Urban planners and tree experts have tried for decades to keep streets and sidewalks clear of maple spinners, seed pods and fallen fruit, but these efforts may be leading to an increase in allergies. An individual tree can be male, female, or a couple combinations of the two. Each is unique, but male trees produce […]
Jun. 5—MITCHELL — Timely spring rains have the growing season off to a strong start in South Dakota. That’s according to the most recent crop progress report from the United States Department of Agricultural Statistics Service, which indicated last week that most corn and soybeans in South Dakota have been planted with both crops showing […]
The ideal planting period for both crops has lapsed, and corn is especially at risk for yield losses from further delays. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa farmers had an average of about two days available for field work last week due to severe weather that spawned damaging winds, nearly 30 tornadoes and triple […]
CANANDAIGUA, NY — The six-foot concolor fir planted last week on Holiday Lane in Canandaigua won’t resemble the Christmas tree placed annually at Rockefeller Center in New York City any time soon, as neighbor Bob Stolze put it. But the new tree will help the neighborhood continue a long-standing year-end tradition, one that was threatened […]
It’s a fact that growing marijuana plants in Texas is illegal. But several other plants are also on the list that are deemed noxious and invasive. Growing them could land you in jail. The Texas Department of Agriculture says any plant species that has a serious potential to cause economical or ecological harm to the […]
Early planted corn has begun to emerge in parts of Iowa. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Farmers should plant their corn by next week to ensure their yields are maximized, but wet fields have stalled their progress, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn planting had been tracking ahead of the five-year average […]
SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy rains two weeks earlier left much of their 9,000 acres too muddy to get equipment […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Armed with gardening hoes while others cradled bamboo seedlings, students gathered outside their school in Kenya’s capital. They hoped the fully grown bamboo would help to filter filthy air from one of Africa’s largest trash dumps next door. More than 100 bamboo plantings dot the ground around Dandora secondary school, which […]
May 3—Motorists traveling on Minnesota roads this spring should watch for large farm equipment moving to and from the fields during planting season, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Since 2020, there were 446 crashes involving farm equipment in Minnesota, resulting in eight deaths and 171 injuries. Inattentive driving and speed were the biggest […]
Have you started gardening this year? If you haven’t, don’t worry — there’s still time to get summer crops in the ground! And rather than go through the backbreaking work of digging each hole with a shovel, we suggest working smarter, not harder — like with an auger drill bit. It eliminates the need to […]
Have you started gardening this year? If you haven’t, don’t worry — there’s still time to get summer crops in the ground! And rather than go through the backbreaking work of digging each hole with a shovel, we suggest working smarter, not harder — like with an auger drill bit. It eliminates the need to […]
Those white-flowering trees you see along the highways and in neighborhoods throughout Central Indiana might seem like a welcome harbinger of spring. They actually represent a threat similar to one recognized more than 60 years ago, in the landmark book, “Silent Spring.” In 1962, author Rachel Carson warned that Americans could lose one of their beloved […]