Friday, November 1, 2024
Punderson State Park

Julie Geiss invites readers to join her and her family on a recent adventure to Punderson State Park in Newbury, Ohio.
woodstove

With fall and winter knocking, chimney maintenance is a priority before firing up your wood burner. Learn how to properly clean and inspect your chimney.
pickled cucumbers

Judith Sutherland reflects on 2020 and how we have, in many ways, circled back to the way of life in which many of us were raised.
woman homeschooling child

Kymberly Foster Seabolt offers a shout out to everyone trying to educate our nation's young during a pandemic.
rye

Winter annual cereals utilize six to seven months of the year and capture an additional 33% of the crop production potential. Learn more about options.
books

Alan Guebert provides a look inside "Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It," by Tom Philpott.
A combine harvesting corn.

Grain markets live for surprises, and that’s what came out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture grain stocks report Sept. 30, Marlin Clark explains.
Autumn leaves on green grass.

Recycling leaves can help you reduce the cost of purchased landscape products, make your soil more fertile, reduce weed germination and protect the environment.
apple tree

“Johnny Appleseed” entered the pages of American folklore as one of our most popular heroes. This nature boy with the pasteboard hat was named John Chapman.
gingseng root

Appalachian Ohio's wild ginseng is so highly prized it's called "green gold" in some communities. Barb Mudrak digs deep into the world of ginseng harvesting.