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  1. OSU Urban Farming Study: What's the Best Way to Turn a Parking Lot into a Garden?

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-urban-farming-study-whats-best-way-turn-parking-lot-garden

    three techniques, which is the best?” His work could boost the use of abandoned urban land. It ... parking-lot gardeners use raised beds. The bottomless wood or plastic boxes — typically something like ... parking lot. There he’d put the rest of his plants and the parking lot, too, to new use ...

  2. Family Fundamentals: Resources available for families hit hard by economy (May 2011)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/family-fundamentals-resources-available-families-hit-hard-economy-may-2011

    could help them make better decisions and get the information they need? As you may have already found, ... plenty of information that anyone can use. The website, http://5countysolutions.osu.edu/, started when ... that would help someone interested in starting and operating a small business. In addition, a " ...

  3. Ohio State University Extension to Host Garden Design Workshop

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-university-extension-host-garden-design-workshop

    9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Simpson Garden Park in Bowling Green, Ohio. The ... Stokes-Shafer will cover such topics as the design process, creating outdoor living spaces, designing themes, ...

  4. Chow Line: Focus on folate for health, not the blues (for 1/27/08)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chow-line-focus-folate-health-not-blues-12708-0

    in many ways. It's essential, along with vitamins B12 and C, to help the body break down, use ... January 17, 2008 I've heard that taking folate can help combat depression. Is that true? ... Actually, the evidence for this link is not very strong, although researchers are continuing to investigate ...

  5. Web Site Helps Beginning Farmers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/web-site-helps-beginning-farmers

    manufacturing job earlier this year, she turned to the land to get back on her feet. Following in the footsteps ... that not only will provide for her and her family, but also help support the local economy.   To get ... Action/Workforce Investment Act, Wiblin was able to purchase supplies and equipment to help get her new farming ...

  6. School of Natural Resources Changes Name

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/school-natural-resources-changes-name

    conservation, outdoor recreation and tourism, and environmental policy are emphasized by our faculty." ... forestry, fisheries and wildlife; parks, recreation and tourism; and environmental policy and management. ... Pomerene Forest Laboratory in Coshcoton, at the Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in ...

  7. $320,000 Tractor Donated; Another on the Way

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/320000-tractor-donated-another-way

    often that a new $320,000 teaching tool lands in a classroom. But that's what happened on a bright, ... Engineering. The tractor will be used for research and teaching, primarily with students in the Agricultural ... Agricultural Center, home to Ohio State's Farm Science Review, near London, Ohio, to get some hands-on ...

  8. Researchers: No Need to 'Reinvent Wheel' to Increase Access to Local Produce

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/researchers-no-need-reinvent-wheel-increase-access-local-produce

    although one-third have used Ohio MarketMaker, an online service co-managed by OSU Extension. Rather, links ... distribution system to increase its availability instead of trying to start from scratch, says a new Ohio State ... University study. Too often, supporters focus on alternative, direct markets to help farmers increase sales ...

  9. "Learning Garden" Teaches Landscaping Skills

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/learning-garden-teaches-landscaping-skills

    look to an existing layout can get hands-on experience at BioHio 2001. Ohio State University ... horticulture students are designing a "learning garden," an outdoor laboratory for learning about ... Knee. "The students here wanted more hands-on experience in landscape design and used the designs ...

  10. Fungicides May Aid in Quicker Turf Growth, Healthier Grass

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/fungicides-may-aid-quicker-turf-growth-healthier-grass

    athletic fields, practice fields and parks and recreation where there is only a short period of time in the ... excessively overused and it's always a challenge to get grass to grow when they are being used so ... school athletics, parks and recreation and others in the turfgrass industry is always exciting," ...

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