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A fair is an opportunity for lessons
Does time fly when you’re having fun, or is it that you’re just so busy you don’t realize where the time went? Either way, summer is my favorite time of the year. Yes, it’s hot, but I admit I love it. I enjoy the sunshine, afternoon thunderstorms, birds chirping, lightning bugs, and fields of green.
Sugar water or Kool-Aid?
Alan Guebert reacts to the recently passed Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012.
Diversity key to herbicide weed management, fighting resistance
WOOSTER, Ohio — Weed resistance to herbicides has been a concern among crop farmers since about 1998, but the fact that it’s no longer new is no reason to become complacent. Grain farmers in Ohio and certain parts of Pennsylvania are in an ongoing battle against herbicide resistance and the spread of stubborn weeds like
Potluck at your own peril
I give the worst parties. Seriously. I have no idea why people keep coming to my house. I tend to issue invitations that request that you join us and please bring a lawn chair, a dish to pass and a beverage, too. I tend to supply meat, water and fire. It’s akin to being invited
You can become a Project FeederWatch volunteer
If you’ve never put out food for wild birds, this column is for you. Perhaps you are motivated personally — you’d like to see if you can attract beautiful winter birds to your backyard. Or perhaps you envy the birds you see in your neighbor’s yard. Or maybe a child has come home from school
A few tips on avoiding squirrel-induced insanity
A few days ago, while listening to Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt on ESPN radio, Van Pelt broke out laughing in near hysteria. Tirico asked him to explain himself. It turned out Van Pelt was broadcasting from his home, and he was watching a bird feeder as he worked. The distraction was a squirrel
House guests provide inspiration
If there is one thing that will get you off your duff, whether or not you feel like it, it is the impending arrival of out-of-town guests. Suddenly, your reasonably clean house and reasonably tidy barn look filthy, your just-mowed lawn seems to have turned into a hay field, your adequate supply of food and
Whittling away at carving styles
Why not pick up a piece of soap and start carving? Columnist Roy Booth tells us that carving has been a standard in our lives for centuries.
The Champion
It was summer 1949, and young showman Jim Wiegers and his hogs were blazing the competition at Ohio fairs.
Reincarnation of a 134-year old barn
An 1868 barn was dismantled near Alliance, but will be given new life as a barn-home near Wadsworth next year.
