Fighting for Ohio farmers during severe drought
Ohio is in the middle of the worst drought our state has seen in over a century. It’s been particularly bad in Southeast Ohio, but Ohioans all over our state are feeling its effects.
September 2024
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Panthers, Raiders post shutouts in week five
A pair of Paulding County high school football teams posted shutouts Friday night as Paulding and Wayne Trace each recorded Green Meadows Conference football victories over the weekend. At Ayersville, the maroon and white moved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the league with a 35-0 blanking of the host Pilots.
What’s happening at your library in October
The Paulding County Carnegie Library is getting ready for a wonderful “Fall into Reading” season. If you love cooler temperatures, pumpkin spice, colorful crunching leaves under your feet, hoodies, bonfires and trick-or-treat fun, this time is for you. The library will close on Monday, October 14, in observance of Columbus Day. The library and branches are excited about all the upcoming events we have planned.
Flat Rock Creek brings out county for Fall fun
PAULDING - Storms threatened the evenings at the Paulding County Fairgrounds, but the Flat Rock Creek Festival managed to bring out hundreds for a celebration with music, food, events and crafts. The barns had vendor after vendor selling crafts with various aesthetics, suitable for inside or outside the home.
Ohio cropland values and cash rent
Every two years, Ohio State Economist Barry Ward surveys rural appraisers, agricultural leaders, professional farm managers, farmers, landowners, Farm Service Agency personnel, OSU Extension educators, and others on their knowledge of cropland values and cash rents. The latest survey was conducted from January to April, in 2024 with 131 participants. Barry had adequate data for only Northwestern and Southwestern Ohio. So not enough data was collected for other parts of the state.
How to keep your geraniums from year to year
If I were to ask ten people to name a garden plant that their grandmothers grew, I am willing to bet there are a few plants that would be on just about everyone’s list. These particular plants and flowers that have consistently been grown for generations are often called “grandma plants.”
Balsamic Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Preheat oven to 350F Spray or grease a pan of your choice based on how many tomatoes you will be doing. I generally use a 9x13 glass pan. You want the tomatoes to be as close to a single layer as you can get. Otherwise when they burst and cook down you are not just boiling them in their own juices and they can dry out. Spraying the pan makes clean up later much easier.
Balsamic Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Like many folks, the hot, dry conditions this summer meant my garden suffered. Several of my plants early in the season were lost to insects. Apparently the bugs were especially fond of my dragon tongue beans. They were eaten down to about an inch off the dirt. My eggplant seedlings didn’t make it much past their first true leaves before the weather got the best of them. Even with regular watering, all of my other plants were pretty much just trying to stay alive.
Bullying comes in many forms
Bullying can affect both children and adults. Bullying typically involves an imbalance of power, when one person acts superior to another or holds a higher title than another.
Wild times in Paulding
Have you ever been spanked by a county sheriff or have your breakfast interrupted by a deputy sheriff? Have you ever been told to walk four miles along a state highway and then threatened with felony charges of attempted escape while doing so? Or listened to a friend screaming in agony because he had been shot in the back with a gun? I have. These events and other things were part of my life before I made it to junior high school. I am going to attempt recalling these events even though they occurred over seventy years ago in my hometown, Paulding, Ohio. The sequence of events might be wrong and some of the details may be missing or even slightly exaggerated, but I assure you everything did happen.