National Pollinator Week is coming to a close, but it serves as a reminder for how essential pollinators are to the production of food and fiber. Approximately 75 percent of all flowering plants need ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Oct. 4, 2024. Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. This week I want to talk about goldenrod, (genus Solidago). Driving through the ...

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Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

How do you pick which kind of plants you want in your flower bed or landscaping? Many people may want something that really looks nice. Others may want to plant it and forget it so there is little ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. What a change in weather as we say goodbye to the long hot and dry summer and enjoy cooler fall temperatures. We have received a significant amount of rain ...