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Even though it’s winter, there’s still plenty of pasture work to be done
With the colder temperatures and calving season upon us, the nutrient requirement for momma cows is soon to be at its peak demand.
Old barn comes full circle, back to use
One Ohioan is working to preserve the heritage of an 1880s barn and pass on the traditions of previous tenants to his sons.
Is Ohio running out of room? Report calls urban sprawl a myth
SALEM, Ohio – For years, Ohio has been inundated with information about housing developments and shopping malls settling into the rural landscape and suffocating farmers.
Turkey day tips
Keep your Thanksgiving celebration food safe by following these tips.
Don’t take down your bird feeders just yet
Birds that are getting ready to leave this area, as well as those just passing through, need that extra energy provided by feeders for their long migration.
Price Farms Organics creates compost from Columbus Zoo and community scraps
As a Class II EPA certified compost facility, Price Farms Organics provides an outlet for communities and the Columbus Zoo to compost organic materials.
Ohio school district’s solar array now home to new farm
The solar farm at Northwest Local Schools is home to the Northwest SCCTC FFA chapter’s first sheep flock and on-school farm.
The history of steam engines: Who made them?
When I started this series of articles many years ago, I featured the specific properties of various makes of engines in several articles. Since then several good books have been published listing the different engines and showing mostly pictures and brief descriptions of what they built. In many cases a company built several different models.
Eli Shetler revives lime pile farm technique in Mount Eaton
By ARLEN D. MILLER MOUNT EATON, Ohio — What would motivate a 64-year-old to invest 90 hours of intense labor breaking up 30 tons of hard blue limestone and 7 1/2 tons of coal? On Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, Eli Shetler of Mount Eaton, began building a “lime pile” by laying out 8-inch
Farm animal sanctuary opens in Portage County
Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary houses and rehabilitates animals that have been rescued by the Portage County Animal Protective League. Right now it is home to two horses, three ducks, three potbellied pigs, seven dogs, 10 rabbits, and 11 chickens, and is expecting 40 sheep and a 700-pound pig.
