August 27, 2005

On August 27 the Tree Stewards will again join their fellow Master Gardeners at AFM, 8 to 11 AM to help answer your tree care, landscaping, lawn and garden questions.

Also this weekend at Courthouse Plaza, as explained in an Arlington County Press release:

Surf's up at Courthouse Plaza, dude! But leave your boogie board at home. You'll need a laptop to ride this wireless wave. Come groove to live beach music by the Hula Monsters and check out Arlington County's first free, outdoor wireless Internet hotspot on Saturday, Aug. 27, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Courthouse Plaza.

Amid the bustle of the County's weekly Farmers' Market at Courthouse Plaza, bring your wireless-enabled laptop or other device and surf the Web to your heart's content. When your computer looks for a wireless network to join, choose "arlingtonwireless."

For more details, read the whole press release at:
http://www.arlingtonva.us/NewsReleases/Scripts/ViewDetail.asp?Index=1 836

AFM regulars know there’s more than sweet fruits and crisp veggies to be had. A few weeks ago we talked about the flower vendors with their bouquets of beauty.

Country Gardens offers plants for your own home grown pleasures. For more than 20 years, Rhonda Stevenson has cultivated a large variety of plants on her 8 acres, bringing at least 50 varieties every week to the Arlington Farmers Market. You can find flowering shrubs, bedding plants, foliage, and bulbs. This time of year look for Bluebeards, Beauty Berry, Toadlillies, Turtle Heads and Antique (or Heirloom) Mums and lots of Hydrangeas. Also they will have bulbs for fall crocus and Magic Lilies.