Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Moles have been extra busy this autumn, and you can almost see the resentment rise in homeowners as they survey their spoiled yards.

“Even with our dry end to summer, lots of mole activity is showing up, which…[more]

Homeowners who planted new trees this year, especially ones with thin bark, will want to protect the southwest side of the new tree this winter to protect it from sunscald. Many young, smooth, thin-barked trees like honey locusts, fruit trees,…[more]

Many tropical plants thrive in the heat and humidity of a typical Missouri summer and can make great outdoor patio plants. But as temperatures drop in the fall, conditions can quickly become deadly.

The simplest solution to this…[more]

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]

A telegram was issued on July 10th by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams of the International Astronomical Union announcing that the Earth got impacted for a few hours by a stream of dust from a potentially dangerous comet last…[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]