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Winter is yielding!
Last year surpassed 2023 as the hottest year on record and, for the first time, the average global temperature surpassed 1.5° C (2.7° F) above pre-industrial levels. Yet we were blessed with a bona fide winter! December, January & February were all colder than average. Unusual, for sure.
Wednesday, February 26th peaked at 53 degrees. The last time temps surpassed 52 degrees was on December 30, 2024. We can expect to see fewer garden pests, vermin and invasives like woolly adelgid as a result of the sustained cold, but it may be a while before we see another winter like the one we just had.
For upcoming Ag Hall workshops & happenings, check the Workshops calendar here.
Agricultural Hall?
In 1818, the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture built the original Agricultural Hall on Dighton Street in Brighton. It served as the hub of the Brighton Fair and Cattle Show, one of the earliest and largest such fairs in the country. In 1829, "a 17-pound turnip, a 19-pound radish, and a bough on which pears hung like a cluster of grapes were among the outstanding exhibits of that year." In 1844 the building was moved to its present location at the corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street.
Dr. William P. Marchione &
The Bostonian Society
Agricultural Hall
245 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-388-7378 / e-mail Ag Hall
Open daily by appt. Calling ahead is always a good idea.
New Block
Mason bees, or orchard bees, are prodigious pollinators. Unlike honey bees, mason bees are solitary (and native to the Americas) and, as such, all females are fertile and produce eggs which they lay in small deep holes packed with food (a pollen and nectar mix), and seal with mud.
Several species of mason bees occur naturally in the northeast, and when females are active, they have to find just the right nesting site. If you provide them a good nesting site, they will quickly move in.
Agricultural Hall has several living configurations to choose from -- from dirt-cheap digs to splendid "Chalet" accommodations. It's all about the same to the bees.
Here are the latest listings. More supplies and information available at Agricultural Hall. Call or stop by:
