According to an article published on Nebraska Extension’s ruralwellness.unl.edu website, “Research consistently tells us that taking care of others and maintaining meaningful relationships across generations are important for resilience and wellbeing.” (Bulling et al. 2020) Meaningful relationships contribute to a sense of belonging and help us feel connected. These connections can be strengthened by sharing family stories and engaging in traditions among multiple generations.
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Fall is a good time to test landscape and garden soils. It’s a great time to incorporate organic matter to improve soil structure; and if attempting to lower soil pH, fall is the time to incorporate sulfur as it takes time to have an effect.
Gardeners will tell me their plants are not doing well and they need a soil test to tell them what’s wrong. There are many reasons plants do not grow well and a soil test may or may not provide an answer. However, a soil test is good to base soil management on and this in turn can improve plant growth, making them less susceptible to injury when stressed by weather or pests.
The pros and cons of grazing fall alfalfa, and capturing the benefits of targeted fall alfalfa irrigation after a dry year.
New for 2023! Livestock-Related Custom Rates Report
Each year, many Nebraska farmers and ranchers inquire about prevailing rates paid for certain kinds of custom farm services. In addition to the regular biennial custom rates services survey and report, the Center for Agricultural Profitability launched a new survey that provides data for producers and operators that work closely with the livestock industry in Nebraska. View report here
Many houseplants thrive outside during summer, growing well with the brighter light intensity, but it will soon be time to bring them back indoors. Most plants grown as houseplants originated in the tropics, so nighttime temperatures dipping into the 40’s and 50’s F mean it’s time to bring them inside. Click here for the complete article.
For tiny green tomatoes developing on plants now, gardeners might wonder if this fruit will mature before frost.
Fruit development depends on tomato variety, day and nighttime temperatures, and amount of sunlight received between now and frost. And we don’t know when the first frost will be.
Below is the typical period of time a tomato needs from fruit set to maturity. Following that is an average range of days from flowering to maturity for other vegetables.
For tomatoes, according to Ward Upham at Kansas State University, the first 2 to 3 weeks after new fruit forms, growth is slow with slicing tomatoes reaching about the size of a golf ball.
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