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Adkins Mystery Monday:

January 4, 2021 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy 2021! We are pleased to kick off 2021 with a Mystery Monday! This tree is known for its unique bark and showy lenticels, which help with gas exchange.
Thanks for following our 2020 mysteries! Last week, we highlighted the buds of the flowering dogwood, Cornus florida. These buds are particularly rounded and tear drop shaped. The flower buds will open before the leaf buds in the spring.

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: This Bud’s For You?

December 28, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Many of you guessed last week’s mystery as the Christmas fern (such timing)! Christmas fern is so named because it remains evergreen during the holiday season and the pinnae look like boots or stockings. Both these characteristics make for relatively quick identification. Christmas fern prefers cool, moist, well-drained shady soil. It is often found along shady streams and rocky slopes, making it a good choice in eroding areas.
The final mystery for 2020 is…(drum roll please)…this bud! Any guesses?

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: Green in the Winter

December 21, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Well done! Many of you identified last week’s mystery as Chimaphila maculata! This native herbaceous perennial goes by many common names including spotted wintergreen, pipsissewa, striped wintergreen, and striped prince’s pine. This evergreen plant is found in dry, acidic woods. It produces a delicate nodding bloom in June through August and is attractive to bees.

This week, we are highlighting another unique plant that is still green in the winter! What is it?

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: Distinct Stripes on the Forest Floor

December 14, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! On this rainy Monday, we ask you, what is this plant? It has distinct stripes and is found on the forest floor.
Last week, we highlighted the grape fern! This unique looking fern has delicately lobed fronds that get a bronze color in the fall and has spore stalks (which look like little bunches of grapes) in the winter. It tends to tolerate deer and heavy shade.

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: It’s Delicate and has Fronds

December 7, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

We had some great guesses this past week! We highlighted the bark of the flowering dogwood, Cornus florida. This tree has unique checkered, reddish brown bark. Come springtime, the white bracts surrounding the small flowers are very distinct, but in the meantime, you can identify the dogwood from its low spreading crown in the understory.

This week, we are shifting over to the forest floor. Among the pine needles, we found this delicate plant, which also has fronds in December! What is it?

 

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: It has a Unique Bark and Creamy

November 30, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! On this rainy day, we thought we’d give you a tricky one! This native understory tree has unique bark and has creamy white flowers in April. It belongs to a genus that has both shrubs and trees. At Adkins Arboretum, you can find these trees growing throughout the woods, especially along Upland Walk. What is it?
Last week we highlighted the Eastern Hemlock. It tolerates shade very well and so can often be found in deep woods. It produces small cones, often used in holiday decorations.

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Food: Local Restaurants Talking Turkey and Open November 26

November 13, 2020 by Val Cavalheri

“I’d rather not cook for Thanksgiving,” takes on a new meaning this year, when due to the pandemic, the holiday might include just the members in your household. So, if you want someone else to your Thanksgiving cooking, here is a list of restaurants in Talbot County that will do it for you, either eat-in or to-go.  It’s also a great way to support our restaurants while getting a fabulous meal!

(Note: Although there are other restaurants open on Thanksgiving, we are only featuring those who have a special or traditional holiday menu.) 

 

Latitude 38: 26342 Oxford Rd, Oxford 410-226-5303 

Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner with 6 sides and pumpkin pie to-go 

$29.95/person (add bottle of wine for $12.00)

Pre-order through 11/24, pick up 11/25 1-4pm

Closed Thanksgiving

https://www.latitude38.biz/

 

Robert Morris Inn: 314 N Morris St, Oxford 410 226-5111

Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner to-go menu with a variety of options 

Prices vary

Pre-order by Friday 11/20, pick up Thanksgiving before 10am

Open Thanksgiving noon-4pm. Special Thanksgiving menu. Reservation recommended

$75/person

https://www.robertmorrisinn.com/dining-menus-and-togo/thanksgiving-dining–to-go.aspx

 

Rude Burger:  216 E Dover, Easton 410-690-3641

Smoked Turkey Dinner menu to-go, serves 8-10 or order ala carte

Dinner: 125.00, a la carte: $35-110

Pre-order 11/20 by 5pm, pick up 11/24 or 11/25 10am-3pm (cold with heating instructions)

https://www.rudefoodco.com/s/order?location=11eb24508938053aaa5a0cc47a2b63ac

 

Scossa Restaurant: 8 N Washington St, Easton 410-822-2202

Special Thanksgiving menu with two courses and dessert, plus lots of additional add-ons (eat in or to-go)

Prices start at $45/person

Pre-order starting on 11/19, pick up Thanksgiving 12-4pm

Open Thanksgiving 11am-5pm. Reservation required

Prices start at $45/person

http://www.scossarestaurant.com/

 

Tidewater Inn: 101 East Dover Street, Easton 410-822-4034

Special Thanksgiving to-go menu with a variety of options.

Prices vary

Pre-order Friday 11/20, pick up Thanksgiving 

Open Thanksgiving 11am-4pm. Special Thanksgiving menu. Reservation required

$39.95/person

https://tidewaterinn.com/thanksgiving

 

Bistro St. Michaels: 403 S Talbot St, St. Michaels

Traditional Thanksgiving to-go menu being offered by their catering company, Royal Oak Catering

Pre-order by 11/20, pick up Thanksgiving Day by 2:00pm

$55/person or select from the a la carte menu (prices vary)

https://bistrostmichaels.com/

To order from Royal Oak Catering: 410-490-5123 or email: Laura.RoyalOakCateringCompany@gmail.com

 

Garden & Garnish Catering: 4282 N. Main St, Trappe 410-820-5169

Traditional Turkey Day Supper for 4

$104. Appetizers & desserts sold separately

Pre-order by 1pm, 11/20, they will deliver 11/25 to most of Talbot Co. 

https://gardenandgarnish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Thanksgiving-11-26-2.0.pdf

 

Sprout:  335 N. Aurora Street, Easton & 114 S. Talbot Street, St. Michaels 443-223-0642

Special Thanksgiving to-go including: scratch-made pies (including Turkey Stuffing pie), holiday chutneys, artisanal breads, and more

Prices vary.

Pre-order by weekend before Thanksgiving, pick up 11/25 7am-4pm

Closed Thanksgiving

https://www.eatsprout.com/

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Everyone’s Favorite Oxford “Pop-Up” is Here to Stay

November 12, 2020 by Heather Hall

When the Oxford Social Café opened in 2018 in the 102 S Morris Street building extension, it was an experiment. Their sister store, the Scottish Highland Creamery, was known as a gathering place during the warm weather month. Could the town benefit from a social meeting year-round location that would also serve coffee and baked goods?

Calling his experiment a “pop up,” owner Richard Leggett “popped” open the Social during the 2018-19 winter, reopening it again in the fall of 2019, only to close in the spring of 2020 due to the pandemic. By then, Leggett was two and a half years into restoring the building to its original appearance. His plan was to have the Social find a permanent location in the main building and use the extension as a spacious production facility for the Scottish Highland Creamery. But even more than that, Leggett dreamed of restoring it as a hub for the Oxford community.

Renovating a historic building is no easy task, as Leggett would tell you. Much of the time is spent on getting special permit approvals. But in many ways, it will be well worth it. 102 S Morris Street has a rich and interesting story to tell about Oxford—a story that continues with the Social. 

Originally built in the 1800s, when local businessmen sought to create a tourist destination to rival Ocean City, the building was part of a resort hotel known as Eastford Hall. In the mid-1880s, Oswald Tilghman leased the building as part of the short-lived and ill-fated Maryland Military and Naval Academy. Following the Academy’s closure in 1888, the building reverted to a hotel until a subsequent fire in 1894 demolished all but the structure we see today, closest to Morris Street. In addition to the shop, the building hosted three apartments, one over the shop and two waterfront units behind the shop.

John and Gertrude Thompson purchased the property in 1916 and operated businesses there for over three decades. The Thompson’s confectionery, soda fountain, and AMOCO gas station were popular destinations for locals and visitors. John Thompson also served for 13 years as Town Commissioner and for 27 years as postmaster (from 1940-1967).

The property was sold in the 1950s to James Kreeger and later sold to the Bringman family (who also owned the shop where the Oxford Museum is now located). Through those decades, the Thompson building, as it continued to be known, housed many businesses, including a barbershop, dental office, a hair salon, and, most recently, Tred Avon Yacht Sales. 

Historic photos of the Thompson’s Confectionery show the front of the building was graced with large bay windows. One of Leggett’s goals was to restore the large oriel structures. As they’d been demolished long ago, this required extensive construction to reframe and pane the space, which adds light and cozy alcoves to the shop. The original front door remains the centerpiece.

Windows along the builds’ sides were restored, though that required reframing, as the wood had deteriorated over the years. Along with the bay windows in the front, these tall vistas overlooking the park offer a beautiful view of Oxford’s small-town charm. With the addition of a fireplace along the north wall, Leggett expects to offer comfortable fireside chats during the winter months.

Another added feature, though appropriate for the early 20th-century architecture, is wainscoting. The white walls are the perfect backdrop to showcase art, so it’s no surprise that the Social is the new hot spot for artists to display their work. With his bold colors and iconic images of Oxford boats and buildings, local celebrity painter Howard Lapp is currently on display.

You’ll find your favorite Rise Up coffee, Turnbridge Point baked goods, Blue Heron Catering frozen dinners to go, and of course, Scottish Highland Creamery ice cream by the scoop, pint, or quart. Leggett hopes to expand the menu in the future, adding sandwiches, etc. But the best news of all is that this former “pop up” is here to stay and will be open year-round. 

Oxford Social Café is open Friday-Sunday, 8 am to 3 pm, and is located next to the Oxford Town Park, easily accessible (handicap access via the south entrance), with lovely Tred Avon River views. They will seat up to 20 people due to social distancing, although they can accommodate more in the future, as regulations relax. The Social is available to rent out for special events.

For more information, check their website https://oxfordsocialcafe.com/, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Social-Cafe-577668676002859, or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/oxfordsocialcafe/, or by calling them at 410-924-6298.

Heather Hall is a Leadership Coach, Spiritual Director, and Storyteller through arts and crafts. Born and raised in Maryland, she spent 22 years in Alaska, working in environmental service. She recently returned to the Shore and resides in Oxford. Photos courtesy of Heather Hall.

 

Filed Under: Food-Garden Homepage, Food-Garden Portal lead

Adkins Mystery Monday: One Sweet Tree

October 19, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! We are starting to see lots of mid-October fall color here at Adkins Arboretum, including on today’s mystery! This native tree produces a super sweet fruit in late fall. Do you recognize it?
For those wondering about last week’s mystery, we highlighted two examples of the larval stage of the white-blotched heterocampa (Heterocampa umbrata)! The caterpillars exhibit different colors as they age. The adult moth is mostly black and white with some grey and green. You might see them in the woods next time you visit!

Filed Under: Food and Garden, Food-Garden Portal lead, Garden Notes

Adkins Arboretum’s Mystery Monday: Critter with Color Variations and Short Time

October 12, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum

Happy Mystery Monday! Many of you recognized last week’s mystery as the native Euonymus americanus, commonly known as strawberry bush or hearts a burstin. This woodland shrub has airy and delicate branching making it a good companion to other plants. While the flowers are rather inconspicuous, its gorgeous pink and red seed pods appear in mid to late fall bringing pockets of color to the woods. It typically grows about 4 to 6 feet tall.
And for today, we ask you, drumroll please…what are these? This critter displays a few different color variations and can be seen from May to November. They happen to prefer oak trees.

Filed Under: Food-Garden Portal lead, Garden Notes

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