Bumper tick season arrives
ELLSWORTH
A not so favorite spring pastime for Mainers dealing with ticks is in full swing.
“We are getting lots and lots of tick calls and lots and lots of visits,” said Dr. Michael Murnik, a physician at Northern Light Primary Care Blue Hill. “Mostly we’re seeing lots of dog ticks.”
Dog ticks are the variety that do not transmit Lyme disease. Deer ticks transmit Lyme. Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache and rash. If it is not treated, the infection can spread to joints, the heart and nervous system.
It's a traditional Maine staple food and actually has interesting history as the origins of it's introduction to the new world by one mysterious Maine farmer.
Portsmouth Herald
SANFORD - Sanford Community Garden is now accepting applications for the 2021 gardening season.
Sanford-Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust in partnership with University of Maine Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers will be offering 24 raised beds, each 4-feet by 12-feet, for folks to grow their own fresh food, herbs and flowers. Three additional raised beds will be used to grow food for a local food pantry.
The first year of gardening fun was featured in the October issue of UMaine Extension’s “Maine Home Garden News”: extension.umaine.edu/gardening/2019/10/01/maine-home-garden-news-october-2019/#funchallenges .
Beginning April 1, Master Gardeners and Trust volunteers will jointly oversee the project and will be available to offer guidance as needed, in accordance with established COVID-19 protocols.