Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 1

Winter 2019 Newsletter

Inside This Issue Page 1 – 2019 FoKFP Officers and Board Page 7 – Anne Arundel Bird Club Happenings… Page 1 – The Holidays at Kinder Farm Park Page 10 – Chartwell Garden Club News Page 3 – Volunteer Organization of the Year Page 11 – Learn Organic Gardening by Doing! Page 3 – Time to Sign-up or Renew Your Friends’… Page 12 – Cow Puns! Page 4 – New Animal Menu on the Friends’ Website Page 13 – 2018 Photo Competition Winners Page 4 – A Boy and a Goat Page 17 – FoKFP 12 Month Calendar Page 5 – Farm Education Livestock News Page 21 – Business Community Support Page 6 – Blue Bird Volunteers Needed Page 21 – News Flash! Online viewing feature: You can select the title in the index and go directly to the article.

2019 FoKFP Officers and Board The Holidays at Kinder Farm Park By Mike Lowman, FoKFP Board Member The following Friends of Kinder Farm Park Slate of Officers and Board of Directors for 2019 were December is approved at the Annual Membership Meeting held always a special on December 12, 2018 meeting: time of year for the Friends of Kinder Officers Farm Park when Carrie Fielder, President we kick off the Karen Haghighi, Vice-President Holidays with two Chris Mowry, Secretary of our favorite Barbara Buchlietner, Treasurer events. The Jingle Bell Hayride and tours of the Board of Directors Christmas decorated Kinder Farmhouse. Richard Christie The Jingle Bell Hayride, which is always scheduled Bill Hassell for the first Saturday in December, last year that Michael Lowman was December 1, 2018. The event sold out by (as it Kirk Platt has for the past couple years) Thanksgiving. We Jim Rausch had 716 folks attend, of which 111 were children 3 Rich Tambascio and under. Roger Zolner Danielle Hefner Junior Member for the 4H Inquiries to any of the officers and board members (Continues on next page) may be emailed to [email protected].

Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 2 The Holidays …(Cont.) greeted by Historical Society docents who share information and answer questions about the house, farm In addition to a 20-minute hayride through the park life and the Kinder family. trails, everyone had the opportunity to: One of the favorite features • Visit with Santa & of the decorated farmhouse Mrs. Claus are the Christmas mice that • Roast Marsh- mallows over a invaded the guest bedroom campfire this season. They first • Enjoy a variety of appeared the previous year Holiday treats and when they invaded primarily enjoy a hot drink the Kitchen, though some like hot apple cider and hot chocolate were scattered throughout • Get up close to some of our farm animals the house. including one of our new alpacas • Climb aboard a bright red Farmall tractor to The Kinder Farmhouse is snap a picture open throughout the year on • Visit the the second Saturday of the Christmas month from 11:00 AM until decorated Farmhouse 3:00 PM and for special events like the Jingle Bell Mother Nature smiled on hayride, You can always the event and held off on check the Friends’ website 12 Month Calendar at the rain until the final www.kinderfarmpark.org/calendar.html to see when the hayride of the day was farmhouse is open. completed.

The Jingle Bell Hayride is a great way to get yourself into the spirit of the Holidays. For this year the date is December 7, 2019 from 10 AM until Noon. Attendance www.alexanderanimalhospital.com requires tickets which are limited and will go on sale at the beginning of October through the Friends website. This past season’s Christmas decorated Farmhouse was a joy to tour. Since 2014, when 410-777-8678 the Farmhouse opened, The Friends’ Historical 160 Ritchie Hwy, Severna Park, MD 21146 Society has invited Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM local garden clubs to decorate the house for the Holidays. This year the Saturday: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM following clubs, from the Federated Garden Clubs of , decorated the house:

• Chartwell Garden Club • Crofton Village Garden Club • Shipley’s Garden Club The Farmhouse was open to touring in December on the first and second Saturday, and second Sunday. Then in January second Saturday. Visitors to the house were Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 3 Volunteer Organization of the Year Time to Sign-Up for or Renew Your By Carrie Fielder, FoKFP President Friends’ Membership On January 23, the Anne Arundel County By Jim Rausch, Membership Chair Department of Recreation and Parks hosted their If you have not yet renewed your membership in 2018 annual Volunteer Appreciation Awards The Friends of Kinder Farm Park, now is the time presentation in the Blue Heron Center at Quiet Waters Park. The Friends of Kinder Farm Park to do it! If you are not currently were awarded with a 2018 Community a member, this is your Organization of the Year Award, which recognizes opportunity to join the group the dedication and commitment of a community and help support this wonderful organization for their unwavering efforts and resource – Kinder Farm Park dedication to the Department of Recreation and Parks. Your annual dues of $25 for Families and $15 for Mark Garrity, the Parks Administrator, spoke about Individual go for use at the Park, as do all funds the Friends group accomplishments which included raised by the Friends group. Plus, when you join or having built multiple structures at the park, the renew, you will get free hayride tickets for use at restoration of the Farmhouse and the care of the any of the numerous events sponsored by the animals. In addition, they listed our favorite events, Friends during the year. Membership also entitles the Fall Harvest Festival, Jingle Bell Hayride, and you to discounts at several merchant stores in the Meet the Kids. area along with a host of other benefits. The award was presented by Mark Anthony, the To join or renew your membership, visit our Director of Recreation and Parks and the new County Executive Steuart Pittman. Accepting the website at www.kinderfarmpark.org select the plaque and Executive Citation for the Friends were Support menu, then select Join to go to the Carrie Fielder, FoKFP President, and Board Membership page. The page provides more members, Kirk Platt and Rich Tambascio. Bill information about membership and offers two ways Offutt, former Superintendent of Kinder Farm Park to join: was also in attendance and had submitted the 1. An Online Membership Application that Friends for the award. you can complete online using your credit card or Pay-Pal to pay your dues. 2. A PDF Membership Application that you can print and complete and mail in with your payment. A third way to join is to come to the Friends of Kinder Farm Park meeting in the Visitors Center’s Harvest Hall at 6:30 PM on the second Wednesday each month and fill out a membership form and pay. The Friends want to thank all those who have already renewed their memberships for the 2019 Pictured in the rear: County Executive Steuart Pittman. calendar year and especially those members who In the Front left to right are Rick Anthony, Carrie have included generous donations along with their Fielder, Richard Tambascio and Kirk Platt membership dues. These donations will be used to continue the wonderful programs and activities that you and many others enjoy at Kinder Farm Park!

Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 4 New Animal Menu on the Friends’ playgrounds have been great places to run off excess energy, it is the animals and the wonderful Website people who care for them that mean so much to Early in January Roy Fielder, the leader of the Farm him. Education Livestock Groups, sent this year’s This past Christmas season, with the assistance of Birthing Schedule to be included in this publication. caretaker Jen Plant, Paul was at KFP to help milk A number of the births were possible even before and feed Gazelle, Jen’s goat, probably six different the newsletter would be published so it made sense mornings during the two weeks he and his family to put the Birthing Schedule on the Friends’ website were visiting Severna Park. Paul loves animals, but along with a page where we could announce the initially, always at a safe distance. On day one he births and any other animal news as it is received. was hiding behind Grandpa Dave, just watching Working with Roy and Chris Mowry, the Friends’ while Jen patiently explained all about milking, Secretary and web master, a new Animal menu that feeding, and caring for Gazelle. By the last visit, provides access to general information about the Paul had Gazelle on a leash and was happily Farming Animals, the Birthing Schedule. and the walking her back to the pasture area. Animal News pages were launched on January 7th. The intent of the site is to provide the latest news about farm animal births and any other news related to animals at the park. Now you can visit our website (www.kinderfarmpark.org) at any time and see the latest animal happenings. You are invited to Contribute to Animal News Obviously, the Farm Education Groups and the 4H will be contributors to the Animal News; however, Paul and Gazelle you can contribute also. suppose you have a special encounter with one of the farm animals as in “The Boy and a Goat” article in this newsletter, and on already available from the Animal News page. If you encounter a wild animal during a walk or see an unusual bird at the park and snap a picture that you would like share where and when it occurred. You can just send an email about your experience to [email protected]. After review, if found to be appropriate, it will be posted on the Jen and Paul Animal News page. We can’t say enough wonderful things about Jen and the other animal caretakers who are part of the A Boy and a Goat Kinder Farm Park Livestock Education program. The following is an open letter to the Friends relating to Thanks to all of you for what you do. one boy’s special experience at Kinder Farm Park Marian Barry My only grandchildren live in Singapore. Since both their parents love to travel, Anna and Paul have already seen more places and sites than most people see in an entire lifetime. One of the places that top their list of favorites, especially for 7-year- old Paul, is Kinder Farm Park. While the Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 5 Farm Education Livestock News Sheep By Roy Fielder, Leader Farm Education Livestock Group Winter has been a challenge this year, not because of cold but because of the rain. Flooded fields have left a lot of animals with sore feet. And the recent brief cold spells turn wet ground to ice. On the Brightside birthing season is right around the Buttons – Feb./March corner. We expect a good number of young ones by Dairy Goats the end of March. Look for emails announcing births or check the Animal News on the Friends’ website (www.kinderfarmpark.org). The following Birthing Schedule, which is also on the Friends’ website is our best guess as to when this year’s farm animal births will happen. Gazelle – April Brie – April Cows

Dakota – April Trixie – April Bella – Sept./Oct. Snickers – October PIGS

Basil – April Seven – April

Goat Squad Lilly (4H) – March Dot – September Sheep

Brandi – Gave birth to Tequilla – Gave Birth Polar and Vortex on to two kids on 30 Jan. 2019 1 Feb. 2019 Pegasus – Jan./Feb. Lady Ba Ba – Jan./Feb.

Penny – Jan./Feb. Edith – May

Hermine – Jan./Feb Athena – Jan./Feb (Continues on next page) Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 6 Farm Ed. News (Cont.) Goat Squad

Mabel – February Alpacas

Tina – October Pearl – November

Here at Christina Josephs, we Blue Bird Volunteers Needed strive to give our clients By Ranger Daniel Jansen the best quality services to meet Are you interested in and exceed your expectations. becoming a Blue Bird Box Volunteer? With We are a full-service salon, offering spring just around the a range of services from corner and the haircuts to facials! bluebird nesting season less than a Present this flyer at your next month away, it’s time to start gearing up for Photo taken by Karen appointment to receive $5 off this year’s nest box Schoenhaar at Kinder Farm your service! monitor program. Park in 2018 8268 Veterans Hwy Kinder Farm Park’s Blue Bird Monitoring program is looking for volunteers to monitor boxes, clean Millersville MD 21108 boxes out, and report when boxes need to be (410) 987- 7700 replaced. [email protected] If this is a program you would be interested in helping with please drop off your name and contact information to Park Ranger Daniel Jansen at the Visitor Center or call the office for more information 410-222-6115.

Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 7 Anne Arundel Bird Club water impoundments, small wooded lots and a forested stream valley. Over 250 birds have been Happenings, Feb. – May. seen at this site. The Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact: Matt Addicks at 442-987-7208 or email: happenings listed here are [email protected] open to all bird lovers Beverly Triton Beach Park Kinder Farm Park February 27, Wednesday, 7:30 – 10:30 February 3, Sunday, Directions: From Annapolis, take MD-2 7:30 – 10:30 AM, meet South/Solomon’s Island Road 4.8 miles to MD-214 at top parking lot past East/Central Avenue. Turn left onto on MD-214 the sports fields East/Central Avenue and continue onto Shoreham Directions from park entrance on Jumpers Hole Beach Road, then continue onto Triton Beach Road. Road: Make the first left onto Gali Sanchez Way There are almost five miles of hiking paths with a and follow road up to the top parking lot past the variety of habitats, including bay shoreline, large sports fields. Join us for the monthly walk along freshwater lake, woods, fields and marshes. paved paths as well as grass and dirt paths through Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: varied habitat. We will be looking for fox sparrows [email protected] and other winter residents. Kinder Farm Park Contact: Linda Vitchock, 443-557-8233 or March 3, Sunday, 7:30 – 10:30 AM, meet at top email: [email protected] parking lot past the sports fields Quiet Waters Park Directions from park entrance on Jumpers Hole February 10, Sunday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM, meet in Road: Make the first left onto Gali Sanchez Way the parking lot by the Blue Heron Room and follow the road up to the top parking lot past Situated between the South River and Harness the sports fields. Join us for the monthly walk Creek birders will enjoy trails winding through along paved paths as well as grass and dirt paths forests and past grassy fields on a paved path. $6.00 through varied habitat. We will be looking for fox charge if you don’t have county park sticker. sparrows and other winter residents Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: email: [email protected] [email protected] Monthly Meeting Feather Lab, Smithsonian Institute “Maryland’s Sparrows” with Bonnie Ott March 7, Thursday, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, meet Feb 20, Wednesday, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Harvest at 9:00 AM at Parole Park & Ride Hall, Kinder Farm Park Join James Whatton for a behind the scenes tour of Bonnie Ott is renowned in Maryland for her field the feather lab at the Smithsonian National Museum expertise and wildlife photography. Birders flock to of Natural History. Trip is limited to 15 her field trips, where they can count on Bonnie’s participants. Must register by February 28. help with difficult-to-ID species, especially Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: sparrows. [email protected] Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or email: [email protected] Swan Harbor Park February 23, Saturday, 1/2 day, meet at Millersville Park & Ride at 7:00 AM The grounds offer multiple types of habitat including frontage along the Chesapeake Bay, open farm fields, a small freshwater marsh, manmade (Continues on next page) Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 8 Anne Arundel Bird Club…(Cont.) Patapsco River and bay as well as migrating hawks. The areas around the marsh can be wet so wear Quiet Waters Park appropriate hiking boots. March 10, Sunday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM, meet in the Contact: Matt Grey at 410-533-8915 or email: parking lot by the Blue Heron Center [email protected] Situated between the South River and Harness Creek. Birders will enjoy trails winding through Kinder Farm Park forests and past grassy fields on a paved path. April 7, Sunday, 7:30 – 10:30 AM, meet at top $6.00 charge if you don’t have a county park parking lot past the sports fields sticker. Directions from park entrance on Jumpers Hole Road: Make the first left onto Gali Sanchez Way Contact: Dotty Doherty at 443-926-3054 or email: and follow the road up to the top parking lot past [email protected] the sports fields. Join us for the monthly walk Little Patuxent River Oxbow Lake along paved paths as well as grass and dirt paths Nature Preserve through varied habitat. March 16, Saturday, 9:00 – 11:00 AM Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: Directions from 32 West: Exit onto 198 West, 3.0 [email protected] miles to left on Russett Green West, .7 miles to left on Oxbow Place, Follow to Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve. April 11, Thursday, 8:00 - 11:00 AM With over 1,300 acres of forest, fields, wetlands and Jay Sheppard and Marcy Stutzman will be guides. waterfront, this is one of the top birding sites in The preserve has 200 acres of wetlands and wooded Baltimore County. We will cover the Black Marsh areas, and is home to a variety of waterfowl. Trail and the waterfront as well as other trails if Prepare to hike on primitive trails. In case of heavy time permits. Possible to see rails, herons and even rainstorm or severe weather the trip will be bitterns as well as migrating shorebirds. cancelled. Waterproof boots as marsh can be soggy. Entrance Contact: Julie Lasher at 301-643-6496 or email: fee $4.00 without a state park pass. [email protected] Contact: Kevin Graff at 410-967-5896 (text only) Monthly Meeting or email: [email protected] “The Ordinary, Extraordinary Chimney Masonville Cove Swift” with Joan Cwi April 13, Saturday, 9:00 – 11:00 AM Mar 20, Wednesday, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Blue Heron Directions: From 895 North, stay to the far right as Center, Quiet Waters Park you approach the Harbor Tunnel Tollgates. DO The Chimney Swift is the only swift that migrates NOT go through the tunnel! Take exit 9, Childs to the Eastern US. We will discuss this particular Street toward Frankfurst Avenue. Follow the road species in regard to anatomy, speed, dexterity, around to the right for .6 miles. Destination is on nesting and migration based on sixteen years of the right. research and observation. During the Baltimore Over 54 acres of wetlands, nature trails and bird Bird Club migration swift watches, they have sanctuary, this is an ideal spot for passerines, as counted as many as 7,000 Chimney Swifts entering well as shore birds, water fowl, and hawks. You a roosting chimney in less than an hour! never know what kinds of surprises lay in wait, Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or especially during migration. email: [email protected] Contact: Graham Floyd at 503-705-8046 or Ft. Smallwood Park email: [email protected] March 28, Thursday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM Join Ranger Matt Grey for a walk through Ft. Smallwood Park. We should still have ducks on the (Continues on next page) Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 9 Anne Arundel Bird Club…(Cont.) Patuxent North Tract April 27, Saturday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM Quiet Waters Park One of the prime birding areas in Anne Arundel April 14, Sunday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM, meet in the County, the North Tract boasts lakes, streams, open parking lot by the Blue Heron Center fields, and wooded areas. This is the best time of Situated between the South River and Harness year to see the bluebells that bloom along the Creek. Birders will enjoy trails winding through Patuxent River as well as a variety of warblers, forests and past grassy fields on a paved path. vireos and resident birds. $6.00 charge if you don’t have county park sticker. Contact: Rod Burley at 301-943-5923 or email: Contact: Pat & Juanita Tate at 410-615-5133 or [email protected] email: [email protected] Susquehanna State Park Monthly Meeting May 1, Wednesday, All Day, meet at Millersville Park & Ride at 6:00 AM or meet at the Grist The Annual John W. “Bud” Taylor Wildlife Mill parking lot at 7:00 AM Lecture A warbler paradise, this is home to over 21 kinds of “Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved warblers including Cerulean, Worm Eating and Bird” with Katie Fallon Kentucky. Also loaded with Baltimore and Orchard April 17, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Blue Heron Orioles! Bring lunch and comfortable hiking boots Center, Quiet Waters Park as this will be a full day of non-stop fun! Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciated, and unloved, despite the vital role they play in Contact: Peter Hanan at 301-580-2785 or email: healthy ecosystems. Katie will discuss the life and [email protected] times of the noble Turkey Vulture, including its Swan Creek feeding, nesting, and roosting habits, migratory May 4, Saturday, 7:00 – 11:00 AM behaviors, and common misconceptions. Katie’s This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss now latest book, Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved that the top birding spot in Anne Arundel County is Bird (2017) will be available for purchase and restricted! Last year on this hike we had 74 species signing. including high numbers of Warblers (including Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or Black Poll), shorebirds, ducks, Bobolinks and Little email: [email protected] Blue Herons! Wear sturdy shoes as the path is rocky. Bacon Ridge Trail April 20, Saturday, 7:00 – 10:00 AM Contact: Stan Arnold at 410-428-7567 or email: A great opportunity to hike with Dan Haas at this [email protected] Crownsville site known for vireos and warblers. Kinder Farm Park Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: May 5, Sunday, 7:30 – 10:30 AM, meet at top [email protected] parking lot past the sports fields Directions from park entrance on Jumpers Hole Iliff Farm Road: Make the first left onto Gali Sanchez Way April 24, Wednesday, 8:00 – 10:00 AM and follow the road up to the top parking lot past A rare opportunity to hike on a private property in the sports fields. Join us for the monthly walk Severna Park. The last time we hiked there we had along paved paths as well as grass and dirt paths a European gold finch! Contact leader for through varied habitat. directions to property and parking information. Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: [email protected] [email protected]

(Continues on next page) Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 10 Anne Arundel Bird Club…(Cont.) stop for two weeks in the Delaware Bay. Pack lunch, snacks and water and bring sunblock and bug spray. May 9, Thursday, 7:30 – 11:00 AM, meet at Contact: Dale Murphy at 410-798-6345 or email: Millersville Park & Ride at 7:00 [email protected] AM or meet at the Pagoda at 7:30 AM This city park is a gem for a wide number of Quiet Waters Park migrating and resident birds. Home to Black- May 19, Sunday, 8:00 – 11:00 AM, meet in the crowned Night Herons, and Green Herons, this is parking lot by the Blue Heron Center also a stopping place for many vireos and warblers Situated between the South River and Harness as well as sparrows such as Vespers, Nelsons and Creek. Birders will enjoy trails winding through Savannah. forests and past grassy fields on a paved path. $6.00 charge if you don’t have county park sticker. Contact: Kevin Graff at 410-967-5896 (text only) or email: [email protected] Contact: Pat & Juanita Tate at 410-615-5133 or email: [email protected] Monthly Meeting Birding Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Bombay Hook NWR and Dupont Nature Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Center Peninsula, with Lawrence Zoller May 22, Wednesday, all day, meet at Bay 50 at May 15, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Blue Heron 7:00 AM or meet at Bombay Hook at 8:30 AM Center, Quiet Waters Park Bombay Hook is a mix of cordgrass meadows, mud Share one of our past president’s experience of bird flats, tidal pools, rivers, creeks and streams. The watching at the bottom of the world. During the upland area includes forests, freshwater impound- Antarctic summer Larry Zoller traveled the ments, brushy and timbered swamps and fields of Southern Seas in search of whales, seals and of herbaceous plants. The refuge offers a 12-mile course birds for 26 days. It was an adventure: wildlife drive and five walking trails. Shorebirds rough seas, gigantic icebergs, massive penguin are the main quest; warblers, wrens and raptors colonies, orcas chasing fin whales, and many should also make an appearance (great looks at pelagic birds. Larry will share his observation of marsh wrens). The DuPont Nature Center is located climate changes starting to have an impact on the east of Milford on the scenic Mispillion River and is ecosystem. a bird lover’s paradise. Thousands of shorebirds and 210 species from around the world feed non- Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or stop for two weeks in the Delaware Bay. Pack email: [email protected] lunch, snacks and water and bring sunblock and bug Bombay Hook NWR and Dupont Nature spray. Center Contact: Dale Murphy at 410-798-6345 or email: May 18, Saturday, all day, meet at 7:00 at Bay 50 [email protected] or meet at Bombay Hook at 8:30 AM Bombay Hook is a mix of cordgrass meadows, mud Chartwell Garden Club News flats, tidal pools, rivers, creeks and streams. The upland area includes forests, freshwater impound- Horticulture News ments, brushy and timbered swamps and fields of By Rita Custer, Horticultural Chair herbaceous plants. The refuge offers a 12-mile English boxwood is our winter decorating favorite wildlife drive and five walking trails. Shorebirds with deep green, lustrous and long-lasting leaves. are the main quest; warblers, wrens and raptors Alas the arrival of the boxwood blight makes using should also make an appearance (great looks at the beloved greenery a risk. Boxwood blight is a marsh wrens). The DuPont Nature Center is located fungal disease which arrived from Europe in 2011 east of Milford on the scenic Mispillion River and is and has spread to two dozen states and particularly a bird lover’s paradise. Thousands of shorebirds and 210 species from around the world feed non- (Continues on next page) Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 11 Chartwell Garden Club News (Cont.) & Ride located at I-95N, Exit 74). The bus will depart Philadelphia at 7pm. to Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland. These locations have a long history of historic boxwood The $80 cost per seat includes transportation, show gardens which have provided a growing link ticket, driver’s gratuity and snack. Refunds for between generations. inclement weather are conditional on the club first obtaining a refund from the show/bus company. The disease is spreading, but not airborne, so the Contact Pat Poffel at 410-544-2376 or effects are somewhat localized because the blight is [email protected] for seat availability. passed from plant to plant by contact. Symptoms of the disease include brown spots, eventual 38th Annual Daffodil Show defoliation and black streaks on the stems. Once The daffodil show is free and open to the public on th th infected the plant is doomed and must be removed April 9 from 2pm to 7pm and April 10 from and bagged as trash along with Christmas garlands, 10am to 3pm at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church , wreaths, and other arrangements. Do not compost! 400 Benfield Road in Severna Park. The blight also moves from plant to plant on tools, Please contact Show Chairman Liz Williams at 410- equipment, shoes and clothing so it is important to 987-7571 or email [email protected] be vigilant yourself or others you hire to work in for more information about entering the daffodil your garden. Even if you observe all safeguards show. infections can be carried by birds, squirrels, deer, and chipmunks. Learn Organic Gardening By Doing! Weekly spraying in spring and fall is a preventive By Janet Clauson, Master Gardener measure but is costly and time consuming. Additionally, the abnormal amount of rainfall has Would you, and your children, like to grow your helped spread the pathogen since spores multiply own organic vegetables? Then join us, Master when the plant remains wet for 48 hours or longer. Gardeners and other families, in the Apprentice Resistant cultivars are being developed but may Garden. lack the beauty and form of traditional English The Apprentice Garden at Kinder Farm Park is a boxwood. program organized by the University of Maryland General Club News Extension Service Master Gardeners. It occupies two of the community garden spaces and the project Many of you that journeyed with us to the is dedicated to teaching families with children to Philadelphia Flower Show knew our dear friend and grow their own produce organically. Each family long-time member Donna Sakenes. It is with deep has personal garden space and shares in the sadness that we inform you of Donna’s death in common garden areas. The master gardeners and December. Donna tackled the many roles she filled families meet every Wednesday at 6:30 pm to plant, in our garden club with commitment and infectious weed, water, de-bug, fret over, learn much and good nature. Donna put her natural flair for comedy harvest their own garden-grown vegetables, fruits, to good use while shepherding our club members and herbs. and guests on the bus trips. Keeping all those faces smiling was no small feat. Donna leaves a legacy In the personal plots, families plant their own of heartfelt fun, lively humor, and kindness. unique choice of seeds and sets. The 2018 garden had a wide variety of vegetables: tomatoes and Philadelphia Flower Show Bus Trip, peppers; cucumber, yellow squash, and zucchini; Tuesday March 5, 2019 lettuces, kale, beans, peas, radishes; broccoli; Experience the “Power of Flowers” with us on our potatoes, and herbs and sunflowers. Families annual bus trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show. shared the bounty of their garden spaces and The bus will leave the Millersville Park & Ride everyone shares the vegetables grown in the located at 8550 Veterans Highway at 10am (with a (Continues on next page) 2nd stop at the Joppa Road and Mountain Road Park Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 12 Learn Organic Gardening…(Cont.) Cow Puns! common areas, including zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and herbs. If you visit the Apprentice Garden now, you will find crimson clover crop growing in the planting areas and newspapers, covered with straw on the pathways. The crimson clover will nourish the soil with nitrogen this winter, and it will also prevent weeds from choking the planting areas. In addition to the winter preparation for the family plots and common planting areas, the perennials, strawberry plants and herb garden have been bedded down for winter. Planning is underway for the Apprentice Garden for 2019. If you are interested in more information, or would like to join us this season, please contact Janet Clauson at [email protected]. The Apprentice Garden project meets from April through September, Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the community gardens at Kinder Farm Park in Millersville.

AVA: America’s Walking Club

Non-competitive exercise with family and friends Freestate Happy Wanderers http://mdvolks.org/freestate/

Maryland Volkssport Apprentice Garden area prepped for winter Association The University of Maryland Extension programs are http://mdvolks.org open to all citizens without regard to race, color, gender, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, or national origin. Freestate has 5K and 10K trails at Kinder Farm Park; for year round walk information contact [email protected] Join our Meet-Up Group at http://www.meet-up.com/Maryland-Walkers

Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 13 2018 Photo Competition Winners By Mike Lowman, Photo Competition Administrator There were 99 pictures entered in last year’s Life in the Park Photo Competition, the following are the winning entries. You can view all of the entries from 2018 and all of our previous contests in the Photo Gallery on our website at www.kinderfarmpark.org/photos.html#gallery

Fauna 1st Place "Sunset Faun" taken by Mickie Vigneri

Flora 1st Place "Pink Rose in the Garden" taken by Mary Gallo

Fauna 2nd Place "Young Bluebird on Fence" taken by Mickie Vigneri

Landscape 1st Place "Summer Silo Sunset" taken by Matt Beziat Flora 2nd Place "Attraction" taken by Monica Doyle Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 14 Photo Contest Winners (Cont.)

People 2nd Place "Kids" taken by Patrick Gillespie

Landscape 2nd Place "Pristine" taken by Amanda Lee

Do you enjoy photography? Check out the 2019 Life in the Park Photo Competition flyer on the next page to see what you can win and how to enter.

People 1st Place "Kids Smiling in the sun" taken by Megan Somersall Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 15 The Friends of Kinder Farm Park 2019 Life in the Park Photo Competition

Categories: Flora, Fauna, Landscapes and People Prizes: $50 Gift Card to 1st place in each category A 2020 Pass to the Park for 2nd place in each category Deadline: December 31, 2019 • Photos must be taken after January 1, 2019, within the boundaries of Kinder Farm Park and reflect aspects of the beauty and/or life in the park • A panel of judges will select winning photos from each category, and winners will be notified by email or phone • For competition rules and entry instructions see the next page

Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 16 RULES AND ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS 1. The categories for this photo competition are: Flora (flowers, trees, plants, etc.); Fauna (all animals including fishes, birds, insects, etc.); Landscape; and, People in Kinder Farm Park. 2. Photos must be taken within the boundaries of Kinder Farm Park between January 1st and December 31st of 2019. 3. Participants may submit up to a total of four photos in the competition, in any of the categories, either as digital images or prints in color or black and white. • Photographs can be submitted in digital format (preferably JPG), with a maximum of 10mb per email. • Photographs submitted in print form should be no larger than 8” X 10”. Note: Prints will be digitally scanned for judging purposes. 4. This competition is intended to encourage amateur photography, contest entries will not be accepted from professional photographers. 5. All entries must be original work and must not have been previously published. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photos entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries. 6. Each entry must be marked with or accompanied by the following information: • The photographer’s: o Name and address o Telephone number o Email address • Photograph title • A description of where and the date the photo was taken • The category In which each photograph is being entered (only one category per photo) • Notes: o Entries will be returned if they lack any of the above requested information. o Personal details will only be used for the purpose of administering the competition and will not be published or provided to any third party without your permission. 7. Entries can be submitted in two ways: • By email to [email protected] with the subject line of “2019 KFP Photo Contest” • By mail to: 2019 KFP Photo Contest 1001 Kinder Farm Park Road Millersville, MD 21108 8. All entries must be received by December 31, 2019. 9. No entries can be returned and proof of posting is not proof of receipt. The organizers accept no responsibility for entries lost, damaged or delayed in the post. 10. All entries will be judged by a panel of judges who will select the best photographs in each category. The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into. 11. By entering, participants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules. 12. By entering the competition, entrants grant the right for The Friends of Kinder Farm Park to display the photographs at Kinder Farm Park; publish and exhibit the submitted photographs in print and on the Friends of Kinder Farm Park website. Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 17 Friends of Kinder Farm Park (FoKFP) 12 Month Calendar

For the latest calendar visit our website at www.kinderfarmpark.org/calendar.html

February 2019 March 2019 2 — Evergreen Class presented by Bonnie Pavlak, 3 — Bird Walk, 7:30 - 10:30 AM, Meet at top CPH Specialist, from 10:00 AM-Noon in the parking lot past the sports fields. Harvest Hall. Cost $??, email Directions from park entrance on Jumpers [email protected] to preregister Hole Road: Make the first left onto Gali 3 — Publish Winter edition of Down on the Farm Sanchez Way and follow road up to the top newsletter parking lot past the sports fields. Join us for 3 — Bird Walk, 7:30 - 10:30 AM, Meet at top the monthly walk along paved paths as well parking lot past the sports fields. as grass and dirt paths through varied Directions from park entrance on Jumpers habitat. We will be looking for fox sparrows Hole Road: Make the first left onto Gali and other winter residents. Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 or email: Sanchez Way and follow road up to the top [email protected] parking lot past the sports fields. Join us for 9 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the the monthly walk along paved paths as well public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM as grass and dirt paths through varied 13 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors habitat. We will be looking for fox sparrows Center Harvest Hall and other winter residents. Contact: Linda 15 — First Call for Spring 2019 Newsletter articles, Vitchock, 443-557-8233 or email: email articles to [email protected] [email protected] 20 — Anne Arundel Bird Club Meeting, 7:00-9:00 . 9 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the PM at Quiet Waters Park in the Blue Heron public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM Room. Topic: “The Ordinary, Extraordinary 13 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors Chimney Swift” with Joan Cwi. Contact: Center Harvest Hall Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or email: 19 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors [email protected] Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 20 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM at Kinder Farmhouse 20 — Anne Arundel Bird Club Meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM in Harvest Hall. Topic: “ Maryland’s Sparrows” with Bonnie Ott. Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or email: [email protected]

Page 17 of 22 Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 18 April 2019 May 2019 7 — Bird Walk, 7:30 - 10:30 AM, Meet at meet at 3 — Publish the Spring 2019 Down on the Farm top parking lot past the sports fields. newsletter Directions from park entrance on Jumpers 5 — Bird Walk, 7:30 - 10:30 AM, Meet at meet at Hole Road: Make the first left onto Gali top parking lot past the sports fields. Sanchez Way and follow road up to the top Directions from park entrance on Jumpers parking lot past the sports fields. Join us for Hole Road: Make the first left onto Gali the monthly walk along paved paths as well Sanchez Way and follow road up to the top as grass and dirt paths through varied parking lot past the sports fields. Join us for habitat. Contact: Alan Young at 410-991-8300 the monthly walk along paved paths as well or email: [email protected] as grass and dirt paths through varied 10 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors habitat. We will be looking for fox sparrows Center Harvest Hall and other winter residents. Contact: Alan 13 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the Young at 410-991-8300 or email: public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM [email protected] 13 — Easter Egg Hunt, more information to follow 8 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 16 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors Center Harvest Hall Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 11— Meet the Kids, more information to follow 17 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM 11 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the at Kinder Farmhouse public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM 17 — Anne Arundel Bird Club Meeting, 7:00-9:00 15 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM PM at Quiet Waters Park in the Blue Heron at Kinder Farmhouse Room. Topics: “The Annual Wildlife 17 — Anne Arundel Bird Club Meeting, 7:00-9:00 Lecture” by Bud Taylor, and “The Private Life PM at Quiet Waters Park in the Blue Heron of an unloved Bird” by Katie Falon. Contact: Room. Topic: “Birding Tierra del Fuego, the Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 or email: Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the [email protected] Antarctic Peninsula,” with Lawrence Zoller. Contact: Barbara Johnson at 410-703-4664 22 — Deadline for Spring Newsletter articles, or email: [email protected] email articles to [email protected] 21 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors 24 — Kick-off Fall Harvest Festival Committee Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors Center 22 — Fall Harvest Festival Committee Meeting at Harvest Hall 6:30 PM in the Visitor’s Center Harvest Hall

June 2019 1 — Celebrate National Trail’s Day, come and take a walk in the Park, Cost $3, for more information contact Bill Hassell, 410533- 5850 or email: [email protected] (Continues on next page)

Page 18 of 22 Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 19 June 2019 (Cont.) August 2019 (Cont.) 7 — FoKFP Volunteer Picnic (attendance by 20 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors invitation only) Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 8 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the 21 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM at Kinder Farmhouse 12 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 28 —Fall Harvest Festival Committee Meeting at Center Harvest Hall 6:30 PM in the Visitors Center Harvest Hall 18 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors September 2019 Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 11 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 19 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM Center Harvest Hall at Kinder Farmhouse 14 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the 23 — First Call for the Summer Newsletter articles, public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM email articles to [email protected] 17 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors 26 — Fall Harvest Festival Committee Meeting at Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 6:30 PM in the Visitor’s Center Harvest Hall 18 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM July 2019 at Kinder Farmhouse 25 — Fall Harvest Festival Committee Meeting at 10 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 6:30 PM in the Visitors Center Harvest Hall Center Harvest Hall 25 — First Call for Fall Newsletter Articles, email 13 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the articles to [email protected] public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM 16 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors October 2019 Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 6 — Jingle Bell Hayride Ticket go on Sale, details 17 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM will be announced on our website at at Kinder Farmhouse www.kinderfarmpark.org 21 — Tentative Date for the annual Food Truck 9 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors Festival Center Harvest Hall 22 — Deadline for Summer 2019 Newsletter 12 — Kinder Farm Park Annual Fall Harvest articles (email articles to Festival, from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM [email protected] 15 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors 24 — Fall Harvest Festival Committee Meeting at Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 6:30 PM in the Visitors Center Harvest Hall 16 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM August 2019 at Kinder Farmhouse 16 — Jingle Bell Hayride Planning Meeting at 6:30 3 — Publish the Summer 2019 Down on the Farm in the Visitor Center Conference Room newsletter 23 — Fall Harvest Festival Committee Follow-up 10 — Kinder Farmhouse Museum is open to the Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitor’s Center public, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM Conference Room 14 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 25 — Deadline for Fall Newsletter articles, email Center Harvest Hall articles to [email protected]

Page 19 of 22 Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 20 November 2019 January 2020: FoKFP membership Fee due 3 — Publish the Fall 2019 Down on the Farm 1 — Kick-off of the 2020 FoKFP Life in the Park newsletter Photo Competition, visit our website for 13 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors details Center Harvest Hall 3 — First Call for Winter 2020 Newsletter articles, 19 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors email articles to [email protected] Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 8 — FoKFP Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Visitors 20 — FoKFP Historical Society Meeting at 4:00 PM Center Harvest Hall (early membership at Kinder Farmhouse renewal drawing) 20 — Jingle Bell Hayride Planning Meeting at 6:30 11 — Holiday Decorated Kinder Farmhouse PM in the Visitor Center Conference Room Museum is open to the public, 11:00 AM- 3:00 PM December 2019 14 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors 7 — Jingle Bell Hayride 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM details will be announced on our website at 15 — First FoKFP Historical Society Meeting for www.kinderfarmpark.org 2020 at 4:00 PM at Kinder Farmhouse 7 — Holiday Decorated Kinder Farmhouse 15 – Jingle Bell Hayride Follow-up Meeting at 6:30 Museum is open to the public, 10:00 AM- PM in the Conference Room 3:00 PM 23 — Deadline for the Winter Newsletter articles, 8 — Holiday Decorated Kinder Farmhouse email articles to [email protected] Museum is open to the public, 11:00 AM-

3:00 PM 11 — FoKFP Annual All-Hands Meeting at 6:30 PM Another Cow Pun! in Visitors Center Harvest Hall A farmer was milking his cow. He was just starting 14 — Jingle Bell Hayride Rain Date, 10:00 AM - to get a good rhythm going when a bug flew into 12:00 PM the barn and started circling his head. Suddenly, the 14 — Holiday Decorated Kinder Farmhouse bug flew into the cow's ear. The farmer didn't think Museum is open to the public, 11:00 AM- much about it, until the bug squirted out into his 3:00 PM bucket. It went in one ear and out the udder. 17 — KFP Quilters Guild meeting in the Visitors Center from 1:00 -3:00 PM 31 — Deadline for entries in the 2019 Life in the Park Photo Competition 31 — Renew membership or join the Friends of Kinder Farm Park for 2020 by Dec. 31st and be entered in a drawing to get your membership fee refunded and a 2021 pass to the park

Page 20 of 22 Friends of Kinder Farm Park Newsletter – Winter 2019 Page 21 Business Community Support News Flash! The Friends of Kinder Farm Park would like to On January 30, 2019. Brandi, member of the Goat Squad encourage our members and friends to support all the gave birth to Polar and Vortex, the first farm animal businesses and organizations featured in this publication births at Kinder Farm Park for 2019. to show appreciation for the various types of support provided to our organization and Kinder Farm Park. In addition to the advertisements from • Alexander’s Animal Hospital on page 2, • Christina Josephs Salon Studio on page 6, and • Freestate Happy Wanderers on page 12, the following businesses offer a discount on your purchases with your Friends of Kinder Farm Park membership:

Anne Arundel Co. Farm, Lawn and Brandi feeds newborns Polar and Vortex Garden Center Just in! 478 Jumpers Hole Rd Tequila, another member of the Goat Squad gave Severna Park, MD 21146 birth to two more kids on February 1, 2019. Photos Website: aalawnandgarden.com of Tequila’s kids will be posted on the Friends of Show your Friends Card here Kinder Farm Park website’s Animal News page as and get a 10% discount soon as they become available.

The Wild Bird Center

568 Governor Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park Plaza Shopping Plaza Severna Park, MD 21146 Phone: 410-647-2453

Website: www.wildbird.com/severnapark Show your Friends Card here and get 20% off large bags of Bird Seed or 10% off other purchases

Gambrills General Store 865 Annapolis Rd. Gambrills, MD 21064

Phone: 410-923-0960 Visit on Facebook Show your Friends Card here and get a 10% discount on most items

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Down on the Farm is a quarterly publication of the Friends of Kinder Farm Park President: Carrie Fielder Vice President: Karen Haghighi Treasurer: Barbara Buchlietner Secretary: Chris Mowry Newsletter Editor: Mike Lowman For the latest information, visit our website at: www.kinderfarmpark.org

Contact us at: [email protected]

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