It's pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
WEBNov 2, 2023 · Pawpaws are the fruit of Asimina triloba plant species and members of the tropical custard apple family, which includes the cherimoya. In the woods, the trees can grow straight up 30-40 feet with leaves of more than a foot. The fruit is unique because it is fly-pollinated and some beetles and ants contribute.
Why are spotted lanternflies a problem? What to know about the …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Northeast states are being invaded by spotted lanternflies. In Pennsylvania, 51 of the state's 67 counties are in a quarantine zone. That designation requires many transportation-based businesses to obtain a special permit that requires their employees train to spot the insects so they don't inadvertently transport them elsewhere. Vehicles carrying materials or products contaminated with egg ...
How do peanuts grow? Here's where they come from and how …
WEBJul 12, 2023 · Peanuts grow below the soil on a plant with leaves and flowers above ground and peanut pods and roots below. The process from planting to harvesting typically takes four to five months and, in the U.S., begins after the last frost in April to May as the soil temperatures rise. After the initial planting, seedlings rise and sprout leaves after ...
Here's what's happening this year at the Indiana State Fair
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Here's a list of who's coming this year. (All performances start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.) Aug. 2: Three Dog Night (rescheduled from 2023 cancellation) Aug. 3: Celebrating the Beatles at the Indiana State Fair, featuring Hard Days Night - Beatles Tribute (2 p.m.) and Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney (7 p.m.)
10 vegetables that can kill you if they’re not prepared properly
WEBAug 31, 2018 · 3. Rhubarb leaves. Rhubarb is a sour, red, celery-like stalk most often used in desserts like the ever-popular strawberry rhubarb pie. Rhubarb stalks are a great ingredient, but avoid the leaves: they're high in oxalic acid, which causes kidney failure. Just 25 grams of oxalic acid would kill, but you'd need to eat 11 pounds of rhubarb leaves ...
When is Kentucky Derby 2024? Everything you need to know …
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Everything you need to know ahead of the Run for the Roses. The 150th Kentucky Derby to be held on May 4, 2024, in Louisville Kentucky. It's time to start thinking about which hat or suit you're going to wear, which mint julep recipe to learn and how you're going to make it to the 150th Kentucky Derby in 2024.
State fence laws when your neighbor won’t help with fencing
WEBFeb 19, 2024 · In Indiana, the law requires adjacent landowners to share in the cost of building and/or maintaining a partition fence via the “right hand rule.”. This rule, in days of old, held that you stand in the middle of the fence looking across at your neighbor and you have to build, maintain or repair the entirety of the fence exists to the right ...
Michigan winter weather forecast from Farmers' Almanac: Wet, cold
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Get ready for a wet and cold winter in Michigan, according to a new prediction from the Farmers' Almanac. The 208th edition of the Farmers' Almanac, out now, foresees a "Wet Winter Whirlwind" for the upcoming 2024-2025 winter season. "It definitely looks more wet than white in many areas," Farmers' Almanac editor Sandi Duncan told …
More than 100 John Deere employees take early retirement as …
WEBJun 3, 2024 · On March 12, Deere officials announced that they would lay off 150 workers at the Ankeny plant, where employees make sprayers and cotton pickers. Company officials also announced in March and May a total of 500 layoffs in Waterloo, where Deere makes tractors. The company remains profitable, but Deere's …
Opinion: No farms, no food - Farmers' Advance
WEBJan 30, 2024 · LIFE. Opinion: No farms, no food. Amanda Radke. Farmers' Advance. I don’t mean to be all doom and gloom in this column, but the attacks on farmers, ranchers, landowners and our food supply are numerous. Our food security is at risk and it’s not just one glaringly obvious death blow that’s looming, it’s more like death by one thousand cuts.