Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Late February through mid-March are times when bluebirds begin thinking about homes to lay eggs and raise young. It’s a great time to put up a homemade or store bought nesting box, then sit back and enjoy the show as…[read further]

For a dozen years now, the Oklahoma Proven program has helped guide gardening enthusiasts toward plants, trees and shrubs that have been proven to grow well in Oklahoma’s diverse climate and soil types.

The selections for…[read further]

For the third year in a row, Stephan Richardson’s focus, talent and practice paid off when he won the Gobbling Division at the Wild Turkey Bourbon/NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Championships in Nashville, Tenn.

The competitions took place…[read further]

They are about the earliest of all perennials to bloom. They will stay in bloom from February through June.

Hellebores are slow starters, however. “You may have to wait three years for flowers and up to eight years…[read further]

When Japanese beetles invade, they lay waste to plants, trees and bushes to satisfy their voracious appetites. These destructive creatures find almost 300 species of plant quite tasty and the Agricultural Research Services (ARS) estimates the beetles cost $450 million…[read further]

The upcoming storm season could be more active than usual in Tornado Alley, according to a University of Missouri atmospheric sciences professor.

Tony Lupo, department chair and professor of MU atmospheric science, said that the upcoming weather pattern…[read further]