Yearly Archives: 2005
Beat the rush, be thankful this week
With the Irish clan and the Germanic horde again descending on our home this Thanksgiving, the week preceding their arrival threatens more action than the following week's three-day, four-night holiday cruise on the SS Club Guebert.
Sing a Song of Squirrels
"Many years ago in the '60s, Black squirrels of London Were exported far away, To Kent State University Where they populate today.
My pilgrim progress, or not so much
I have nothing against Thanksgiving. Really. Any holiday that has pie as its main export is all right with me.
Keeping the clovers growing – Ashland Co. 4-H backers honored
ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland County 4-H members and volunteers received honors during the recent annual countywide recognition banquet.
North American borders dissolving – Three countries, one market
WASHINGTON - Focus too much on the challenging issues that faced North American agriculture over the past several years and you might not notice an important long-term development: The agricultural economies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States are increasingly behaving as if they form one market.
High tunnel help: Grow, sell your crops year-round
WOOSTER, Ohio - High tunnels - unheated, plastic-covered, relatively inexpensive structures - can grow lots of food on little land, can do it nearly 12 months out of the year even in the upper Midwest, and need fewer inputs than larger-scale, open-field farming methods.
Harvesting hope – Kenyan farmers celebrate first banana harvest using new growing technology
NAIROBI, Kenya - African village farmers are harvesting hope along with their banana crop. Marking a two-year culmination of a partnership between Africa Harvest - a Kenyan-based agricultural nonprofit organization - and DuPont, this year's harvest in Chura, Nairobi, is the first in the community to include bananas grown via tissue culture propagation.
Advice: Store now, sell later
COLUMBUS - Stockpiling rather than selling appears to be the growing trend for grain producers looking to get the best deal from their corn crop.
John Glenn: Conservation is critical
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - John Glenn's commitment to community was born in the eastern Ohio hills of his childhood.
