Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Rainwater creates gardeners

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansans who lack the green thumb to successfully cultivate a more traditional garden may find solace and success in a rain garden, says Katie Teague, Washington County agriculture extension agent for the…[more]

In response to a petition from Sierra Club, 24 other organizations and more than 5,000 individuals representing every state in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to conduct a four-part investigation of formaldehyde in our homes, schools and…[more]

Don’t scrap your vacation plans because of high gas prices; fuel up on fun close to home in Missouri state parks.  Adventures in a variety of formats will please everyone in the family without breaking the budget. Missouri’s 84 state…[more]

Adult Japanese Beetles are on the move in southwest Missouri and they have brought an appetite with them according to Patrick Byers, horticulture specialist, University of Missouri Extension.

These insects can quickly defoliate over 300 different types of…[more]

Missouri has some great ice cream and with July being National Ice Cream Month, it’s the perfect time to include a scoop or two in your Missouri travels. To get you started, here is a list of options for every…[more]

Arkansans should celebrate summer with exotic fresh fruit, say family and consumer science extension agents with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

“When was the last time you ate a papaya?” asked Carla Haley, Miller County agent,…[more]

A guide developed to help homeowners and contractors safely clean up homes damaged in the recent floods along the Mississippi River is available immediately. Creating a Healthy Home: A Field Guide for Clean-Up of Flooded Homes is a do-it-yourself booklet…[more]

Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is pleased to present a program entitled “Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor” on Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The program is intended for beginning genealogists who are attempting to find…[more]

For those wanting safer (although some are not entirely non-toxic) alternatives to commercial pesticides for ant control, Bob Schultheis, natural resources engineering specialist, has these recommendations.

SANITATION

“Keep things clean; don’t leave crumbs or garbage lying…[more]

Early summer is not a time you would expect to see trees with dead leaves, but Eastern and Central Missourians are seeing white oak leaves turn brown due to a high population of the jumping oak gall wasp. While the…[more]