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The 2010
Bulb Sale is now on. We must receive
your order by August 13th
for early orders and August 26th as the last deadline for orders.
See the
District Sales Page.
Sales information
is in the summer newsletter just mailed via the postal
service and available below.
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The
Summer Conservation Times has been
mailed and is available
here. This is the issue with the
Bulb order information
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The Kennebec District is in the process of working with partners in the lower
Kennebec River Watershed to develop a survey of culvert barriers. Our partners
include the Sheepscot River Watershed Council [SRWC], the Kennebec Estuary Land
Trust [KELT] and the Andy Valley Soil & Water Conservation District. The survey
starts in the next couple of weeks and will run through the summer. If you have
an interest in volunteering to help for a few days, we can try and arrange that.
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BREAKING
NEWS --
A crowd of over
350 people delivered a standing ovation to filmmakers Jason Mann and Cecily
Pingree, and to the farmer "movie stars," [Paul
Birdsall-Hancock County, Dan Tibbetts-Kennebec County, and Bussie York-Franklin
County],on the evening of the Meet Your Farmer
Premier in Rockland. In the week after, Maine Farmland Trust has received
statewide requests to show these eight short documentaries of Maine farms in
local theatres. See it at Brunswick's Frontier Cafe on Thursday July 29th at 6
pm and 8 pm or at Northaven at Watermans on August 9th. The time will be
announced.
Click here for a press release on the Meet Your Farmer Premier.
Click here to visit the Meet Your Farmer website.
To purchase a Meet Your Farmer DVD, call the MFT office:
207-338-6575.
Check our website periodically for upcoming screenings in
theatres near you:
www.mainefarmlandtrust.org
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 The
Kennebec Woodland Partnership is a new project here in Kennebec County with the
Kennebec Land Trust and the Maine Forest Service. Its objective is to create a
“culture of conservation” focused on our region’s forestlands. The Partnership
works to encourage woodland stewardship and conservation and to sustain the many
values, both public and private, of our woods. and others to both identify
and plan.
Check out their new website.
This fall, October 21-22 there will be a conference in the
Winthrop area to introduce the project to the public and gather public input.
The 30 Mile River Watershed Assoc. is sponsoring another paddle
in the 30 Mile Watershed from Mt. Vernon to Wayne. Planned for August 7. This
group is becoming more and more active in addressing conservation issues in
their watershed. This includes the management of a Youth Conservation Corps this
summer.
See
Calendar of Events page.
The 2010 Kennebec AgMap is available.
Look for it throughout the county with its listing of local farm stands and
farmer's markets.
Here is an electronic version. Sorry it is
such a large file.
The new Gravel Road Maintenance Manual is
available. If possible please use the electronic copy at the Maine DEP website.
This
April 2010 edition has some changes and
lists additional resources.
Kennebec River
Network --
See the KRN
page and review current developments.
Dale's garden update --
click for Dale's Garden Page
-- Day lilies are beginning to
pass. The high bush blueberry crop
is still heavy. The grapes also
look great. The Japanese Beetles are still heavy but fewer than last week. I
still spend time collecting
hundreds in a pail of detergent water. Some evenings I feel like Sisyphus and
the never ending struggle with his boulder.
The compost has
remained fairly hot. Temperatures are now about 120° .
Here is the list of left over trees and plants I have
banked in my back yard with the prices. I really need homes for
some of the Brown Ash which are very large. Make an offer if you have a home for
them.
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Calendar of Events/Workshops and other opportunities.
click here for events to keep on your calendar for the
coming months
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Kennebec County
Soil & Water Conservation District
