Maryland Gardening

Maryland gardens range from the sandy Eastern Shore to the cooler hills out west, and what runs off them ends up in the Chesapeake Bay. Read about the state’s lawn fertilizer rules, the fruit and seed pods dropping in your yard, and common indoor and outdoor pests.

Maryland Gardening

A Fast, Long-Legged Bug in Your Maryland Bathroom? It May Be a House Centipede, and Human Envenomation Is Rare
ByGrace Calvert November 13, 2026

You flip on the bathroom light, and something grayish with a blur of legs shoots across the floor. It can look startling, but a quick look at the facts can calm things down. A fast, long-legged…

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