winter

Avian, Backyard Birds, Blogs, Chicken Chatter, Chickens, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion, Poultry

How to support molting chickens

Photo Caption: Margot, the Wellsummer, went through an ugly molting season. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) It’s fall, and your chicken coop looks like a massacre happened inside with the number of feathers scattered on the floor. If you’re lucky it is just molting season—t... Read More

Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

You’ve moved plants indoors: now what?

Brown marmorated stink bug on wall, upside down. (Photo: iStock - Petra Richli)
Home and Family

Seal your home to keep insects from spending the winter with you



Woman filling a glass of water from a stainless steel or chrome tap or faucet (Photo: iStock - mheim3011)

Winter hydration is important for good health

Some homeowners may choose to save on their watering bill by waiting a couple weeks later to seed cool-season grasses this year, says Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Fall mowing will set lawn up for winter success

Photos courtesy of Shutterstock (Family Features)

Tips to be prepared for cooler weather

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Winter hay worries

Optimism For Better Days

Woman removing weeds from her garden (Photo: iStock - lucentius)

Use weed clues to dig up fertility, soil compaction and moisture issues

Some colorful watering cans covered with snow (Photo: iStock - Brinja Schmidt)

Even in winter, gardens need water

Cattle graze on a north central Colorado prairie, about 30 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming, under puffy cloud cover. Farming and ranching during this period of climate change presents a number of challenges, but a group of agricultural experts have provided tips to overcome the times. (Photo courtesy of David Augustine, Agricultural Research Service.)

Cold throws a wrench in activities