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Tough year for haymaking, as well
It’s not just the grain crops that are hurting this year. Forage and hay production is being affected, as well.
Hard work and values
I am at that crux of life where my children need me to be ever more vigilant. It is my contention that teens require almost as much if not more hands-on parenting as toddlers.
Missing things
You’re gonna miss this, You’re gonna want this back, You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast. — Trace Adkins This week I, the woman who embodies the phrase, “if it’s not in the scrapbook, it did not happen” missed a very important middle school awards program. GirlWonder was awarded for being on
Renovation amnesia
When we saw this Grande Dame of a house it was love at first sight. Three stories, original woodwork, pocket doors, soaring ceilings, a front and back staircase! Such charm! I knew what I was getting into in that way that mountain climbers think “oh this hike will be fun and we should be home
A roundup of FFA news for the week of March 8, 2012:
ALLIANCE, Ohio — The Marlington FFA chapter sent members to compete in the District 3 FFA Public Speaking Contest at Norwayne High School Feb. 28. Sophomore Rachel Martin competed in the beginning prepared speech division with a speech about sperm sexing technology and its importance in the dairy industry’s future. Staci Faverty, a freshman, competed
Winter is sneaking out the back door
How exciting! A chipmunk on the back porch! And six red-winged blackbirds! And snowdrops pushing through the snow! And robins galore splashing through the mini-lakes left by the melting ice! And a pair of geese establishing their territory, first in a swale in the pasture, then in a coppice where volunteer apple trees provide a
Traditions: The gifts that keep on giving
What does one give the 9-year-old who has everything? My children — and most of their friends — are the luckiest children in America. Toys and books pack the corners of their home. Camps and chorus and lessons and DVDs and electronics of all shapes and sizes fill their days. As a result, I cannot
‘Come now, let us reason together’
Alan Guebert surmises “Congress is broken and only good will and reasonable people will fix it,” detailing leaders who influenced past Farm Bills.
Open gates can lead to long-term damage
Giving livestock access to the entire pasture may temporarily provide enough forage, but it could reduce the amount of available forage for years to come.
Preparing for winter – livestock supplemental feeding basics
Ohio State University Extension educator Erika Lyon discusses how to prepare forgages for livestock for upcoming fall and winter season.
