Monday, June 15, 2026
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.
bed

Kymberly Foster Seabolt considers the advice she was given by her mother and grandmother when she was younger that makes a lot more sense to her now.
corn kernels and dollar bills

Alan Guebert weighs government support program payouts to farmers against market prices, questioning the effectiveness of the Farm Bill "safety net."
tin sausage guns

Paul Locher trakes readers to the early 1800s in Ohio Country, explaining how pioneers butchered hog carcasses and made sausage and what tools they used.
dogbane

Ohio State Extension agriculture and natural resources educator Cliff Martin offers tips for managing hemp dogbane in agricultural fields.