Around Crownsville: The dirt on ridding your garden of pests

Isabel has made aspiring master gardeners wait a little longer for "Ecoscaping."

The fall gardening conference offered by the Anne Arundel County Master Gardeners was put on hold when Tropical Storm Isabel swept through our area last month.

Subtitled, "Pestering the Pests" the conference is back on for Nov. 8 with a full agenda lasting from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event will be held at the Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center down at the end of Indian Landing Road.

The keynote speaker, Michael Raupp, has titled his address "Murder and Mayhem in Your Garden" to entice even the most lackadaisical gardener.

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