden"
meets every 3rd Wednesday, 4:30- 5:30pm at the KI Library. The program takes places
from Aug—Oct. and March—May. Children in grades K - 3 are invited to attend. The KI
Garden Club provides funds for the program. If you are interested in helping out, please
contact Nancy O’Connor, [email protected] or 443-249-0646.
MG’s Report: Bay-Wise
Pollinator or Natural Enemy of the Month:
In the past, my husband, Dave Kyger, has drilled hundreds of holes in logs for bees to use
as nest sites to deposit eggs and build our pollinator population. But bees have their own
ideas, as I discovered when collecting garden "ornaments" for winter storage. This corn-on
-the-cob-eating lamb was apparently the perfect location for a certain bee's eggs. The
dauber bee or wasp (some Megachile bees use mud) crafted a little mud nest in each of
Lucky Lamb's ears! Little holes in the mudpack indicate that the bees hatched and flew
away, hopefully enjoying all that our garden offered.
Let this be a reminder for us all to clean our ears! Submitted by Denise Malueg
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 1 1
Before: clean ears!
After!
T H E W A T E R I N G C A N
P A G E 1 2
Please, help spread the word!
P A G E 1 3
DECEMBER 2016
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Movie: Alone
in the Wilder-
ness , 6:30pm
2 Harvest Break-
fast, 7am
3 Buck, Buck,
Moose, 3pm
Washington Col
4 5 6 7 8 KI Plant Clinic,
3:30-6:30pm
9 10
11 12 13 14 Holiday Lunch 15 MG Coordi-
nator Interviews
16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
JANUARY 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 Beekeepers
Meeting, 6:30
12 KI Plant Clin-
ic, 3:30-6:30pm
13 14
15 16 17 Monthly
Meeting, 6:30pm
Library
18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 Beekeeping
101, 6:30 Ches-
tertown
27 28
29 30 31
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Queen Anne’s County
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Suite 4
Centreville, MD 21617
Vision Statement: A healthier world through environmental stewardship
QACMG Website:
http://extension.umd.edu/queen-annes-
county/home-gardening
University of Maryland Extension
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Centrev i l le MD, 21617
Phone: (410) 758-0166
Fax: (410) 758-3687
http://extension.umd.edu/queen-annes-
county/about
January Newsletter Deadline:
December 18, 2016
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Master Gardener Coordinator,
Queen Anne’s County
