As we start to enter the harvest season, it is also a good time to think about completing soil testing for the upcoming growing season. The publication A4034 Soil Fertility Guidelines for Pastures in Wisconsin provides some context about where to test in pastures, where NOT to test, and some general guidelines about liming and fertilizer requirements.
The leaves are starting to change color. Soon the leaves will be starting to fall. As a poultry owner, one of the things that you don’t want to fall is your egg production.
Many of us in rural areas are keeping chickens or other poultry these days. The excitement of different breeds and feather colors often draws folks in to raising birds in the spring. Those birds are reaching maturity as we enter the fall, giving new owners reinvigorated excitement over raising birds: the first egg!
Sick of canning tomatoes or don’t want to can, but also still want to preserve some of the fruit for later? Try drying tomatoes.
