Don’t roll your eyes at others’ advice
We are bombarded with advice from all directions. It comes first from our parents and family, and then it is spoken by friends, teachers, 4-H advisers, and other adults (like Extension educators!).
Dive into summer by doing less
Are you making sure you aren’t doing enough? Have you really embraced the vacation mindset and given yourself permission to let things go?
Not all progress comes with engine
It was a pretty drive through farm country to attend Horse Progress Days in Mount Hope on a beautifully sunny Fourth of July.
The quiet...
Bioluminescence: Living lights are natural wonders
The light that fireflies produce is nothing short of amazing.
What’s your farm’s color saying?
Have you ever driven along and noticed the rich green color of a cornfield on one side of the road while on the other side there's a yellowish color to the corn crop?
OSU Extension planning meetings to help dairymen assess options.
Changes loom on the horizon for both crop and dairy farms as provisions of the 2014 farm bill are implemented.
Ask FSA Andy about acronyms
Even though I vowed almost 30 years ago when I first starting working here that I wouldn’t use acronyms, I find myself using all of them.
Farming gets in your blood at birth: ‘I want to stay out here with...
Farming can get in a family's blood early on.
Summer of squalor
I accepted a certain amount of savagery in my life when we willingly entered into living in a house without granite countertops, a master suite, attached garage or central air. Clearly, our standards are low.
Old feathered friends can be found at the beach
A trip to the beach can be filled with surprises. One sure bet is that there will be gulls galore.
