Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Corn and potato crops may soon provide information to farmers about when they need water and how much should be delivered, thanks to a University of Colorado at Boulder invention optioned to AgriHouse Inc., a Berthoud, Colo., high-tech company.

While outdoors they can be cute, a family of tree squirrels scampering through your attic late at night isn’t what you want to hear.

While they provide enjoyment for wildlife-lovers, it’s not unusual for tree squirrels to become…[more]

Q: I was out looking around yesterday and found red “horns” growing on some leaves. What are they? Is there any need to be concerned? – P. J.

A: A gall insect called a grape tube gallmaker Cicidomyia…[more]

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]