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One Of My Favorite Seasons~ Fall
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 I admit it, I love Maryland. You can drive to the beach or the mountains in 3 hours,, and you have 4 beautiful seasons. And while Winter can be challenging for me I really do love them all! This week was the beginning of Fall. A time of cool nights, football, chili and, of course, decorating with all the colors of Autumn. Today I noticed the first leaves changing which for me means time to get my porch ready. This year since my grandson, Aaron, is 2 1/2 and loves everything he sees, I have decided to go all out. I have not told my husband yet but I have ideas! Lots of ideas! They include a visit to our church's thrift shop for some old clothes, some straw, and my husband's old hat. Then I need pumpkins! Lots of pumpkins and, of course, some mums and pansies. I have been all over Pinterest, saving everything I can find to create just the right look that will make Aaron giggle. Yup, Fall is one of my very favorite seasons!
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Children's FREE Fall Play Area Is Open
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Bring the kids and let them play in our Children's Fall Fun area. There will be activities including a straw slide, ring toss, bean bag throw, Lil' Pumpkin Bowling, straw maze,straw toss, photo ops, and our new straw pirates ship!
Plus we will have Face Painting on Saturdays & Sundays this Fall. Call 301-937-1100 for times.
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Behnke's FREE Garden Club Specials:
Japanese Anemones (Windflowers), Pansies & Violas All 25% OFF
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Sales thru September 28, 2014
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What a beautiful season Fall is. As Japanese Anemones begin blooming and dance on the cool breezes the season springs alive. The big, satiny flowers adorn the garden in shades of pink-lavender, rose and white. Depending on the variety, the flowers may be single or semi-double and plants will range in height from 18 to 24 inches tall. They prefer a humus rich area that gets a light shade in the middle of the day. 
Pansies flower and look their best in cool weather; that is, in fall and in spring. They may be either fall- or spring-planted. They will usually be in bloom when you purchase them, and, if fall-planted, continue flowering into December or later. They stop blooming during the cold of winter, when temperatures are consistently below freezing, but if given some care, the plants will hunker down and survive the cold. If you would like to learn more about beautiful pansies, click here for a great article by Larry Hurley ~ Pansies Are Tough Must be a Behnke Garden Club member to get this special price. To join, just Sign Up Here! It's FREE |
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Do You Make The Best Chili Ever?
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 Want to try your hand at our competition Chili Cook Off? You can pit your culinary skills against other seasoned cooks at Behnke's 7th Annual Officially Sanctioned Chili Cook-Off! Maybe you would like to enter under your business or club name? This is a great way to bring awareness to your organization while benefiting the Beltsville Rotary Club. Email Stephanie Fleming at sfleming@behnkes.net for the official details and to be put in contact with the Mike Watkins from the Mason-Dixon Pod Of Chili Cooks.  Competition Chili It's chili-eating season. It's also the height of chili-cookoff season. But before you connect "eating chili" with "cookoff chili," understand that they are two quite different animals. That's right: Big-league chili isn't really meant to be eaten, except for one spoonful by a judge. Cookoff chili has become a rarefied beast, like a well-groomed show dog. Think of it as the NASCAR of the food world. It looks like chili on the outside, but under the hood it's a whole 'nuther thing. "To improve your chili, remove an ingredient," says an old adage. That wouldn't leave much room for improvement in a classic bowl of competition red. Competition guidelines are rigid: The chili presented for judging must be made with some kind of meat (beef, pork, chicken, sausage -- it could even be a firm fish), sauce and spices. No beans. ("There are 2,000 kinds of beans," explains a spokesman for the International Chili Society, one of the two not-for-profit organizations that organize American chili cookoffs. "If we allowed beans it would become a bean competition.")
Just Who And What Is The Mason Dixon Pod Of Chili Cooks?  | |
All Profits Goes To
The Beltsville Rotary Club
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Metro DC's home of chili, charity, and FUN!
Mission
The Mason-Dixon Pod believes in supporting chili, charity, and fun. We hold strong to these beliefs. We are here to help you do the same. Our goal is to help you cook better chili, organize and hold cook-offs, raise money for local charities, and grow support for CASI.
Description
Whether you cook chili, consult with those who do, eat chili, judge chili, contribute to local charities, or just plain like to have fun, the Mason-Dixon Chili Pod is for you.
Based in Metro Washington, DC, we serve Chili-Heads everywhere. The Mason-Dixon Pod believes and supports the mission of CASI, which stands for CHILI APPRECIATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL. Our mission is to promote chili and raise money for charity. CASI is involved in over 500 chili cook-offs per year and raises over $1,000,000.00 annually for local charities.
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Azaleas~ Buy 2 Get 1 Free
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Plant Now For A Beautiful Spring
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Holland Bulbs have arrived!
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Value Pack Bags of 50 bulbs, Tulips or Daffodils reg. $25.99 NOW $5.00 off
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 Buy now for the best selection, plant next month. Want more? Try our Super Sized Extra Value Bags which include our most popular Tulip and Daffodil varieties packed in larger quantities, top size bulbs with better pricing. And remember, bigger bulbs give you bigger and better blooms come spring.
When and How to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs ~ by Larry Hurley
Spring flowering bulbs, including such favorites as tulips and daffodils, are one  of the signs that winter is over and are a true delight. While the bulbs themselves are nothing to look at, the flowers they produce come in all colors, and they really brighten the landscape. Bulbs are underground storage structures that allow a plant to survive harsh climatic conditions. The wild forms of most of the winter-hardy, spring-flowering bulbs commonly planted by gardeners are found mostly in Europe and Asia, especially in Mediterranean countries, such as Spain and Turkey; Morocco in North Africa, and the Middle East. They are often found in areas with a Mediterranean climate: relatively wet winters, short springs, and hot, dry summers.
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'Think Fall, Think Pumpkins'
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By Jessica Crawford, Behnke's Garden Blogger
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 Nostalgia [no-stal-juh]; n. A sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time. Or in other words--Fall bonfires. On my way home this evening, I was graced with one of the strongest ties to my sensory memory. I love the smell of a campfire. It brings me back to almost three decades of backyard bonfires at my parent's home and camping with family and friends at Greenbrier State Park; where the main entertainment is a balance of great company and the mesmerizing and dancing flames This weekend past, my family spent a weekend get-away at Deep Creek Lake
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Grayson At Lake Swallow Deep Creek Lake
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with my parent's best friends and my oldest and first friend. Beneath the twinkling stars and enveloped in the crisp Fall evening, we had a campfire and roasted marshmallows; prefaced by a delicious homemade supper accompanied by homemade pumpkin pie. No flavor elicits Fall quite like pumpkin in its various preparations. No need to wait until Thanksgiving to break into baking and chomping on pumpkin pie. Before we left for the weekend, we stopped by Larriland Farm and picked up a few autumn necessities; Honeycrisp Apples and Sugar Pumpkins.
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 Date: September 27
Time: 11am & again at 2pm
Cost: $45
Watching tulips, daffodils and other bulbs POP out in the spring makes the season cheery and is so satisfying to the gardener. In this class you will plant a layered container garden with spring blooming bulbs and top it off with pansies for fall color. You will receive instructions on how to care for it so that next spring you can enjoy the fruits of your labor as the container begins a succession of blooming.
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Area's largest collection of Bonsai
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 Our Holiday Lighting service provides professional installation of Brite Ideas lighting products. This full-service approach to holiday lighting includes installation, removal, storage and maintenance of your lights. Behnke's Holiday Lighting staff is always here to help you with your selection or answer of any your questions. Contact Bill Mann at bmann@behnkes.net and find out just how easy & beautiful this can be.
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Behnke's Quick Buttons
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Just click on the blue button for a direct link
 September's Gardening To-Do List
  Check out our newest Garden Blogger, Jessica Crawford
 Taking appointments for Fall planting and yard clean up.
 
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Behnke's Fall Hours
Beltsville Sunday - Friday ~ 9 to 6 Saturday ~ 8 to 6 Open Early
Behnke Nurseries Contacts:
Beltsville: 301-937-1100
Email: behnkes@behnkes.net
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