Farm-raised athlete inspires us all
In a world in which role models are sorely needed, this farm girl from Fresno, Ohio, stands impressive and tall.
Keep a wary eye on your tile line or you will suffer the consequences
I have improved tile drainage around my property and have clear open outlets to the road ditch. In low flows everything is fine, but...
Saying goodbye: Trying to become Miriam Miller’s daughter
Editor Susan Crowell says goodbye to her mother.
Spring turkey season will happen… no matter what
Sitting here with another deep freeze kind of day tapping on a frosted window, it's hard to picture that in one month Ohio's spring...
Unlike cattle, sometimes we need to move out of comfort zone to grow
It caught me by surprise. As I was glancing at all the Facebook chatter, links, updates, and social news, I saw a caption. It...
Farm friends enrich our lives
"Farmers. You have to love them to like them. You have to live among them to understand them, and even then you can't be...
The unbearable silence of too clean
Every parent knows that silence in small children is not necessarily golden. In households with young children, too much quiet is an instant alert...
Some insight on the out-of-sight and out-of-mind: septic systems
By Lori Morey
Most of us only think about our septic systems when they are making themselves known to us in some disturbing way, such...
Rabbits or rodents? Meet the lagomorphs
Thanks to cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, the rabbits we see in our backyards, eastern cottontails are familiar to almost everyone.
And yet I...
What happened to good conduct?
What has happened to the word “conduct?” I recall when I was a young man growing up, the word conduct was often mentioned in...
