By Olivia WrightK-State Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. – Carbon monoxide – an odorless, colorless gas – usually offers no warning signs. When carbon monoxide… Login to continue reading Login…
Editor’s Note: Gloria is taking the week off as summer vacation winds down for her children. We’re sharing a classic column and a new recipe.
The furniture is beautiful. The construction is excellent. The design is unique – or maybe, Uneak.
Have you ever stood up too quickly and felt the room spin? Or rolled over in bed and suddenly felt like you were on a merry go round you didn’t ask to ride? Maybe you’ve started to notice you feel a little unsteady when walking or need to hold onto furniture “just in case.” If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. And more importantly, you are not without options.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – It may be mid-summer, but veteran gardeners know it’s time to start planning the fall vegetable garden.
Harvey County Fair time! Time to pick out your best garden produce and see where you stack up with others in the county! I always enjoy seeing the garden entries at the fair. Horticultural exhibits provide something for everyone. Participants enjoy an exciting educational opportunity. Exhibits are visually appealing and provide food. Things to keep in mind when exhibiting fruits and vegetables:
MANHATTAN – A Kansas State University official says a poster created to help Kansas consumers make informed decisions about locally grown produce is sparking fresh conversations about seasonal eating and community food systems.
I sprinted across the yard toward my mother and father-in-laws house. Since they are in Mexico doing treatments for Mom’s cancer, we get to help with things around the house. I have come to enjoy walking to their house every other night or so, to check on the garden, pull weeds, spray bugs, or harvest whatever happens to be ripening. Tonight the children preferred to stay home while I made a quick dash to spray the roses and blackberries, and water the plants on the back porch.
By Ron Wilson What do you want to be when you grow up? Once I got past “cowboy,” “fireman,” and “NBA star” as possibilities, it… Login to continue reading Login…
There is a lot of confusion concerning pollination in many vegetable crops. It is important to know how different crops are pollinated. Sweet corn is wind pollinated -- by pollen falling from the tassel (male) to the silk (female) part of the plant. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, beans, and peas are nearly completely self-pollinated. The flowers of these plants are arranged so that the flowers are pollinated by the natural growth process of the flower shedding pollen from the male to female parts. It is the vine crops -- including squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, muskmelons, watermelons and gourds -- that are bee pollinated. These plants all produce separate male and female flowers and bees are necessary to transfer pollen from one to the other. Bees only work on bright sunny days and are easily injured by insecticide sprays applied during the time the bees work (from sun-up to mid-afternoon). If bees fail to pollenize these flowers, the fruit will start to develop but shrivel and fall off. If bees pollenize the flowers only sparingly, the fruit may develop but be misshapen or poorly filled.