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Duck Breast Salad
This is a truly elegant salad,
perfect for an intimate dinner party. It is best served as a first course,
followed by a seafood entree. The duck is succulent and tender if cooked to
medium rare, and begins to get drier and tougher as it approaches well done.
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Things to Remember:
Response to a listing initiates a private correspondence between you and another
gardener; therefore, a valid email address is recommended. However, parties
wishing to contact one another by other means may certainly do so.
We have included spaces on the posting form for notes as well as for location.
This will enable gardeners to connect with others who share similar growing
conditions.
Turfgrass: The Science and Art of Selection
What Makes a Good Quality Turfgrass?
Many factors are important in determining quality turfgrass. Dark green color is considered by many to be desirable, along with good density and fine leaf texture. In general, people seem to desire a carpet-like feel and appearance to their lawn. However, since beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, what is pleasing to one person may be unattractive to another.
To Return or Not to Return: Making Bay Friendly Choices
Who would have thought that the grass under all this past winter’s snow would ever start growing? Now that it has, homeowners, Michael and Gail Hollander have something else to worry about-mowing it. Michael tries to practice Bay-friendly lawn care but sometimes he runs into a snag.
Lawncare: Tips From a Master
With the drought and dryness of August upon us, most of us have brown lawns. To have an attractive lawn this time of year can demand a good deal of attention and water! If only there were ways to minimize the labor of lawncare. According to master gardener Bob Alde, there is hope. He credits a University of Maryland fact sheet #637 with the answers. This bulletin titled “Effective Lawn Care with Reduced Pesticide and Fertilizer Use” offers helpful explanations and alternatives determined through years of field test trials.
Time for a Lesson About Moss:
While a few unique gardeners actually work to collect and cultivate moss, most of us view moss as an undesirable part of the landscape. However, we should recognize that moss is an opportunist; it fills the spaces vacated by other plants. For example, moss does not kill grass, a very common misconception, instead, it fills in the open spaces as the grass dies out.
In essence, moss grows because it can tolerate the kinds of poor growing conditions other plants fail to survive. The key to dealing with moss is in “fixing” those growing conditions in order that more desirable plants will grow and the moss will have no place to get started.
