{"id":1215,"date":"2010-01-19T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-09-26T14:28:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T14:28:37","slug":"maryland-farmers-offer-winter-time-planning-tips-to-backyard-gardeners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2010\/01\/19\/maryland-farmers-offer-winter-time-planning-tips-to-backyard-gardeners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Farmers Offer Winter-time Planning Tips to Backyard Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c3\u00b4Take it From Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay\u00c3\u00b6<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland Farmers Offer Winter-time Planning Tips to Backyard Gardeners \u201cTake it From Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay\u201d
\nANNAPOLIS, MD (Jan. 19, 2010) \u2013 Cold weather is here, but spring is just around the corner and now is the time to plan for your gardens.\u00a0 Maryland farmers have initiated a homeowner education campaign,\u00a0 \u201cTake it from Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay\u201d to help gardeners by offering wintertime planning tips and online resources available at www.IWantMarylandsBest.com.\u00a0 The campaign highlights the importance of garden planning during the colder winter months for stronger, healthier gardens and lawns in the upcoming growing season and a cleaner Chesapeake Bay. Additional topics include the wise use of fertilizers, trying pesticide alternatives and composting, controlling soil erosion and rainwater runoff, and conserving water.
\n\u201cFarmers, like homeowners and all residents of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, play an important role in protecting our soil and water resources,\u201d said Governor Martin O\u2019Malley.\u00a0 \u201cIt is a priority of the O\u2019Malley-Brown Administration to protect the health of the Bay for all to enjoy and to strengthen our family farms.\u00a0 I encourage all Marylanders to take backyard actions that protect the Chesapeake Bay so that we continue to create a smart, green and growing future.\u201d
\n\u201cOur farmers spend much of the winter doing maintenance and planning upgrades to their operations that will produce strong crops and improve soil and water quality,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance.\u00a0 \u201cMany routine farm-based conservation measures can easily be adapted to backyard lawn care and gardens.\u00a0 With soil testing, rainwater management, and appropriate plantings along with equipment maintenance, homeowners can produce beautiful, thriving, Bay-friendly yards.\u201d
\nHomeowners and gardeners can log onto www.IWantMarylandsBest.com<\/a> to download the informational brochures, listen to the audio pieces, and link to additional resources.\u00a0 They can also call the University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center toll-free 1-800-342-2507 (outside Maryland 410-531-5573) from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. to speak with a Certified Professional Horticulturist about easy-to-follow, Bay-friendly suggestions for their lawns and gardens.
\nTake it from Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay was developed by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center, the Maryland Sea Grant along with Maryland farmers through an agricultural awareness group. The program was made possible through grant funding that supports the implementation of the Statewide Plan for Agricultural Policy and Resource Management.
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\u00c3\u00b4Take it From Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay\u00c3\u00b6 Maryland Farmers Offer Winter-time Planning Tips to Backyard Gardeners \u201cTake it From Maryland Farmers: Backyard Actions for a Cleaner Chesapeake Bay\u201d ANNAPOLIS, MD (Jan. 19, 2010) \u2013 Cold weather is here, but spring is just around the corner and now is the time  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}