Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

The Little Rock City Beautiful Commission is requesting nominations for the 2008 City Beautiful Landscape Awards.

The Judging Criteria are: Landscape design must exceed the minimum ordinance requirements; Site maintenance must be above average with year-round interest; the…[more]

There’s nothing like a good grilled chicken wing recipe. And there’s nothing like summer grilling time! Time to take the cover off your grill, fire that baby up and start cookin’.

One of my favorite things is grilled…[more]

Visiting the Gateway Arch? Lines for the tram to the observation area on top are shortest right after the monument opens at 8:30 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. You also can buy tram tickets early in the morning for specific…[more]

Vertical gardening is a unique and practical method of maximizing all of your garden space. When plants such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and melons are left to sprawl on the ground; they will take up to 10 times as much…[more]

Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. –The Three Little Pigs will get their revenge and visitors will get to sample some great food at the 16th annual Laurie Hillbilly Bar-B-Q Cook-Off, Aug. 1-2 at the Laurie Fairgrounds off Highway 5 at…[more]

Geocaching adventure can now be enjoyed in all 52 Arkansas state parks in a new program called ParkCache. Just launched as part of this year’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of Arkansas’s state park system, ParkCache features special geocaches that…[more]

The City of Kansas City, Mo., trail system has a new name and logo thanks to two Kansas City, Mo., residents who entered the City Planning and Development Department’s contest. The winning entries were selected from more than 300 submissions.…[more]

WILLARD, Mo.-Norm Nothnagel will never have to buy a Missouri small-game or migratory bird hunting permit again. He will never have to buy a fishing permit. He is the second person to receive a Resident Lifetime Conservation Partner Permit for…[more]

SEARCY, Ark. - Blossom-end rot of tomatoes and other vegetables is caused by a calcium deficiency in the fruit, according to Sherri Sanders, White County extension agent-agriculture for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

Anything that interferes…[more]

Transporting several species of Asian carp across state lines became a federal offense last year, thanks to actions taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Missouri officials say the ban is a good first step toward stopping the spread…[more]