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How to prepare your calf barn for winter
Learn more about best practices to help calves regulate their temperature and conserve their energy while taking care to prevent disease.
Making feeders selective without unwanted visitors
If you’re bothered by pigeons, crows, or starlings at your feeders, I have three solutions.
If you’re going to use de-icers this winter, use them responsibly
NEWARK, Ohio — Chemical de-icers will help remove ice, but can also cause damage to the surrounding environment. Over-application of chemical de-icers can shorten the life span of concrete surfaces, according to Ted Wiseman, Ohio State University Extension educator, Licking County. It can also corrode metal railings, pollute streams and lakes through run-off water, damage
The unseen migration of the mature American eels
“Fall migration” conjures up images of honking, south-bound geese and monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico. Each autumn we marvel at the long distance migrations made by many other birds and animals. Some dragonflies make long distance movements, and salmon make well known spawning runs from the ocean to freshwater spawning grounds. But there
Proper hay use vital to horse operation
Even if your feed budget is tight, you can’t skimp on your horse’s hay.
Eastern phoebe: The harbinger
Tami Gingrich is looking forward to the arrival of the eastern phoebe, a harbinger of spring with a distinct repetitive, two-note “fee-bee” song.
From city girl to hands-on farmer
Nancy Midla grew up in metropolitan New York. Over the years her passion for farming grew. She now manages the family farm and educates the public about ag.
Embracing silence in a noisy world
Columnist Judith Sutherland reminds us to stop and smell the roses (or hear simple truths).
Let the worm wars begin
Tami Gingrich details the ecological significance of nightcrawlers in Ohio as the worm wars begin among young Amish salesmen in southern Geauga County.
Herb farm roots run deep
“Just bloom where you’re planted, we’ve often heard them say
Take your talents and abilities and help someone today
Then others will be blooming, and all around we’ll see
A spreading garden of lively flowers, a better place to be.”
