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Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll - 8/12/10

Great Balls of Fire

Goodness gracious!

In the deepening twilight, Venus, Saturn and Mars blink into view above the west horizon. Thursday the waxing crescent moon joins the fray, with none farther than seven degrees from any other. The planets set around 10pm at week’s end, and while Mars and Venus remain just a few degrees apart through most of the month, Saturn drops from sight over the next few days.

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Article - Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; by Dennis Doyle - 8/12/10

The Fisherman’s Holiday

That’s when the fisherwomen bring home the fish

As we entered the Atlantic and the big ocean swells effortlessly lifted our 85-foot head boat, Thelma Dale IV, I recalled the words of one of my favorite authors, Tom McGuane: “I fish all the time when I’m at home, so when I go on vacation, I make sure to get in plenty of fishing.” That has always been my guiding philosophy.

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Article - Our Capital by Ellen Moyer; by Ellen Moyer - 8/12/10

Small Steps into the Future

Walk with me for our grandchildren’s sake

Maybe it is just my age, but every summer in Annapolis seems to be getting hotter, humidity thicker.

Satellite technology tells us that carbon, a greenhouse gas, is increasing in the atmosphere and that the whole world is heating up.

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Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 8/12/10

Keep Your Garden for Yourself

Here’s a repellent that passes the Bay Gardener’s tests

Deer, racoons, groundhogs, rabbits and squirrels are a major problem in vegetable gardens and in landscapes. Many home gardeners have stopped growing hosta because the deer ravage their ornamental plantings. Groundhogs and racoons as well as deer invade the vegetable garden to feast on corn, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and beans. Rabbits love to feast on lettuce, cabbage and snap beans. ...

Article - Osprey Saga by M.C. Koblos; by M.C. Koblos - 8/12/10

The Osprey Saga

Week 22: On the Go

Last Monday morning when I went out to look for Junior, he was not on the pier he was on the night before. He was on the roof of a boathouse two piers farther away from his nest. His mother was with him and having him flap his wings and run around the roof. He would get about six inches into the air, then settle back on the roof. Finally, she got him to fly, led him home to the nest platform and fed him. ...

Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll - 8/5/10

Heavenly Dust

Tiny particles add up to bright lights

The sun sets a few minutes after 8:00 this week, revealing a triumvirate of bright planets in its wake. Venus, Mars and Saturn continue their weeks-long dance above the western horizon. Over the next week, watch as Mars and Saturn jockey for position just above brilliant Venus. The three planets are their tightest on Saturday, all within five degrees of one another.

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Article - Osprey Saga by M.C. Koblos; by M.C. Koblos - 8/5/10

The Osprey Saga

Week 21: We Have Lift-Off!

Today, July 29, at approximately 11:09am, Junior took to the air. He was out there on the nest platform with his mother, doing his calisthenics. When I looked again, the platform was empty. I got my binoculars and went out on my pier, knowing he would be nearby....

Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 8/5/10

Local or Organic?

That’s a choice you have to make in buying cherries, peaches, plums and nectarines

Every year, I am asked if the peaches and nectarines that I sell are grown organically. The answer is no. We cannot grow stone fruit crops such as peaches, plums, nectarines and cherries without having to use both insecticides and fungicides. All of these crops are extremely susceptible to brown rot, rusts and insect damage from beetles, curculio, aphids, mites, stink bugs, borers, etc.

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Article - Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; by Dennis Doyle - 8/5/10

Fish FIght

This rockfish took me for a Chesapeake train ride

It had been way too many days since I had caught a rockfish, and I was ready. But late that afternoon, the light was beginning to fail, and my surface plug had gone untouched cast after cast.

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Article - Where We Live by Steve Carr; by Steve Carr - 8/5/10

Call It What You Will, We’re All Sweating

The big picture is warming up

Where are all the talk show hosts, conservative pundits, and global warming naysayers who were crowing incessantly this past winter when it was snowing like no tomorrow? Back in February, as we shoveled out from underneath one snowstorm after another, we heard all about how climate change was a left-wing lie....

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