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Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 12/15/11

Winter Doesn’t Stop Weeds

Stop them now and save yourself extra work come spring

Have you looked at your garden lately? When you do, don’t be surprised if you see chickweed, henbit, annual bluegrass, cranesbill, etc. starting to create a green carpet. Those weeds are pretty small now, but if you don’t get out there and control them, they will be much larger next spring.
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Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll - 12/8/11

Basking in the Glow

Bright lights warm dark nights

We’re still a couple weeks from winter solstice, the day with the least sunlight for us in the Northern Hemisphere. But we’re already enjoying later sunsets one day to the next. Wednesday the 7th, old Sol sunk beneath Annapolis’s southwest horizon at 37 seconds past 4:43, the earliest sunset of the year. By the solstice December 21, the sun sets more than two and a-half minutes later at 4:47:03.
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Article - Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; by Dennis Doyle - 12/8/11

Gotta be Good to be Lucky

Bringing home the fish on a captain’s holiday

With winter approaching and their businesses winding down, Chesapeake fishing guides Frank Tuma and Tom Hughes finally had a few days off. Of course they decided to go fishing, and they invited me and my friend Maurice Klein to join them.
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Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 12/8/11

Corner-Lot Christmas Trees

How to buy and keep a fresh, fire-safe tree

The best way to purchase a Christmas tree from a corner lot is to buy as soon as the tree lot opens. The longer you wait to purchase that tree, the more water it will lose and the more likely it will become a fire hazard.
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Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll - 12/1/11

The Face of the Moon

Ancient lava and endless impacts color our natural satellite

No doubt you’ve noticed the blazing light high in the east at sunset. The planet Jupiter rules over the rising stars of autumn and blazes until the wee hours before dawn. By 9pm it is a little to the south of the sky’s zenith; by 1am, Old Jove is high above the west horizon until finally setting in the northwest around 4am.
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Article - Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; by Dennis Doyle - 12/1/11

The Last Hurrah

It’s time for the big guys

They started to arrive late last week. First you saw a few 38- and 40-inch rockfish in angler’s boat boxes. Then the really big guys appeared, up to 47 inches so far. The ocean-run migratory fish have reached the mid-Bay, and they are awesome.
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Article - Our Capital by Ellen Moyer; by Ellen Moyer - 12/1/11

A Capital Pair

Endurance Racers John Crandell and Heraldic

Touch of Class, a Marylander, was the first non-human female equestrian honored by the U.S. Olympic Committee as Athlete of the Year. In 1984, this Hall of Fame horse won two Gold Medals for the United States, clearing 90 of 91 jumps in show jumping Olympic competition.
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Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 12/1/11

Cut Your Own Christmas Tree

Cutting excursions are fun for the family; plus, fresh-cut Christmas trees are safer and smell better

Until 1970, when I published the first directory of Choose and Cut Christmas trees in Maryland, only two growers in the state were marketing their Christmas trees — with limited success — by inviting people to cut their own. Thinking it was a good idea, I convinced another 10 Christmas tree growers to give it a try....

Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll - 11/24/11

A Feast for the Eyes

Fill up on these heavenly views

Friday’s new moon re-emerges as a razor-thin crescent with sunset Saturday, at 4:45. Look for it low in the southwest, its bottom tip pointing to dazzling Venus just a few degrees higher. Mercury lurks a little farther from the moon but closer to the horizon and buried so deep you’ll likely need binoculars to pick it out before it sets at 5:30.
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Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin - 11/24/11

The Bay Gardener’s Thanksgiving

Thanks to my garden, we eat fresh and well all year long

This year’s fall vegetable garden has been a success.
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