Hickory Wood and Nuts Highlight a Hardiest Native Tree
Hickory offers heavy dense wood and flavorful nuts with rugged bark and yellow autumn color. The article notes four part husks releasing pale brown nuts, seedling transplant challenges, and breeding efforts including hicans like Kenke Pixley and James. It discusses uses from ax handles to firewood and markets via specialty nurseries Grimo Nut and Nolin Nursery.
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Weschcke
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James
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Lawrence Family Holiday House Party Becomes Neighborhood Tradition
The Hearn Backus family hosts friends for holidays with bands like Brother Fresh and the Soul Survivor and The Addison Frei Trio. High school friends perform, musicians gather in the parlor, and carols fill the room as the house lights brighten the tree. Guests, teens and twenty-somethings mingle, sharing food and memories. Serina and Tony emphasize sharing with friends and neighbors, continuing a long standing community ritual praised by guests.
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Backus
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Kansas State Extension Horticulture Events Schedule
Kansas State University Extension Master Gardeners announce area wide horticultural programs. Workshops include Family Farm Transitions in Chanute on Jan 2 and 17, El Dorado on Jan 3 and 16, plus Basic Gardening Soil Prep and Compost in Wichita on Jan 6 and a Farm and Ranch Day in Pratt on Jan 6. Contact numbers provided.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University Research and Extension
Chanute
el Dorado
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Pratt
Jan 6 to Feb 14 Kansas agriculture briefings list
A condensed calendar of farming education events across Kansas. Dates include Jan 6 calving management in Manhattan and Jan 8 beef cattle conference in Oswego, among others. Contacts provided for each event.
Wood ashes as compost aid and garden risk
In northeast Kansas, wood ashes can boost compost and soil potassium and phosphorus but may harm plants if overapplied. Ash composition varies by wood type, with phosphorus around 1.5 percent and potassium 1 to 10 percent. Briquette ashes are toxic to plants. For disposal, cool ashes before trash. Jennifer Smith, Douglas County Extension Agent Horticulture, offers guidance at 843-7058.
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