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News for: 05/01/2009 - 6/01/2009
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5/31/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: All I Got Was a Bellyache (for the Week of May 31, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: What does that mean, “Blech, nurdley”?
5/29/2009 Chow Line: Calories on menus having an effect (for 6/7/09) I've heard more localities are requiring restaurants to post calorie information. Is it having an effect?
5/29/2009 Ohio State to Host Beekeeping Field Day June 17 WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio State’s 2009 Beekeeping Field Day takes place on Wednesday, June 17, 3-8 p.m., at OARDC in Wooster. Register by June 15.
5/29/2009 Late Getting Corn in the Ground? You Could Cut Back on Nitrogen WOOSTER, Ohio -- If Ohio growers are just now getting their corn crop in the ground, they may be able to get away with slightly reducing their nitrogen application rates.
5/28/2009 Treat or Not Treat Ash Trees for EAB? New University Bulletin Provides Guidelines, Trial Results WOOSTER, Ohio — Homeowners, arborists and tree-care professionals can now access unbiased, science-based information to determine whether or not to treat ash trees for emerald ash borer (EAB), which insecticide may be better suited for a particular tree, and when and how treatments should be made for best results.
5/24/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Nurdle Beach (for the Week of May 24, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: So what about nurdles?
5/22/2009 Chow Line: Sanitize countertops and cutting boards (for 5/21/09) Should I use a sanitizer to clean counter tops and cutting boards, or does hot water and soap do the job?
5/22/2009 OSU Extension to Offer Sweet Corn Management Schools in June COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio farmers interested in launching sweet corn production or looking for advanced production techniques have the opportunity to attend one of two Sweet Corn Management Schools in June.
5/22/2009 No Worries. Late Planted Corn May Not Be So Late COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio weather conditions can turn on a dime. One minute, rains are preventing a timely corn planting, and the next minute sunny skies are paving the way to play catch-up.
5/21/2009 Proposal May Recommend Agreement for Leafy Greens Handlers, Growers COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Commercial growers and handlers of leafy green vegetables are anticipating the introduction of a proposal recommending a new national agreement for the production and handling of leafy greens.
5/20/2009 Family Fundamentals: Don't fall for scams when facing foreclosure (for May 2009) A friend is falling behind on her mortgage payments, and is starting to get offers that I believe are scams. Is there a way to check these out?
5/20/2009 Ohio Wheat Could Be at Risk for Head Scab, if Rain Coincides with Flowering WOOSTER, Ohio -- Ohio wheat could be facing a risk of head scab if any rain, coupled with warm temperatures, coincides with crop flowering.
5/19/2009 Opening Day for OARDC Mid-Week Farmer's Market is May 27 WOOSTER, Ohio — OARDC's Mid-Week Farmer’s Market will open on Wednesday, May 27, from 3-6 p.m.
5/18/2009 Alternative Green Certification Systems Favor Ohio's Timber Industry COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The push to promote more "green" buildings to reduce the environmental impacts from their construction and use may not be adequately utilizing the nation's renewable wood products.
5/17/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Whole Lot of Nurdles Going On (for the Week of May 17, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: Why are we talking about nurdles?
5/15/2009 Chow Line: Try heat, drying if fresh garlic turns blue (for 5/24/09) When I crush a fresh garlic clove and spread it on a piece of fish or meat and put it in the oven to bake, the crushed garlic turns bluish-greenish. Why does this happen? Can I prevent it?
5/13/2009 Fave 5 Heirloom Roses: What They Give You, How You Can Get Them WOOSTER, Ohio — Kelly King, who tends 1,500 heirloom roses as manager of OARDC’s Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance, naturally has some favorites.
5/13/2009 How Birds Help Our Gardens: Ohio Classic Available for Preorder WOOSTER, Ohio — Red Bird, Green Bird: How Birds Help Us Grow Healthy Gardens — a retitled, completely reset edition of the 1912 classic Some Ohio Birds by Harry A. Gossard and Scott G. Harry — is available for preorder from OARDC.
5/13/2009 EAB Awareness Week Highlights Environmental Threat, Role of Firewood COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio and other states throughout the Midwest and eastern United States have joined to declare May 17-23 “Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week” in an effort to get the word out about this exotic insect pest, which has already destroyed millions of native ashes and has the potential to completely erase these valuable hardwood and landscape trees from North America.
5/12/2009 Heirloom Rose Sale at June 13 Rose Garden Open House WOOSTER, Ohio — The June 13 open house at OARDC’s Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance will include a sale of at least 42 heirloom rose types, with the proceeds going to benefit the garden.
5/12/2009 Soybean Planting, Like Corn, is Behind Schedule COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Like corn, soybean planting in Ohio is behind schedule, due to wet, cool soil conditions. But growers still have plenty of time to get the crop in the ground.
5/11/2009 Perennial Grains? 'Crop Researcher Who Could Change the World' to Speak May 14 at OSU COLUMBUS, Ohio — What if farmers didn’t have to plant seeds every spring? What if their crops grew back year after year on their own instead?
5/10/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Using Your Nurdle (for the Week of May 10, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: What’s a nurdle?
5/8/2009 Chow Line: Make your salad as healthful as possible (for 5/17/09) My sister makes what she calls "junk food salad," with lots of toppings and dressing. Is that kind of salad healthful?
5/7/2009 New Pythium Species Isolated In Ohio WOOSTER, Ohio -- A new species of Pythium, a water mold that attacks soybeans and corn in saturated soils, has been identified in Ohio.
5/6/2009 OARDC, OSU Extension Announce 2009 Workshops, Field Days WOOSTER, Ohio — Here’s the just-announced 2009 schedule of workshops and field days sponsored by OSU Extension and OARDC.
5/5/2009 May 7 Talk: Erosion, Climate Change, Human Arrival in Iceland COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gudrun Gisladottir of the University of Iceland will present “Late Holocene Erosion in Iceland in Relation to Climate Change and First Human Arrival” in the spring seminar series of Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources.
5/4/2009 Using the Weather to Control Dollar Spot COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Phenology calendars have been found to effectively track the emergence of tree and garden pests at any given location based on the blooming of ornamental plants, and now Ohio State University plant pathologists are looking at a similar concept to control one of the turfgrass industry's most economically important fungal diseases.
5/3/2009 Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Splash in Trash (for the Week of May 3, 2009) Q. Dear Twig: What’s going on with that big pile of trash in the ocean?
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