Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

I’m not sure we could ask for any better weather this early fall in the Ozarks. Warm days, cool nights and soft winds have carried us through most days. Except for a few showers, it’s almost spring-like outside. Even my…[more]

Curbside leaf and brush removal dates will be here before we know it. If you dread filling sacks with fallen leaves, a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist suggests a less agonizing and more rewarding alternative.

“The carbon content…[more]

Some perennials can suffer from too much of a good thing.

As it grows year after year, the perennial’s growth clump, or crown, gets so big the plant begins to compete with itself for light, water and nutrients.…[more]

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]