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Using spray oils for insect control
Horticultural spray oils can be effective control materials for orchard insects that occur early in the season.
Summer lounging, picnics in 1940
They don’t make picnics like they used to, says columnist Roy Booth.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds will soon be back
Their tiny size, acrobatic flying ability, and eagerness to use nectar feeders make hummingbirds one of America’s favorite backyard birds. This fascination always triggers a flurry of mail, so let me anticipate the most common hummer questions I will get over the next month. Q: How many species of hummingbirds live in the east? A:
How to choose milkweed for your garden, landscape
Milkweed is a beneficial host plant for Monarch butterflies. Learn how to narrow down which varieties will work well in your yard or garden.
Life slows down in winter, but not for long
Each day the sun rises a few minutes later and sets a few minutes earlier.
Guide helps move organic food from field to table
COLUMBUS — The 15th edition of the Good Earth Guide to Organic and Ecological Farms and Gardens is available from the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association. The Good Earth Guide includes information on more than 260 farms and businesses that sell directly to the public. Sources It includes sources for locally grown vegetables; fruits;
Spotted lanternfly quarantine set for Jefferson and Cuyahoga counties
Ohio Department of Agriculture announced a spotted lanternfly quarantine in Jefferson and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio where there are established populations.
Opportunity to observe osprey on the Ohio River
A coal-fired power plant seems an unlikely location for a wildlife refuge, but that’s exactly what I found on the second Sunday in July. Monty Mason, a friend and a heavy equipment operator at the AEP Kammer-Mitchell Plant south of Moundsville, W.Va., invited me to join him for a few hours in a blind near
Carolina wrens prefer ‘up and under’
Though Carolina wrens eschew traditional nest boxes, they are easily coaxed into a simple box that takes advantage of this wren’s loose definition of a cavity.
Wheat offers important benefits as ground cover
Now that we are moving into fall harvest it’s time to make the decision of which fields will get winter wheat planted.
