MANHATTAN – Homeowners who set their sights on having the nicest landscape on the block may often sense the urge to water, water, water. But K-State Research and Extension horticulture agent Dennis Patton says they should instead be more strategic in the interest of saving water and money.
I made my way down to the far end of my brother-in-law’s field, and the sun rose higher. It was pushing 100 degrees. From one tree to the next, I scooped two-yearold Joshua and carried him 20 feet down the line to the next tree, where I carefully planted 20-inch chestnut saplings.
As a clinical professor at my state’s medical school, I frequently have medical students seeing patients with me in clinic. While the majority of patients are happy to allow student involvement, some decline. This makes me wonder what misconceptions lead patients to be averse to trainees participating at their clinic visits or hospital bedsides. In my experience, the presence of learners has a positive influence on our work in the clinic and hospital.
During a discussion of county “Commerical Renewable Energy” regulations and special use permits county commissioner Chip Westfall an unexpected suggestion: a total moritorium of wind energy permits for a limited time.
Dear Doctors: I had lunch with a coworker, and she’s on a keto diet. She says she can have only 35 grams of carbohydrates per day. The label on the candy bar she was eating said it had 26 grams of carbs, which is almost her whole carb budget. But she said it only had 6 net carbs. What does that mean?
Okay, last week, we had a peek at my Dad’s family reunion. This week we’ll be reliving those following days with Daniel’s family on our trip to PA with a 55-passenger bus.
Dear Doctors: Ticks are a big problem where we live in Pennsylvania. Our family loves being outdoors, so staying away from tick territory isn’t an option. One thing I really want to know is the right way to remove a tick when you get bitten.
“Farm to Fork” has focused on bringing city and farm folk together since its inception in 2016, by offering all the chance to eat locally grown foods while touring where some of it is grown. “Everything we serve at dinner is produced in Butler County,” said Tiya Tonn, Butler County Farm Bureau Association county coordinator and Farm to Fork chair.
Have you ever seen split bark on a young tree? Or maybe dead wood along the trunk of a young tree? This is likely sunscald. Honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens and willows and other thinbarked trees are most commonly affected. Trees that have bark growth lower on the trunk are not susceptible.
You probably just picked your first tomato from your garden so that means it’s time to think about fall gardening! Vegetables maturing in the cool, crisp days of fall are often better flavored than those maturing in the hot, dry days of late spring and summer. Many vegetables can be left in the garden and used as needed into the winter.