Learn more about being a more responsible consumer by purchasing recycled products..Learn more about the effort to reduce the waste in the landfills with the 88.9FM’s Saturday Farm Page favorite recycler, Keri Murphy from the Recycling Center. Click on the radio recording below
Be sure to listen into the 88.9FM Farm Page interview with District Manager Nikki Drake about the job opening at Fairfield SWCD. Application deadline is August 2, 2024. Listen in to the interview below for all the details! We also chat about Nikki’s 25th year of employment with Fairfield SWCD. Congratulations Nikki and thanks for all you do to educate, encourage and engage!
Be sure to listen into the 88.9FM Saturday Morning Farm Page interview with Liberty Union’s Samantha Bader as she shares her enthusiasm for the chapter’s activities and events. Congrats Samantha on your Supervised Agriculture Experience success …and best of luck as you begin your Senior Year!
Still time to sign up for the July 30 Recycling Camp for youth in Grades 5-7…with Keri Murphy of the Lancaster Fairfield County Recycling Center.
Be sure to listen into Bloom Carroll FFA’s Kendall Wild share the impact the FFA program is making on her and most especially how she feels when she is wearing that iconic Blue Jacket!
Listen into our interview with Fairfield 211’s Jeanette Curtis regarding the Birthday Bag Collection..and all the items needed you can donate. Check out the recording and flier for all the details and a list of items most needed!!
If your 4-legged friend is afraid of all the 4th of July Fireworks, be sure to listen in to Doggie Talk owner, Melissa Collins share how to work on keeping your pet calm and safe during this 4th of July celebration!! All good stuff on the 88.9FM WLRY Saturday Farm Page!!
Be sure to tune into the 88.9FM WLRY Farm Page to learn more about the Back to School Clothing Vouchers and more with Fairfield 211’s Executive Director, Jeannette Curtis.
Identifying trees can be a challenging process, especially if you have a tree that you pass on a regular basis and always wonder what it is, or if you own a woodland and want to know exactly what trees you have. This one-day workshop is designed to give participants in-depth training and practice on identifying trees using leaves and other common characteristics. The class begins indoors with some introductory identification clues and samples that are used to work through a dichotomous key. The afternoon is spent outside practicing!
The Fairfield County Name That Tree Program is slated for Aug 22, 2024 at Coyote Run, 9212 Pickerington Road, Pickerington, OH 43147
Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
Cost is $40.00 which includes lunch and training materials
Deadline to register : Thursday, August 15, 2024
Cost: $40 includes lunch and materials
Online registration can be found at woodlandstewards.osu.edu
Location: Coyote Run, 9212 Pickerington Road, Pickerington, OH 43147
For details contact: Woodland Stewards; 614-688-3421
Come check out the OSU Pollinator Research garden located at the Fairfield County Ag Center located at 831 College Avenue in Fairfield County. The Garden is located on the East side of the parking lit. The plants are labeled and you can easily see lots of pollinator activity throughout the planting.
Some of my personal favorites in the garden are the Purple Betony – Purple betony is an herbaceous perennial wildflower in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Its native habitat includes meadows, gardens, parks, pastures, hedge banks, and open forest woodlands. Grows in matted clumps it slowly reaches 1 to 2 feet in height and width.
Plant in full sun to parital shade in well drained moist neutral to acidic soils. Once established, this plant is resistant to drought and spreads very little.
Lesser Calamint – A low-growing garden plant, lesser calamint is a tough, drought tolerant plant that blooms most of the summer with a cloud of white to lavender flowers over mats of gray-green foliage. Calamints are cousins to the herbal mints and are very fragrant but do not spread as aggressively.
Goldenrod ‘Fireworks’ is a cultivar of the native herbaceous perennial S. rugosa in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. Plants form a bushy, upright clump reaching 2 to 3 feet tall and wide of dark-green leaves and grow best in moist, well-drained soil, but are somewhat tolerant of dry and wet soils.
In late summer the blooms appear along 18-inch arching stems held above the foliage to provide a stunning display of yellow flowers that resemble fireworks, hence the cultivar name. ‘Fireworks’ is not super aggressive and will not try to take over your garden as it spreads slowly by rhizomes. Look for some of these great plants in your favorite garden store today and be intentional about planting a few pollinator plants in your home landscape!
