Extension News & Insight

Greg Doering Kansas Farm Bureau Harvest is winding down Harvest is winding down or already completed. Cattle are turned out on winter pasture.

Winterizing Strawberries Winter can be a difficult time for strawberries. Plants need time to become adjusted to cold weather and will gradually become more cold resistant as fall progresses.

Turkey Talks—Leftovers Thanksgiving is over and one of the best leftover meals awaits. Hot turkey sandwiches with leftover mashed potatoes and gravy, a little dressing on the side or on top, some cranberry sauce and another piece of pie.

Turkey Talks – Cooking the Turkey Ok, so I have the turkey bought! Now what? Trying to remember what Mom or Grandma did. Let’s see, the night before they butchered the turkey, cleaned it in the kitchen sink, mixed up stuffing and packed it in the cavity, got up at 4:00 a.m.

What to Do with Tree Leaves It's that time of year again. Leaves are rapidly falling from deciduous trees so it's a good time to stop and think about options for handling the litter.

Fall harvest has come to a screeching halt for my family. We have had some minor issues that have slowed us down, but those issues are always expected during the marathon known as fall harvest. We began back in August picking corn.

One of my favorite things in the fall is flowering mums, also known as garden chrysanthemums. You may cut the plants back to 2 to 3 inches high once they have finished flowering.

When I traveled to Vermont to attend my nephew’s wedding, shopping was a must. I noticed that each unique store had maple syrup. About everywhere I went, restaurants, novelty shops, grocery stores, they all had maple syrup and not pancake syrup like what we purchase.

Will you be feeding cane hay, corn stalks, milo stalks or other grass hay to your cows this winter? If so, do not let high nitrate levels kill your cows or cause abortions. Nitrates occur naturally in all forages.