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02/01/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chickens on the White House Lawn (for the Week of Feb. 1, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: You said I can maybe raise chickens in my own backyard. What about the President? Can he raise chickens in his backyard, too?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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01/25/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Chickens in Your Own Backyard (for the Week of Jan. 25, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Can I raise chickens in my backyard?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/07/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Carnivorous Chipmunks? (for the Week of June 7, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: Do chipmunks eat meat
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/29/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Can the Grandma Not Get Run Over By the Reindeer? (for the Week of Dec. 9, 2007) |
Dear Twig: There's that song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." How fast would the grandma have to run to not get run over by the reindeer?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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12/20/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bumbles Bounce, Will Santa Float? (for the Week of Dec. 23, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Did you hear that the North Pole is melting?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/06/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Build Your Own Bee House (for the Week of June 10, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: How can I build a house for native bees? You mentioned it last week.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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11/21/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Boubou? Funny Bird Names (for the Week of Dec. 2, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's a flying steamer duck? Why should we beware of it? [See last week.]
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Kurt Knebusch |
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01/24/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Blargh of the Albatross (for the Week of Jan. 28, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: This one time, at science camp, an albatross (albatross!) threw up on my aunt.
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Kurt Knebusch |
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06/18/2006 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bio-who-ia? (for the Week of June 18, 2006) |
Q. Dear Twig: OK, I'll bite. What's bio ... bio ... phlablahblah? [See last week.]
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/26/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Z's (for the Week of July 26, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's the biggest zucchini in the world?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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02/03/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Big Stink? Smell a Winner! (for the Week of Feb. 3, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's the worst smell in the world?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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05/24/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Bee Good! But Why? (for the Week of June 3, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: Alright, I'll ask. How do native bees help us?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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03/14/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Barrel o' Rain, Barrel o' Fun (for the Week of March 16, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: What's a rain barrel? What's it for?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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03/01/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Backyard Fruits That You Can Grow (for the Week of March 1, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: OK, here's another kiwifruit. So what did you mean, "more cool backyard fruits" last week?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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10/17/2001 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Apple or crabapple? (for the week of Oct. 28, 2001) |
Dear Twig: What's the difference between an apple and a crabapple?
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Kurt Knebusch |
Ken Cochran |
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11/30/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Any Reindeer Games? (for the Week of Nov. 30, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: Do reindeer really play games?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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03/15/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Anti-skunk-spray Reek-remover! (for the Week of March 25, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: So tomato juice doesn't get rid of skunk stink. What does? My dog really smells!
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Kurt Knebusch |
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01/20/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Antarctic Melting? ... Melting? (for the Week of Jan. 20, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: ‘Arctic ice' this, ‘Arctic ice' that. What's going on with the ice in Antarctica?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/24/2001 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Alpacas (for the week of Aug. 12, 2001) |
Dear Twig: Thereâs a farm near my home that must have a hundred alpacas. What can you tell me about them?
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Kurt Knebusch |
Bill Shulaw |
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08/16/2009 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: All the Colors of the Tomatobow! (for the Week of Aug. 16, 2009) |
Q. Dear Twig: How many colors of tomatoes are there?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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05/31/2009 |
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"?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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09/24/2008 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Again with the Recycled Pencils (for the Week of Sept. 28, 2008) |
Q. Dear Twig: So what are those recycled pencils like?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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12/30/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: About Arctic Shrinkage (for the Week of Dec. 30, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: So scientists say that the Arctic ice cap is melting — getting smaller. What do they say is the reason?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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07/19/2007 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: 'Rik!' Sting! Yow! (for the Week of July 22, 2007) |
Q. Dear Twig: You said some fish make sounds. Well, last night my dad took me fishing. I caught a bullhead catfish. And you know what it did? ... |
Kurt Knebusch |
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12/21/2006 |
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick (for the Week of Jan. 7, 2007): Warmer Winters, Sooner Weevils |
Q.: Dear Twig: How do scientists know there's global warming — global climate change — going on?
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Kurt Knebusch |
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04/16/2002 |
Slugs May Be Abundant This Year |
WOOSTER, Ohio - High slug populations may welcome no-till farmers to the start of the growing season.
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Candace Pollock |
Ron Hammond |
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06/02/2003 |
Slugs Feasting on Slow-Growing Crops |
WOOSTER, Ohio Continued cool temperatures and moist conditions have slowed down crop growth enough that gray garden slugs are beginning to make a meal of no-till corn and soybeans.
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Candace Pollock |
Ron Hammond |
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05/17/2012 |
Slug Feeding Injury Rampant for Crop Growers as Near-record Warm Winter Causes the Pests to Attack Weeks Earlier than Normal |
WOOSTER, Ohio – Crop growers should take extra precaution to scout their fields this spring for slugs as the near-record warm winter Ohio has experienced this year has caused these plant feeders to have attacked earlier than normal and reach a size that causes noticeable feeding injury much sooner than normal, an Ohio State University Extension entomologist said.
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Tracy Turner |
Ron Hammond |
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05/10/2012 |
Slug Feeding Injury Rampant for Crop Growers as Near-record Warm Winter Causes the Pests to Attack Weeks Earlier than Normal |
WOOSTER, Ohio – Crop growers should take extra precaution to scout their fields this spring for slugs as the near-record warm winter Ohio has experienced this year has caused these plant feeders to have attacked earlier than normal and reach a size that causes noticeable feeding injury much sooner than normal, an Ohio State University Extension entomologist said.
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Tracy Turner |
Ron Hammond |
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02/02/2006 |
Slice Your On-Farm Fuel Bill with These Simple Tips |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With diesel prices on the rise -- up nearly 50 cents from this time last year and a dollar higher than in 2004 -- a little bit of savings can go a long way when it comes to taking steps to conserve fuel on the farm. |
Candace Pollock |
Randall Reeder |
