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  1. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Barrel o' Rain, Barrel o' Fun (for the Week of March 16, 2008)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-barrel-o-rain-barrel-o-fun-week-march-16-2008

    March 14, 2008 Q. Dear Twig: What's a rain barrel? What's it for? A. It's a barrel. ... For holding rain. That's all I know. OK, not true. I know more than that. I also know this: You ... and into the barrel. Result? Free water! (Good for your garden!) Lower water bills! (Leaving, in ...

  2. Overholt Drainage School Offers Soil and Water Conservation Education

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/overholt-drainage-school-offers-soil-and-water-conservation-education

    http://agcrops.osu.edu/pdf-files-for-web/RegFrm_ODS2012.pdf. Participants may register online or by mail.  Registration for the full conference is $612 (or ... information on the sessions can be found at http://agcrops.osu.edu/pdf-files-for-web/Anno_ODS2012.pdf Tracy ... college has conducted drainage education and training for more than 50 years," he said. ...

  3. Chow Line: Choosing syrup can be sticky (for 3/14/10)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-choosing-syrup-can-be-sticky-31410-0

    For more information and ideas on using maple syrup in cooking, see the OSU Extension fact sheet ... evidence to suggest that it's better for you. Like other pancake-type syrups, pure maple syrup has ... pour over pancakes, it's always a good idea to take a look at the Nutrition Facts label to know ...

  4. Nine New AgrAbility Fact Sheets Online

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/nine-new-agrability-fact-sheets-online

    April 8, 2011 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- The Ohio AgrAbility Program has produced nine new fact sheets ... McGuire, Ohio AgrAbility program coordinator. Most of the new fact sheets are designed to help those ... farmers prevent secondary injuries, although they include important safety information for any farmer. ...

  5. Family Fundamentals: Organized financial records make life easier (for Jan. 2010)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-organized-financial-records-make-life-easier-jan-2010-1

    Tips" (online at http://ohioline.osu.edu-- click on "Home" and scroll down, or search for fact ... keeping, and for how long? Sounds like it's time to plug in your paper shredder. Few financial records ... keep and what to toss. Ohio State University Extension has a fact sheet, "Household Record-keeping ...

  6. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Dead Tree Standing (for the Week of Sept. 30, 2007)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-dead-tree-standing-week-sept-30-2007

    our house. My dad says he won't cut it down. A.: Good for him! A dead tree actually does lots of ... (Wobbity, wobbity.) In all, more than 500 bird species and 300 mammal species use dead trees for food, ... to get more people to keep dead trees instead of cutting them down for firewood. Learn more at ...

  7. Over-the-counter Foggers Ineffective Against Bedbugs: Ohio State Study

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/over-counter-foggers-ineffective-against-bedbugs-ohio-state-study

    http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/2178.pdf.   OARDC and OSU Extension are the research and outreach arms, respectively, of Ohio State's ... be recommended for control of this increasingly worrisome, bloodsucking pest.   The study appears in the June ... other two are labeled for use against flying and crawling pests in homes, but can be used to treat ...

  8. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Now That Would Be a Great Pumpkin (for the Week of Oct. 12, 2008)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-now-would-be-great-pumpkin-week-oct-12-2008-1

    the head by one. But: As far as I know, for better or worse, there are no flying pumpkins. Reason ... for me, boo! Birds have wings. So do bats and most insects. Seeds with wings are called samaras. But ... try the Ohio State University Extension fact sheets "Growing Squash and Pumpkins in the Home ...

  9. Chow Line: Vitamin B, heart health link is weak

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-vitamin-b-heart-health-link-weak-0

    note that the B vitamins in question-- B6, B12 and folate-- are still good for you. You need vitamin B6 ... factor for heart disease independent of other factors such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol ... Norwegian researchers, both followed thousands of people for years, giving some participants B vitamin ...

  10. Fifteen New AgrAbility Fact Sheets Online

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/fifteen-new-agrability-fact-sheets-online

    new fact sheets from the Ohio State University Extension’s Ohio AgrAbility Program. The fact sheets ... this series of fact sheets is on helping farmers prevent injuries, including secondary injury, and how ... daily farm activities,” he said. The fact sheets also seek to provide farmers with tips on how to use ...

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