Friday, February 27, 2026

Around the Table

For Judith Sutherland, a simple cookbook replaced the dream of an Easy-Bake Oven, creating a lifetime of sweet memories and family traditions.

How-To's

Learn how to make a classic chocolate gob (whoopie pie), a cake-like cookie sandwich that is commonly eaten in homes across Pennsylvania.

Is your winter gear working as hard as you are? Rachel Wagoner, Farm and Dairy editor and livestock farmer, shares her essential principles for surviving a cold snap. Whether you're tending sheep or just shoveling the drive, learn why mobility is just as important as insulation and get Rachel’s "real-world" take on the three-layer method.
Powering a Nation

Columns

white-breasted nuthatch

Want more birds in your yard? Guernsey SWCD's Madyson Black talk about how to plant for pollinators, choose the right bird feeders and manage Ohio wildlife habitats this season.
basketball hoop

Relive the glory of "barn ball," where winter basketball meant dodging bulls, watching for newborn lambs, and playing for ultimate bragging rights.
raccoon

Between 5 a.m. possum chases and a raccoon "subletting" the heated cat house, Kymberly Foster Seabolt realizes Walt Disney lied:Real-life wildlife doesn't turn pumpkins into carriages—it just refuses to leave the porch.
dairy summit perdue

Chairman Glenn Thompson’s 2026 Farm Bill claims to be modern, but its reliance on decades-old "base acres" and 1980s policy suggests otherwise.
Closeup of a tick

Ticks don't die in the winter. Ohio State University's Catelyn Turner talks about how to identify tick habitats and use pasture management to protect your animals from anemia and tick-borne diseases.

Once the "King" of market hunters, the canvasback duck now relies on modern habitat restoration, according to our Outdoors columnist Jim Abrams. Learn how H2Ohio is protecting wetlands for this 70-mph flyer.