We are just 11 days away from the end date of our 2020 Pledge Campaign! If you’ve already completed your pledge card, or confirmed your pledge via Realm, THANK YOU! Your active love for Mill Creek shines bright in the commitment you have made to our community. Every pledge that we receive...
X (he? she?) is gracing the sanctuary of our entryway garden, munching on the Milkweed that sustains it. Unless we dissect X, we won’t know the sex until a butterfly is formed (female Monarchs have broader wing veins, and males have two dots on their lower wings. The chrysalis can...
Perhaps you have noticed – invasive vines are attacking our trees. Oriental Bittersweet, Porcelain Vine, Mile-a-Minute vine, Grape and Honeysuckle can all grow quickly and overwhelm an otherwise healthy tree. Take a few minutes and cut the stems of these vines near their bases, and you give that tree a...
It is likely we will see some Monarchs this summer, and maybe even some caterpillars and chrysalises, but there is no guarantee this will happen. If it does, we will have a nice crop of Milkweed and other flowering native plants to sustain them. You probably know that Milkweed is...
Here’s what’s Happening This Sunday in Religious Exploration at Mill Creek Children’s Classes Following the Story for All Ages, the Chalice Children will meet with Ivonne for a lesson entitled, “We Give Flowers to Friends!” The Roots and Shoots and Friends will reunite with Stephanie and Heather for an hour...
Easter Sunday turned into an Earth Day celebration and time of service for our elementary-aged RE students as they planted close to 100 native meadow flowers plus a tray full of “seed bombs” that they launched into the fields! Compost from the church’s compost bin was added with all the...
This September there will probably be some newly-winged Monarch Butterflies that will leave from our meadow and, incredibly, fly about 2500 miles to the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico. There they will overwinter with hundreds of thousands (hopefully) of other Monarchs in a small grove of Oyamel Fir trees until...
Think Spring! We will be renting a bush hog to mow the meadow and are looking for some strong hands to help operate it. We’ll need the use of some string or blade trimmers, as well as people to help trim, pick up trash, etc. We will gather this Saturday,...
Sunday, March 3, Classroom 1, 12:15 pm This half-hour meeting is for anyone interested in learning more about and perhaps helping us with our efforts to keep our property looking great while providing good environmental stewardship. If you like gardening or working with your hands, we welcome you! We are...
13 New Trees Planted in the Mill Creek Meadow! Many thanks for the great turn out for last Sunday’s tree planting. It was a fun time and everyone chipped in and made quick work of a significant step for the stewardship of our land. We had help of both young...
Big thanks to John Springer, Brian Coleman, Amy White and her son, James, and Jamie Kegerise for mowing our meadow this past Tuesday. It was an all-day job and a great example of sweat equity (last year it cost us $625 to have the meadow professionally cut, this time we rented...
We have been approved for interconnection with Delmarva Power, which means we can proceed with the installation of a solar panel system. Our solar contractor, CMI Electric, has submitted the paperwork for the grant funding from the State of Delaware, so that is in process. CMI has ordered the panels...