Perennial plants need moist soil to be protected from winter damage according to John Hobbs, agriculture and rural development specialist, University of Missouri Extension.
“It’s been a warm, dry fall so consider watering your landscape plants before winter…[more]
Buyers of the 2008 Natural Events Calendar will find everything from bison to bellwort in the calendar’s 32 colorful pages, plus dozens of reasons to get outdoors and in touch with nature.
The calendar, produced by the Missouri…[more]
Homeowners have watched their lawns struggle through a long, hot summer that included disease pressures, drought and insects.
Now is the optimum time of the year for over-seeding, said a University of Missouri Extension turf scientist.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Persimmon sprouts are the bane of livestock producers, but back in an era when kids invented their own fun, a tree full of green persimmons was just the ticket, not for eating, but for flinging! The technique…[more]
University of Missouri Extension is offering Master Gardener training courses in Branson West, Marshfield and Ozark this fall.
“This is a great opportunity for persons interested in horticulture and gardening to learn new skills, volunteer for community educational…[more]
As drought conditions continue, even well-established trees and shrubs will come under severe stress during August and September, making it advisable to do some watering to ensure survival of particularly valuable trees, said a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist.
…[more]It should be a tomato lovers’ delight.
The third annual Tomato Festival Sept.6 at the University of Missouri Bradford Research and Extension Center will have 55 tomato varieties for visitors to taste, along with 32 pepper varieties, all…[more]
Current hot summer weather patterns, mixed with dry and hot winds will cause poor fruit set on tomatoes according to John Hobbs, agriculture and rural development specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
“The threshold seems to be temperatures…[more]
At their regular monthly meeting Friday, Aug. 10, members of the Springfield-Greene County Park Board approved the design of a Botanical Center to be built in Nathanael Greene and Close Memorial Park.
Approval of the building design is…[more]
LITTLE ROCK - Homeowners need to change their landscape care tactics when the temperatures hit the triple digits, say the lawn and landscape experts with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
When it comes to the lawn,…[more]
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