Monday, December 29, 2025
John Deere planter in action

Marlin Clark offers a 2025 planting progress report and an update on the grain markets for the week of May 5, 2025.
house sparrow

Tami Gingrich explains the devastation house sparrows cause and highlights strategies to protect bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds.
Item No. 1288

Item No. 1288 features a skinny, metal, pointy tip attached to a handle, kind of like an ice pick. Do you know what it is? Leave a comment on this post.
Duane Bailey

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

Learn how to pickle for flavor safely and avoid foodborne illnesses with tips from the Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences team
common groundsel

Ohio State Extension educator Heather Neikirk provides tips for managing weeds in pastures following last year's drought.
boxelder

Abby Costilow, watershed education specialist for Medina Soil and Water Conservation District, outlines the benefits of planting boxelder trees.
sheep

Hildy, an ewe Eliza Blue worried might be barren, surprised her with a giant lamb right at the end of her lambing season.
A holstein cow looks through a fence.

Thinking of culling some cows from your dairy herd? Ohio State Extension educator John Yost has some ideas to help get you top sale price.
beach

Judith Sutherland enjoys a trip to the beach with her family.