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Going green on your horse farm is not difficult or expensive. You may already be doing environmentally friendly methods of horse-keeping and just need to make some adjustments. This is part 2 of a two part series.
Which consumer product contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous, and at least 50 are known to cause cancer? If you guessed cigarettes, you are correct!
LOCAL 4-H CLUBS COMPETE AT AG PROGRESS DAYS QUIZ BOWL
Hunting and fishing are some of Pennsylvania’s most popular outdoor activities. While most outdoorsmen hunt or fish for sport, many of them also do it to provide food for themselves and their families.
On Aug 17, 2011 late blight was confirmed in a commercial tomato field in Northumberland Co., PA. Foliar symptoms were observed in one small corner of the field following extensive scouting.
Outbreaks on cucumber, cantaloupe, pumpkin are being reported daily in the states surrounding PA.
Penn State Extension Educator Jim Clark based in McKean County, answered water questions at 2011 Ag Progress Days.
When most people think of a 4-H Club they think that it involves members attending monthly meetings year round. Although for many 4-H clubs that is true, Bucks County 4-H also offers many short term clubs.
When most people think of a 4-H Club they think that it involves members attending monthly meetings year round. Although for many 4-H clubs that is true, Bucks County 4-H also offers many short term clubs.
Information on problems that cause turf to deteriorate and suggested programs for revitalizing turfgrass areas.
Reacting to sagging populations of bees and other pollinators, members of Gov. Tom Corbett's staff recently sought and received Penn State Extension certification for the gardens at the Governor's Residence as "pollinator friendly."
Enjoying healthy meals of vegetables without meat or seafood. Replacing the Food Pyramid with the NewPlate Guidelines and also an article on: Is Your Child's Best Friend a Bad Influence?
As the summer progresses, most gardens begin to lose their color. One solution is to add various types of asters to your landscape. Besides having mounds of billowing color from the asters, you can get clouds of butterflies in the early fall. Asters provide one of the few remaining nectar and pollen sources and are invaluable to our diminishing bee population. Moths and other beneficial insects add to the movement created around them. If you let them go to seed, birds will also join the crowd!
Well now that you are growing an herb garden, what will you do with all of its wonderful production? Even for those of us who regularly use the fresh herbs in season to prepare our meals, we still want to preserve some of each of them for winter use.
Finally, this spring, those unwelcome guests left our homes for their final fling – a picnic, a romantic interlude, a deposit of eggs, and then death. The question now looming is how to keep the next generation of brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) from destroying the fruits of our garden labor and, like the bad penny that always turns up, again invading our homes this fall.
Which consumer product contains 7,000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous, and at least 50 are known to cause cancer? If you guessed cigarettes, you are correct!
Pennsylvania announces funding opportunities for the Advantage Grant program and the CFA solar program
It now includes some 4-H shooting sports items and remember too that there are just 147 shopping days until Christmas.
Over 200 projects were entered for exhibition at the Chester County 4-H Fair, August 8, 2011 through August 13, 2011. Judging was completed on Monday, August 8th, 2011. This year’s submission featured several projects in sewing, artwork, pet care, woodworking, horticulture, club displays, and project record books for horses and livestock.
