Pequea Creek Watershed

Here's a great animated video our partner organization, PACD, put together relating to planting native plants in our landscape. Hope you all enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy7NPFghxLo&feature=youtu.be

Earth Day tip/information #6

Are you bored of sitting at home during the Stay-At-Home Order? Compete in your own backyard with the SLF Egg Scraping Challenge! Spotted lanternfly eggs are c...lose to hatching in a month and they are a costly, destructive insect that needs to be controlled. While we are maintaining social distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, why not stop the spread of an invasive pest in your own backyard? Here a few tips to help you scrape. Eggs are typically on the underside of branches and higher up in the tree canopy. Please only get what you can reach, do not hurt yourself. They are typically on plants such as Tree of Heaven, Maple, Cherry, Willow, Grape, and other smooth-barked trees. Finally, make sure you smash the eggs with gloves or a shoe or put them in alcohol once you scrape them. No eggs should survive! Now get scraping and share the number of eggs you have scraped to see if anyone can beat you. #SLFEggScrapingChallenge Image courtesy of Richard Gardner, Bugwood.org.

When is the best time to plant a tree? 30 years ago. Well if you missed your chance, the Lancaster County Conservation District is offering you another chance... with our 2020 tree seedling sale. Once again countless varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, fruit trees, tree tubes, and many other items can be pre-ordered through this annual sale. Proceeds from this sale also assist the District fund our education and watershed programs so either way you are helping Lancaster County Watersheds. To check out this year species list visit the Lancaster County Conservation District website; www.lancasterconservation.org. Deadline to order is March 9th. See more