Container Gardens If you would like to have more control over growing conditions and enjoy higher yields with less work – garden in containers. Use barrels, buckets, baskets, boxes, tubs and troughs – basically anything that holds … [Read more...]
The Secret Uses for Peanut Butter
Did you know that George Washington Carver invented over 300 uses for peanuts? Did you know that the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century was actually a farmer, an agricultural scientist? George Washington Carver actively … [Read more...]
Taming Invasive Plants Using Plant Breeding by Tom Dayton
In the January issue of the Ohio Nurseryman’s association’s magazine, Tim Wood of Spring Meadow Nursery described the methods to render otherwise invasive ornamental plant species sterile. Euonymous alatus compactus (Burning Bush), Hibiscus … [Read more...]
March Is Maple Sugaring Time
March Is Maple Sugaring Time If you live in an area where you find maple trees, you might just see sap buckets on those trees. If you drive by a sugarhouse and see steam, chances are they’re boiling the sap to produce maple syrup. … [Read more...]
Spring Forward – It’s Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time is the practice of changing the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months and changing them back again in the fall. The general idea is that this allows us all to make better use of natural … [Read more...]