Read this before you sign that pipeline easement lease
Does anyone really understand the convoluted legal language in pipeline lease agreements? You’d better try. Here's what landowners should include to protect themselves.
Use foresight when fertilizing fields
Applying fertilizers to hay and pasture fields to stimulate plant growth will generally increase yields substantially.
Sunlight requirements for growing vegetables
Sunlight is critical to growing vegetables, but ensuring vegetable plants get enough sunlight can be tricky if trees, fences or structures keep your yard shady.
Why are there spiderwebs in my tree?
It’s that time of year! Late summer is when we typically begin to see the beautiful large, light gray webs enclosing branch tips of...
Growing chestnut trees from seed
This summer I had numerous landowners stop in our office asking for information on how to grow chestnut trees from seed. Many of these...
A Clampett full of catchy phrases
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about her reunion, via video tribute, with wit and wisdom of "The Beverly Hillbillies."
Barn detectives examine age-old question: How old is my barn?
How does a person go about finding out how old his barn is? Very carefully, say members of the Friends of the Ohio Barns in this week's column.
Tips for handling wet hay
Storing hay in a wet year requires a lot of care.
‘What’s a fair price to pay to rent farmland in eastern Ohio?’ Well,...
Just because one farmer offers to pay more per acre doesn’t necessarily mean they will care for the land like someone who offers less per acre.
Scott Shalaway: What’s causing mysterious dragonfly swarms?
Over the last several weeks I've received many emails and letters from readers reporting large aggregation of dragonflies, usually hovering above the grass in wet meadows and hayfields.
