Hello, I live in rural Muskingum county. For several years there has been this fungi ball that appears from underground. They have the texture of a fungi inside. I am wanting to know if they are truffles or what exactly they are? Would I be able to have it identified if I took one into my local extension office?

I saw a couple of the Chapel Hill Lantanas that were growing as small trees when I visited the arboretum a couple of weeks ago. I always read that lantanas are not hardy in zones this far north. Are these dug up and then re-planted each year, or will they survive a winter this far north?

Hello, I see that Soil Testing is available, but I was hoping to test for contamination or toxin levels. Is something like this offered, or maybe you know where I could go for this? I can't seem to find where I could have this done. Testing would be on the soil of a residential yard for a personal garden. Thank you for any assistance you may have.

Have a fairly healthy, irrigated, existing lawn on Pickerel Lake but would like to give it a boost. I plan on plugging it and running the slicer/seeder after. I would do it in the next few days but then leave for AZ for the winter so am planning on having someone remove leaves as they fall. Should I do the process now with the lawn continuing to grow and lots of mower action to remove leaves or should I wait until spring? Thank you

I think Woodhouse but not sure since it does not have the butt. Not sure if my granddaughter squished it since it was on her slide and bit her when she went down, on the back of her leg.

We have had our farm pond redone, and have 1/2 acre plus of ground that needs to be seeded. I'd like wildlife friendly plantings, mixed grasses and flowering plants, and need advice. Sandy soil some bits of clay.

We plan to plant a new Autumn Blaze Maple in our backyard this Fall. There is a buried internet cable and conduit (buried at a shallow depth) running between our garage and house. We have the conduit location marked and we plan to avoid it, but we are wondering how far away we should plant the tree, i.e. how close can we plant to the conduit? Seeking your advice. Thank you!

Hello, I was removing 3 supers for the year and they had mostly all uncapped honey in them. I didn’t want to waste this nectar and didn’t know if it would be capped in time so I tried to open feed this back to the bees, with the hopes they would store this in the brood boxes. This caused robbing (I guess I shouldn’t be surprised or should have been more careful) so I moved the supers further away from my hive and let them get cleaned out. The honey was cleaned out and now dry wax remains. Can I use these again next year or do I risk diseases like EFB because they were cleared out by robbing bees? I realize now, I should have not put the supers back on after harvest in August or put them over the inner cover to be fed back to my bees. Any suggestions of what I should do with the cleaned out drawn comb? Thank you!

Good afternoon. I just made two productive dethatching passes and wanting to overseed. I have several questions. 1. Should I also aerate or scarify? 2. What type of fertilizer should I use with the seed. I’m using a Kentucky blue, tall fescue and rye. 3. Do I mix the fertilizer with the seed? 4. Straw, peat or nothing to cover? As always… thank you. Ron