Backyard Homesteading Workshops

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1 Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District 613 High Street NW, Suite 2, Carrollton, OH ext. 3 Connecting people, agriculture, soil & water since 1944 April 2018 Edition Like us on Facebook for the latest news and info! Backyard Homesteading Workshops This series is being offered as a partnership with SWCD, OSU Extension and NRCS April 12th at 6:00PM May 10th at 6:00PM June 14th at 10:00AM This meeting will be held at the Friendship Center at the Fairgrounds. Topics will include Mulch: Types and Uses, Edible Landscaping, Vertical Gardening, and Pruning Fruit. This meeting will be held at Anne Green Park in Carrollton. Topics will include Wild Mushroom Hunting, Safe Mushroom ID, and Woodlot Management for Small Landowners. This meeting will be held at the Community Garden at the Fairgrounds. Topics will include Berry Good Fruit Management, Taste of Summer: Jams and Jellies, and Dehydrating and Preserving Fruit. Eastern Ohio Grazing Council Join the Eastern Ohio Grazing Council for pasture walks on the 4th Thursday of the month April 26th at 6:00PM Want to get involved? Other Upcoming Events: The first pasture walk will be held at Kurt Cerwinsky s farm in Carroll County. Topics will include: Assessing and Renovating an Old Spring Development, Forage and Fertility, and Pasture Woodlots. RSVP is appreciated by April 24th at Call and ask to be added to the mailing list to receive monthly flyers for the events. You can also look for the Eastern Ohio Grazing Council on Facebook and Youtube. May 24th at 6:00PM Jefferson County June 28th at 6:00PM Columbiana County July 26th at 6:00PM Tuscarawas County In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, D.C or call (800) (voice) or (202) (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 1

2 No-Till Grain Drill Rental We will be offering two different machines this spring. The equipment is rented on a first come, first serve basis and will have a minimum rental charge of $50. Rental rates for 2018 are $15 per acre with discounts available for utilizing various conservation efforts: Have you Updated Your Conservation Plan Lately? Fields with a plan written and approved by Carroll SWCD within the last five years receive a $3 per acre discount. Have You Measured Your Residue Lately? Acres with greater than 40% residue are eligible for a $2 per acre discount. Have You Tested Your Soil Lately? If you have current soils test for the field being planted you can receive a $1 per acre discount. If you are interested in renting one of the drills this season please call Joe Mayle at the Carroll SWCD office at ext New: Cone Spreader Available In addition to the no-till drills available for rent at Carroll SWCD, we have added a cone spreader to the collection. This spreader can be used for frost seeding, cover crop applications, and deer plot installation. The small size of this spreader takes a smaller horse power to use compared to the grain drills. The spreader will be rented on a first come, first serve basis. Use of fertilizer in the spreader is prohibited. Rental rate for 2018 is $25 per day, including weekends. Call ext. 3 for more information or to be placed on the rental list today! Did you know? No-till causes little disturbance to the remaining crop residue, therefore, we see little run-off or erosion from no-till crop fields. Other benefits include less time in the field, improved soil quality and as good or better crop yields. Something else to consider is fuel savings. Did you realize it takes approximately 500 gallons of diesel fuel to plant 100 acres of corn using conventional tillage methods? Remember that in addition to every dollar saved in fuel, there is approximately another $5 to $10 per acre in additional savings in labor, machinery investment and related costs. 2

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4 Cover Crop Cost Share Program The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) will be continuing their cover crop cost share program for Fields that are located within the Muskingum Watershed in Carroll County can receive approximately $12 per acre cost share regardless of seeding method or termination method. The Muskingum Watershed includes both the dark green and light green areas on the map. The red area is not in the MWCD. Participants may attend one of the scheduled sign up days to fill out applications so that fields may be ranked to determine funding. Please allow at least two hours to attend an informational meeting about the program requirements and to complete applications. Be sure to bring field maps or location information to sign up. The sign up days will be held at the Carroll SWCD office at 613 North High Street in Carrollton on: June 1st, 2018 at 9:00AM or June 8th, 2018 at 9:00AM No RSVP is necessary for above dates. If you are unable to sign up on one of these days, please contact the Carroll SWCD office at ext. 3. All applications must be in by June 15th, Big Tree Contest: White Oak Carroll SWCD is looking for the biggest white oak in Carroll County! Do you have it on your property? White Oak is found throughout all of Ohio, in habitats ranging from dry forests and fields to mesic woodlands and down slopes. Like many members of the White Oak group, the undersides of its leaves are white-green, and its wood is a light-colored beige that is almost white when freshly cut; hence its common name. ODNR Division of Forestry If you are interested in entering the contest, please call our office at ext. 3. All trees entered in the contest will be measured for size and the winner will be announced at our Annual Meeting in October. Entries are limited to one per family. The deadline for entries is August 20,

5 Free Soil Testing Program DETAILS: A new soil testing program is now open to the Carroll County agriculture producers through the Carroll Soil and Water Conse r vation D i st r i c t (SWCD). Over the past two years, Carroll SWCD has been working with 48 producers to conduct Solvita soil test on their crop fields and pastures. The Solvita soil test measures the carbondioxide produced by the soil and is an indicator of the health of the community of micro-organisms living in the soil. This year, Carroll SWCD is expanding the program and opening it to additional producers across the county. 50 additional fields will be accepted into the program on a first come, first serve basis. Individual producers may have up to one crop field and one pasture field enrolled in the program. PROGRAM INCLUDES: For those producers who participate in the program, Carroll SWCD staff will be making field visits with the producer to take a soil test of the field. The test will include phosphorus, potassium, ph, and organic matter testing, as well as the Solvita soil health test. Producers are encouraged to share their results with their local agronomist. All of these tests are being made available at no cost to the producer, thanks to the Carroll SWCD Board of Supervisors. SIGN UP NOW! Producers who are interested in applying for the soil testing program, or for more information about the program, should contact Carroll SWCD by April 31st. Carroll SWCD can be reached in person from 8:00AM-4:30PM, Monday through Friday at the SWCD office located at 613 High Street NW in Carrollton or by calling extension 3. 5

6 Carroll SWCD 613 High St. NW, Suite 2 Carrollton, Ohio District Supervisors Doug Eshler, Treasurer Brad Luckey, Fiscal Agent John McKarns, Vice Chair Clifford Miller, Chair Byron Shankel, Secretary District Staff Josh Britton, Watershed Specialist (ext. 4094) Joe Mayle, District Technician (ext. 4093) Katelyn Valdinger, District Technician (ext. 4092) Kimberly Vance, District Administrator (ext. 4090) NRCS Staff Kevin Swope, Resource Conservationist (ext. 4091) IN THIS ISSUE: Backyard Homesteading 1 EOGC Pasture Walks 1 No Till Drill Rental 2 Broadcaster Spreader Rental 2 Lake & Land Festival 3 Cover Crop Program 4 The Carroll SWCD Board of Supervisors hold their monthly board meetings on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:00PM at the Carroll SWCD office. Big Tree Contest 4 Soil Testing Program 5 Board Meetings 6 Contact Information 6 6