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Composting at Home
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-1189-99
ends up looking like fertile garden soil, is called compost. Fondly referred to by farmers as “black ... improving the capacity to hold water and nutrients (particularly in sandy soils), and adding essential ... nutrients to any soil. Improving your soil is the first step toward improving plant health. How Does ...
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Lime and the Home Lawn
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-4026
in Ohio home lawns, a soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0 (slightly acidic) is ideal. Many of our home lawn ... factors cause the formation of acidic soil conditions. One primary cause is the leaching of base nutrients ... the extent to which fertilizer application will affect soil pH is dependent on a number of factors: ...
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Smart Eating for Healthy Aging
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ss-207-06
prevented with a well-balanced diet that contains the nutrients you need to stay healthy as you age. The ... best diet for healthy aging is one that is nutrient-dense. A nutrient-dense eating pattern contains ... a variety of nutrient-rich foods that meet your daily calorie needs without providing too many calories. ...
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Growing Rhubarb in the Home Garden
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-1631
preferably, overnight. Fertilization Work the following nutrients into the soil prior to planting crowns and ... nutrients in the soil may be depleted. Do not work fertilizer into soil for established plants. Figure 3: ... soils, but grows best in fertile, loamy, well-drained soil that has good organic matter content. Careful ...
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CFAES GSAC- Recruiting New Members!
https://grad.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/cfaes-gsac-recruiting-new-members
students in CFAES (see our webpage for more information). Our bylaws were developed in the spring and ... and Natural Resources Masters of Applied Economics Masters of Plant Health Management Wooster Food, ... applying, please download the brief application form from our webpage, fill it out, and submit it to: your ...
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National Farm Safety and Health Week 2021
– Safety & Health for Youth in Agriculture Thursday – Agricultural Fertilizer & Chemical Safety ...
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Providing Livestock Comfort at the County Fair
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-155-04
stress. Fair managers should evaluate existing buildings for good air exchange and air movement, and make ... managed as the builders intended: Many older fair buildings are cavernous compared to those constructed ... better environments. Proper management of shade devices: Many fair buildings utilize tarps to provide ...
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Hepatitis E: A Foodborne Zoonotic Threat in the U.S. and Abroad
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/as-20
Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University Extension, Wooster Hepatitis is ... tainted water, or through produce irrigated or fertilized with feces from infected swine herds. Currently ... shellfish such as oysters and on strawberries that were fertilized with infected pig manure (Meng 2011). ...
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Lawn Grass Cultivar Selection
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-4027
Shady, wet, poorly drained areas, or regions of the lawn with poor soil, pH extremes, drought ...
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It’s Time to Break Down the Stigma
a mental health challenge in effort to prevent a future suicide. How is this affecting our community? The ... of our ag community. We all struggle to talk about suicide and mental health. Though the ... mental health and farm stress for our ag community at u.osu.edu/farmstress/resources. Visit and ...