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New concepts make sense for produce growers
WOOSTER, Ohio — High tunnels, raised beds, crop and plant diversity — they’re terms that are becoming commonplace on fruit and vegetable farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Fred Finney of Moreland Fruit Farm, in Wayne County, Ohio, invested in high tunnels about four years ago. Since then, he’s been able to increase the length of
Vegetable murder and gardening mayhem
It is said that murderers often return to the scene of their crimes. This is utterly believable to me. I’ve been returning to the same spot in our backyard garden annually for years now, despite the carnage I inevitably leave in my wake. Innocent Some may recall that my first innocent victim, gardening wise, was
A life of simple living and giving
(Author’s note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1998. Now, by tradition, it returns. Merry Christmas. –Alan) The Christmas tree was a scrub cedar hacked from the edge of the woods that bordered the farm. Big-bulbed lights, strung in barber pole fashion, generated almost as much heat as the nearby wood
That’s Mrs. Quixote to you
Et tu, Farm and Dairy? Recently, this very newspaper ran an article about the ability to have your very own windmill to create electricity for personal use. They did this to excite, inform and because they wish to ruin my life. Rough I am not a pioneer. I have been heard to say (often and
Dairy Channel: Think ‘stupid’ to avoid disasters
Quick thinking, communication and good work averted a disaster when a custom manure hauler – filled with 4,000 gallons of liquid manure – had an accident on a road.
Soybean, corn markets focus on China
Current import/export activity by China is the focus of the soybean, corn, and wheat markets.
Make your list and check it twice: Holiday shopping hits the shelves
A compressed shopping season has forced retailers to get an early jump on the holidays, but the economy – not the calendar – may be the Grinch that steals Christmas 2002, says a Purdue retailing expert.
How to help your child deal with bullying
No matter how helpless you feel when your child is being bullied, it’s important to learn to deal with the situation constructively.
Several tax classes available this fall
Hello northeast Ohio. Isn’t autumn a wonderful time? I really love this time of year. The cooler nights, the smells and sights of harvest and the spectacular colors of the leaves all make northeast Ohio a great place to live. Farm tax program Tax practitioners with an interest in farm income taxes will have an
Reckoning with the reality of a warming world
A reporter shares his firsthand account of surviving Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, reflecting on the impact of climate change as storms intensify.
