Delmarva’s Honey Harvest
By Dana Kester-McCabe
 September is a key harvest month for Delmarva farmers. Their efforts would not be nearly as successful without pollination help provided by one small insect. Humans and honey bees have been collaborating since ancient times.
Delmarva History This Month
 | September 19, 1676 - During Bacon's rebellion, a conflict over support for landowners against native peoples and the Dutch, Jamestown was burned and Governor William Berkeley was forced to flee to Virginia's Eastern Shore. Rebels attacking him there were defeated enabling his return to power.
September 3, 1777 - The Battle of Cooch's Bridge in Newark, was the only battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on Delaware soil, and though the day was lost to the British it was the first time that the Stars and Stripes was flown in battle.
September 12, 1777 - British win the Battle of the Brandywine, capture federation President John McKinly, and occupy Wilmington until mid October.
September 22-24, 1785 - During a tropical gale, the brig Nancy, coming from Madiera with a cargo of wine, was broken up on the Virginia Capes killing all but two aboard.
September 28-29, 1806 - The schooner Charming Mary sank north of Chincoteague, Virginia, during a hurricane.
September 3, 1838 - Tuckahoe, Maryland native Frederick Douglass escaped from his slave owners leaving Baltimore for New York.
September 10, 1888 - The British schooner Elk was ran aground and was stranded on Parramore Beach, Virginia. Despite the heavy storm all hands were rescued.
September 10 - 12, 1889 - Hurricane force winds caused heavy property damage from the Eastern Shore of Virginia north to coastal Delaware with some ships being sunk. The wharves at Onancock, Virginia, were completely submerged during high tides.
September 15-17, 1903 - A deadly hurricane pounded Delmarva shorelines. On the schooner Hattie A. Marsh five perished when it broke up along the Delaware capes. On the Wicomico River, in Salisbury, Maryland several schooners broke from their moorings, smashing them downstream. And several miles north of Chincoteague, Virginia, the fishing schooner Beatrice was lost taking with it a crew of 30 hands.
September 30, 1924 - The Cape Henlopen lighthouse was illuminated for the last time.
September 19, 1936 - A hurricane hit Ocean City, Maryland destroying much of the oceanfront boardwalk and fishing pier.
September 9, 1944 - The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" caused 63 million dollars damage and killed 22 people along the Chesapeake Bay. |
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September 2010 - Let’s Talk Invasive Plants
I have bamboo growing in my yard near my pond. Well, it's actually shooting roots into my pond, and causing it to leak. It's also taking over my neighbors yard at an incredibly fast pace.
Fishing & Hunting - September 2010
 September Is Spectacular On Delmarva
Fishing is terrific in September. The water is still warm enough to get out on the sandbars and catch your own bait.
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Holidays & Observances This Month
| September 6 - Labor Day
September 9 - Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year (Judaism)
September 10 - Ramadan Ends (Islam)
September 11 - Patriot Day
September 16 - Mayflower Day
September 17 - Citizenship Day
September 19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21 - Autumnal Equinox - Alban Elued (Celtic)
United Nations International Day of Peace
September 22 - American Business Women's Day
September 23-29 - Sukkot (Juddaism)
September 25 - National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims
This Month's Flower - Aster
This Month's Birthstones - Sapphire
It is National Honey Month, National Literacy Month, Latino Heritage Month | |
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Sunrise & Sunset
Sunrise at the beginning of the month: 6:31am
Sunrise at the end of the month: 6:57am
Sunset at the beginning of the month: 7:30pm
Sunset at the end of the month: 6:47pm
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Moon Phases
September 8 - New Moon
September 23 - Full Moon
Moon rise at the beginning of the month: 11:46pm
Moon rise at the end of the month: 11:38pm
Moon set at the beginning of the month: 02:13am
Moon set at the end of the month: 0:56am
Some Names For The September Full Moon:
Harvest Moon, Wine Moon
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