Recent Links, Contact Numbers & Special Events

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - The 2009-2010 Wisconsin Blue Book - Information on the 89th edition can be found HERE.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Larry meets the owls of Harry Potter! His guest was Laura Erickson of Duluth, an ornithologist with a passion for owls. Accompanying Laura Erickson was a screech owl in her care by the name of Archimedes.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 UW-Madison professor of nutritional sciences Sue Nitzke.
Tips for eating more calcium-rich foods and making wise choices.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/milk_tips_print.html
Non-Dairy Food Sources of Calcium
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/appendixB.htm#AppB4

Monday, January 1, 2007 Noel Cutright & Bill Volkert about Bird Watching and the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Thursday, December 28, 2006 Show with Paul Novak included a reference to this recipe:

No-Knead Bread/Adapted by Mark Bittman, from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery, NYC
Time: About 1 ½ hrs plus 14 to 20 hours’ rising

3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting ¼ teaspoon instant yeast
1 ¼ teaspoons salt
Cornmeal or wheat bran as needed
  1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 5/8 cups water, and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl in plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferable about 18, at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
  2. Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
  3. Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
  4. At least a half-hour before the dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6- to 8-quart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, Pyrex or ceramic) in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under the towel and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is OK. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed, it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and back 30 minutes, then remove lid and back another 15 to 30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a rack. Yields One 1 ½ pound loaf.

Monday, November 27, 2006 11AM Show Info: Dennis Prusik of Green Bay, publisher of the 2007 Wisconsin Nature Calendar for Home and Cabin

Wisconsin Nature Calendar
Dennis Prusik
1701 Ninth St.
Green Bay, WI 54304

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10am Show Links: Noel Cutright, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology on Birds & Buildings

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11am Show Links: Books by UW-La Crosse archaeologists Ernie Buzhardt and Jim Theler are available at www.uwlax.edu/mvac.

Monday, September 25th, 2006: Wood Fired Boilers - ExtensionFact Sheet

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006: Recycle It!

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006: Writer's Workshop - Conference Details

Friday, September 8th, 2006: Creeping Charlie - Borax Recipe

August, 30th, 2006: "Green building" with Sherrie Gruder and Lou Host-Jablonski. www.shwec.uwm.edu/bgg (pdf)

Photos from Larry's listener party at his home on July 2nd




Thursday, June 29th, 2006: Eye Care & Health - Retinal Vein Occulusion Test

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006: Preventing Obesity and Reducing Chronic Disease in Wisconsin - Nutrition and Physical Activity Program

Friday, March 31st, 2006: Invasive Plants

Thursday, March 9th, 2006: Mold Remidiation - If your home has moisture problems, there are two sources of information available free on the Web through University Extension publications. Both are by John Merrill, one is Winter Home Moisture Problems, which is B3783. The second is B3768, which is Maintaining Your Home: Controlling Molds and Mildew. Extension Mold & Moisture Brochures

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006: Mapping Wisconsin- One Day Workshop

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006: Darwin Day - Events and Links

Thursday, January 19th, 2006: Food Marketing to Kids - Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?" Report

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006: Outdoor Writing - Don Johnson's book "Summer's Song and Other Essays" can be ordered online at www.donljohnson.com

Thursday, December 1st, 2005: Farmers Helping Farmers - For any Wisconsin farmer interested in funding through the Harvest of Hope, call (608) 836-463

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005: Healthy Kids