At the start of each growing season, we make a decision on whether to grow our vegetable plants from seed or purchase seedlings.
When deciding on whether to purchase pr...
Plant one of the many varieties of milkweed
There is growing interest among gardeners and environmentalists in the population decline of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus ple...
Once a site has been selected for your vegetable garden, attention must be paid to the soil. Healthy soil optimizes both plant growth and vegetable yield through its str...
Beat the winter doldrums by attending Winter Blues and Garden of Greens, a virtual gardening workshop hosted by the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Butler Count...
For the second consecutive year, the Butler County Farm Bureau won the top two annual awards from the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
The awards were presented last weekend du...
2020 will go down as one for the record books, and with all that’s occurred over the past 10 months, it would be no surprise the weather was just as wacky.
The first fo...
Pennsylvania’s fall turkey season kicks off Oct. 31 with more fall turkey hunting — including the return of a three-day Thanksgiving season — around the corner.
While fa...
Pennsylvania’s elk hunting season begins Saturday with the archery elk season. There will be 26 hunters — selected by lottery — spread out across 14 Elk Hunt Zones.
The ...
Kick off your fall gardening season by attending the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Butler County Virtual Fall Garden Seminar.
This year's virtual seminar will b...
With silage harvest right around the corner, now is the perfect time to test nitrogen uptake in your corn crop using a late season cornstalk nitrate test.
This test wil...
