Adding wood ash to your garden can be beneficial
Because wood ash has a fine particle size, it reacts rapidly and blends completely into the soil. Although small amounts of nutrients are applied with wood ash, the main effect is that of a liming agent.
Armchair travel series features four adventures
CHARDON, Ohio -- The following Armchair Adventures Travelogues will take place at the Meyer Center in Big Creek Park, 9160 Robinson Road, Chardon Township.
The cost of heating water on a dairy farm
A dairy accounting firm reported for 2010 that energy expenses (utilities and fuel and oil combined) cost an average of $138 per cow per year. The category of energy expenses was reported as the eighth largest production cost on dairies and was one of the fastest increasing.
OSU research shows the value of urban trees
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Do you know what the trees in your community are worth? Not how much they would cost at the local nursery...
Nine million lost health insurance during recession, economists report
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Great Recession of 2007-09 -- the longest and most severe U.S. recession since 1933 -- has cost an estimated 9.3 million American adults their health insurance coverage due to unemployment, reports a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Ohio State scientists work to bring back the bobwhite
COLUMBUS -- Researchers at Ohio State University are working to help the birds come back. Wildlife ecologist Bob Gates and graduate students Adam Janke, Mauri Liberati and Mark Wiley are studying the northern bobwhite -- a disappearing native quail -- with an eye on improving its habitat, especially in winter.
U.S. economy showing growth, but some vulnerabilities do remain
CHERRY HILL, N.J. and PORTLAND, Maine -- Despite encouraging signs of progress over the last few months, the U.S. economic recovery remains vulnerable, according to a report released today by TD Economics, an affiliate of TD Bank.
Remember Cash for Clunkers? It was a dud
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The 2009 Cash for Clunkers federal vehicle trade-in program was a clunker itself. A new study found the program would have been more effective with higher fuel economy requirements for new vehicles and different vehicle-age thresholds for various types of trade-in vehicles.
Invasive weeds may be partially to blame for flooding along U.S. rivers
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Scientists say invasive weeds are overrunning many vital "riparian" lands -- the ecologically diverse natural habitats that run along the millions of miles of our nation's waterways and help to prevent or moderate flooding.
Disease-causing strains of Fusarium prevalent in bathroom sinks
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the first extensive survey of its kind, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences sampled nearly 500 sink drains from 131 buildings -- including businesses, homes, university dormitories and public facilities -- in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and California.
