Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

With the summer heat hopefully behind us for the season, Oklahoma gardeners can look forward to planting their fall gardens.

David Hillock, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension consumer horticulturist, said fall is the best time to plant most…[more]

Fall is a time when we easily get tempted to slow down or abandon garden activities after the hot summer days leave us, says Dr. Obadiah Njue, Extension horticulture specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension…[more]

August and early September offer a reprieve from the scorching heat of summer and an opportunity to put vegetables on the dinner table well into fall.

Fall planting, sometime called succession planting, takes advantage of garden plots after…[more]

How is your vegetable garden doing these days? Probable answers are not good, lousy, it’s dried up and dead or – if you are fortunate – fair.

Prolonged hot weather and lack of rain have taken a toll…[more]

For Missouri gardeners, August may be the cruelest month. Plants are showing wear and tear from summer heat, the luster of once-showy plants is beginning to fade, and there’s still plenty of work to do.

“Another four weeks…[more]

Hot, dry weather has put lawns to the test this summer. As a result, many homeowners are attempting to keep their lawns active and alive by irrigating.

It’s normal for cool-season grasses such as fescue and bluegrass to…[more]

During the gray, cold days of winter, your garden’s bounty can be as close as your freezer. Freezing fresh fruits and vegetables now lets you enjoy them long after the growing season.

Freezing is the safest and easiest…[more]

Weeks of hot, dry weather are causing disappointment for home vegetable and fruit growers who, despite lavishing care on their plants, aren’t seeing the fruits of their labors.

“I am getting tons of calls,” said Jerri Lephiew, Ouachita…[more]

During the blazing hot summer months, few things are as enjoyable as growing and sinking your teeth into your own ripe Arkansas tomato. And for home growers, there comes the inevitable question: is there something wrong with my tomato plant? …[more]

A new website from the University of Missouri Weed Science Program can help you identify weeds that might be invading your field, pasture, garden or lawn.

The website, http://weedID.missouri.edu, contains about 350 different plant species that could be…[more]