2009 Beltsville Lion's Club members were at Behnke's for their
first Community Yard Sale!
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Over 75
spaces in the parking lot at our garden center in Beltsville will
be filled with "treasures" for sale, at the Beltsville Lion's Club
Community Yard Sale July 31, 2010 from
8am-2pm.
The weather looks to be perfect
for the 2nd Annual Beltsville Lion's Club Community Yard
Sale! Come out and support
them by buying lunch! Besides hot dogs, St. Gregory's Church will be
here selling nut rolls, brownies and more! The Maryland 4-H Foundation will
be also selling items donated for their group.
A local construction company will be selling a large selection of
used hand tools in good shape like compressors, and spray pots and
much more. Need some furniture for your dorm or home? You might
find the perfect item!
Behnke's will also have many one-of-a-kind items for sale as well.
So, come early and stay long!
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Photo by L. Hurley ~ Ilex verticillata at Longwood
Gardens
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By
Golly, It's A Holly
by Natalie Brewer, Master
Gardener
Standing there unobtrusively, in fact barely noticeable, it seems
my winterberry patiently awaits the passing of summer. Although it
is unfair to say that it is unnoticeable now, for its lustrous deep
green leaves look fresh and unfazed by the summer's heat,
winterberry seems to calmly pass the time while the rest of the
garden is flowering itself into a frenzy of red, yellow, and
purple. Earlier in springtime, when the garden was replete with
blossoms of pink, white, and blue pastels, diminutive white flowers
emerged on the winterberry. They were inconsequential to humans.
But the pollinators found them to be impressive.
Click here for the rest of Natalie's
article
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Native Coreopsis verticillata cultivars like 'Zagreb'
tolerate drought once established.
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Gardening Basics:Water
your Plants,and Consider Xeriscaping~ Simply Put
by Larry Hurley, Behnke's Perennial
Plant Buyer
I'm not sure if you have noticed, but it's been a hot summer. (As
a horticulturist, I am always planting; just now I planted my
tongue firmly in my cheek.) Last year, July was cooler and wetter
than normal, this year just the opposite. Long hot spells with few
breaks in temperatures, and the occasional severe thunderstorm to
keep it interesting. Right now, I am typing on battery power on my
laptop, with candles for illumination. I feel like Young Abraham
Lincoln, practicing arithmetic by the fireplace, using chalk to
write on the back of my shovel. [Note to self after power restored
days later: in future, save battery for other endeavors.]
Click here for the rest of Larry's
article
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Stop by this Saturday, July 31 at our Beltsville
location from 8- 2 and check out our "Christmas and Halloween in
July" Yard Sale. Don't make us keep it until
August!