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February, praying for freezing days
Old time farmers always said that in February, it thaws a little each day. It is music to my ears now, but as a kid, February was a really great month to be frozen over.
Fencing out cattle improves herd health
When water quality is compromised cattle will not receive the proper nutrition that they need to grow, regulate their body temperature, reproduce and digest as well as many other bodily functions.
Soil microbes flourish with reduced tillage
Today, about one-third of U.S. farmers are no longer tilling their fields, and still more are practicing conservation tillage.
Harvest starts in a cloud of dust
The combines were running hard in northeast Ohio the last few days, and farmers were mostly happy with yields.
Morticulture: Forests of the living dead
Dead wood is now a key feature of understanding forest biodiversity and carbon cycling as well as how stream systems function.
Banding is helping unlock avian mysteries
Only through long-term banding efforts can scientists unlock the mysteries of avian natural history.
New life in our barn for Christmas
Just when they thought Doris would be packing her bags, she brings a gift of a fine Christmas ewe lamb to Sutherland’s farm. Doris the Dorset has done it again.
November’s gardening to-do list
This month, you can pick up where you left off with October’s gardening chores and make sure your lawn and garden are ready for winter.
Nothing beats ‘summer school’
As the simplicity of summertime bows to bus schedules, long days and short nights, it still makes me wistful after all these years.
A world of extraordinary beauty
Children were called upon to accomplish all sorts of things, and if a scary old grandfather asked a child to play checkers after the chores were done, there was no getting out of it.
