Kitchen, Lower and Door Step Gardens 

Hops

The Lavender field

The Chickasaw Plums

Green Chickasaw Plums starting to turn red. Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. It is "twiggy" in nature, and has a scaly, almost black bark. Its branches are reddish with a thorn-like, small side branches. In February, March, April and May, small white flowers blossom, 8–9 mm wide, along with red plums, up to 25 mm long. The flowers have five white petals with reddish or orange anthers. The plums are cherry-like and tend to be quite tart until they fully ripen. They ripen in late summer. It requires low to medium amounts of water to grow, and dry, sandy or loose soil. It grows best in areas with regular sunlight or areas of partial shade. It was originally cultivated by Native Americans before the arrival of European

Info about Master Gardeners Beekeeping Program

This info was posted on Facebook.

Beekeeping discussions and demos

The Beekeeping demonstrations are put on by the Anne Arundel County Master Gardeners.

Pictures of Bee Demonstrations

Forgotten Farm tasks – Fence mending; crosscut sawing; spinning; basket making; musket firing;

Hancock's Resolution is open for digital Walking Tours only October 18, 2020 and October 25, 2020 from 1pm to 4pm. COVID19 distancing rules are in place. All events are cancelled. All buildings are closed. Minimal staff will be available to answer questions.

This is a link for the WALKING TOUR 

"Maryland Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Maryland.^[1] It is observed on the anniversary of the March 25, 1634, landing of the first European settlers in the Province of Maryland, the third English colony to be settled in British North America.^[2] On this day settlers from The Ark and The Dove first stepped foot onto Maryland soil, at St. Clement's Island in the Potomac River."     wikipedia.org

Hancock’s Spring Cleaning - 2021 

These tasks must be done whether we open on not. Bill would love to have help doing these tasks. If you are interested in helping please contact Bill at 410-952-2798 to confirm a time to help.

Turn on pumps (Danny Nislein)

Main House

• Sweep
  • Floor
  • Walls for Cobwebs
• Clean Windows and wipe Windowsills and Window casings with damp cloth (inside and out)
• Dust & wipe mantel with damp cloth
• Dust Desk and Contents
• Dust Spinning Wheel
• Dust & wipe Bed with a damp cloth (you may have to remove some of the slats to wipe headboard)
• Dust / Clean Map in frame
• Vacuum floor

Main House Second Floor

• Sweep:
  • Floor
  • Steps
  • Window Cases
  • Cobwebs from wall and ceiling
• Vacuum
  • Floor
  • Steps
• Clean Windows (be careful of loose panes)

Cellar

• Rake dirt floor
• Remove Cobwebs
• Sweep Steps
• Remove Cobwebs from steps, stone walls and under steps wooden cover

Hyphen

• Sweep Floors
• Vacuum Floors
• Clean Window
• Clean Items in Hyphen (both sides): Yarn Winder, cabbage slicer, Garden Tools, Games

Organize items in Hyphen 

Kitchen

• Sweep Floor
• Wipe table and cabinet items with damp cloth
• Organizes table and cabinet items
• Vacuum floor
• Scrape whitewash and white stain from window glass
• Wash windows

Kitchen Second Floor

• Sweep Floor
• Sweep Steps
• Vacuum Floor and Steps

Summer Kitchen

• Scrape whitewash and white stain from window glass
• Wash windows
• Wipe window frames and sills with damp cloth
• Rake dirt floor

Milk House

• Remove items from shelves and floor to outside
• Dust shelves
• Wipe shelves with a damp cloth
• Dust Milk House items
• Return Milk House items to shelves and floor

Store

• Dust shelves
• Clean shelve and floor items with a damp cloth
• Clean cabinet shelves (two cabinets)
• Wash cabinet glass
• Return items to cabinet shelves
• Sweep walls and rafters to remove cobwebs and dust
• Sweep floor
• Scrape whitewash and white stain from windows
• Wash windows  

Morton Building

• Sweep floor
• Organize items on and under tables
• Organize items on desk
• Prepare Lawn Mower (Oil, Spark Plugs), Tracker (Battery, Oil, Tires, Engine) small and large Golf Cart (Batteries and Tires) for the season

Gardens

• Nancy

Trails

• Kevin

Old Well

• Open Old Well’s box.
• Sweep debris on inside platform into a dust pan being careful not to fall in or drop debris into the well
• Draw several buckets of water from the well to check the quality of the water.
• Close Old Well

Hand Pump

• Inspect hand pump’s inner leather parts (repair as needed)
• Remove one of the hand pump’s platform boards to access the hand pump tank’s valve used to empty the tank.
• Close hand pump tank’s valve (located at the base of the tank under the hand pump)

Bladder Tank: located in a chamber outside of the house fence. The chamber’s opening is covered by a large plywood circle

• Turn on power to the well (circuit breaker is located in the store)
• This will fill the bladder tank (well pump will shut off automatically when tank is full)
• After bladder tank is full: turn on valve to fill pump tank: (located in the same chamber)
• Close valve when pump tank is filled
• Cover chamber opening with the plywood circle

Proposed Spring Farm Festival with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Spring Farm Festival($)10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Farm Animals; Folk Music; crafts. Light lunch available.

            Honeybees—Up Close 11 am - 2 pm

Proposed Spring Plowing and Herb Sale with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Proposed  - DROP Children's Day for 2021 REPLACE with Open for Tours of House and Grounds with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Come join us for a fun day of children's activities that they did on the farm back then. 

Proposed Memorial Day with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Grave Yard Remembrances; Musket Firing Demonstrations

Proposed Captain John Smith Day with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Check out the Captain John Smith Trail

No Events are planned for July. 

The gates will be open for onsite parking with a limited number of volunteers available to answer questions from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. 

COVID-19 distancing and restrictions are in place.  

There will be a display of Photos showing previous July events and Patriotic photos and history.

Our WALKING TOUR  is available. Information on how to access the digital tour will be available at the gate. 

Come take a walk through the gardens. 

Check out our wildlife

No Events are planned for September. 

The gates will be open for onsite parking with a limited number of volunteers available to answer questions from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. 

COVID-19 distancing and restrictions are in place.  

There will be a display of Photos showing previous September events and Hancock Family photos and history.

Our WALKING TOUR  is available. Information on how to access the digital tour will be available at the gate. 

Come take a walk through the gardens. 

Check out our wildlife

Proposed War of 1812 Remembrance with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Proposed Second Early Spring with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Proposed Lavender Appreciation Day with COVID-19 distancing and restrictions. Our opening will depend on the regulations in place.

Come sample lavender flavored tea and cookies.  Test your knowledge of lavender with a trivia challenge.  Come make and take a lavender sachet, photograph the lavender field, walk through the kitchen gardens, view historic market receipts, and tour the 1785 Farmhouse.