Thursday, May 22, 2025

Around the Table

Jim Abrams passes down tips and tricks he learned from his father to locate and enjoy morel mushrooms during peak foraging season in Ohio.

How-To's

The best way to avoid a tick bite is to stay away from tick habitats. But that's hard for farmers and other outdoor workers to do. If you can’t avoid the outdoors, here are some things you can do to prevent tick bites.

Geauga SWCD Education/Communications Specialist Gail Prunty breaks down strategies for managing horse manure to reduce its environmental impact.

Columns

splitting a hive

Beekeeper Scott Svab explains two different methods for splitting honey bee hives, weighing the pros and cons of each.
prairie rainbow

Eliza Blue considers how rare and how vital rain is to ranchers and homesteaders in western South Dakota, grateful for the recent rain there.
A curious calf

Judith Sutherland remembers raising calves on the dairy farm of her youth, recalling the life lessons she learned those pens.
Luna Moth

Stark SWCD District outreach coordinator Elaine Bast outlines the impacts porch lights have on moths, throwing off their ability to navigate.
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Ohio State Extension dairy specialist Maurice Eastridge considers the most valuable characteristics of a dairy cow.
Bamboo Bash sign

Jim Abrams attends his first Bamboo Bash to learn more about fly fishing rods, and commune with like-minded fishermen.

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