Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Chili pepper lovers can grow their own peppers as hot as they can stand them in their backyard garden.

“Chili peppers are relatively easy to grow and usually flourish in warm climates with relatively long growing seasons,” said…[more]

The City of St. Louis and the not-for-profit Gateway Foundation will partner in creating a unique public garden, with extensive landscaping and modern and contemporary sculpture, on a prime downtown setting, Mayor Francis G. Slay announced today. The “Urban Garden,”…[more]

Concerned about increasing summer temperatures, decreasing rainfall and rising water bills—but still want to have a beautiful garden?

If so, plan to attend a special event set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 19 at the…[more]

The last week in March was the warmest in Missouri since record-keeping began 118 years ago. The first week in April was the coldest on record. Caught off guard by the yo-yo weather, some wild plants and animals suffered serious…[more]

Homeowners should wait to cut down trees damaged by ice storms this past winter. Recent injury from the Easter freeze will make it difficult to determine the extent of winter injury to your trees, said a University of Missouri horticulturalist.…[more]

Did you help count tarantulas in 2004? Did you look for native bumblebees in 2005 and 2006? Do you enjoy observing nature? Then you could be a citizen scientist and we need you! The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission ANHC) brought…[more]

Plant lovers, mark your calendars! May 10th is slated for the opening day of a new botanical garden in Fayetteville. 

The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks has been in the works for years and will be opening in…[more]

First of all: know what you want. If you need some ideas, visit the library or your local book store and browse through landscape books, garden and pond magazines. You can also search the web and read and study as…[more]

JEFFERSON CITY-Rex Martensen wasn’t thinking of tick-borne disease when he skinned a raccoon after a hunt on Christmas Day in 2005. He wasn’t thinking of the raccoon when he got sick. He thinks of both now, every time he works…[more]

The City of Springfield and Springfield-Greene County Park Board will participate in a collaborative effort to Reforest the Ozarks from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at the Missouri Entertainment and Events Center, 3001 N. Grant Ave.