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Plenty autumn harvest season • 2019 DEPARTMENTS 11 O pen Space A Blueprint for Bluebirds by pamela boe 18 From the Ground Up The Birth of a Cidery by wib middleton 27 Food for Thought Feeding More and Wasting Less by jackie d e carlo 34 An Eye for Beauty Out and About the Reserve by terri pitts 40 Rustic Roads & Waterways Seneca National Historic District by sarah rogers 43 Farm, Fork and Flavor Farm Fresh at Watershed Cafe by wib middleton 47 Recipe Box Sourdough Pumpkin Mufffins by mary kingsley FEATURES 4 An Enduring Legacy Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve by gwen wright 8 A Time to Come Home Reconnecting to the natural world by amanda cather 14 Call of the Land Linking fields of dreams by caroline taylor 22 Tusculum Farm Uncommon charm and beauty by megan tuncer 31 A Season for Giving Hidden treasures of the Reserve by hilary moore hebert 37 For the Birds A lifelong sanctuary for suffering parrots by christopher zeoli 44 The Ghosts of Poolesville Secret haunts of the Ag Reserve 48 Autumn Harvest Calendar by christine rai 50 Fun on the Farm publisher i managing editor & design Puzzle and Riddles for Kids BLUEBIRD iphoto courtesy of jenny Hendershot Jane Perini Wib Middleton publisher i staff writer & photographer PLENTY, Autumn Harvest Issue 2019. Plenty is published three times a year by Thunder Mountain Design, 14100 Berryville Rd, Germantown, MD 20874. It is distributed free of charge in many Montgomery County, MD locations. © 2019 by Thunder Mountain Design. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. • plenty-agmag.com • 301.527.2295