Terrone Jones (right) and his METP job councilor, Mark Eye It’s not often that second chances come along. But, a new University of Missouri Extension program is finding second chances for those willing to work.     Today’s gue[...]

“He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero July heat has arrived in Missouri, and it’s putting garden and landscape plants at risk. Because we had such a wet spring, plants, trees and shrubs don[...]

According to the Institute of Medicine women need about nine cups of fluid and for men it is about 13 cups of fluid daily. (Photo by Roger Kirby) Soaring summer temperatures and high humidity means your body will need more fluids to keep it working [...]

Brown patch spreading on a tall fescue lawn (Photo by Brad Fresenburg, turf specialist for University of Missouri Extension) Conditions are perfect for brown patch to ravage your lawn. Control isn’t easy and it may be better to give up and wai[...]

Brown spot in a tall fescue lawn (Photo by Brad Fresenburg, turf specialist for University of Missouri Extension) Nitrogen fertilizer, heat and water is like ringing the dinner bell for fungi hoping to snack on your nice green lawn. If you have tall[...]

Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~ Tom Lehrer, singer-songwriter May was very wet in Missouri with some parts of the state getting more than 10 inches of rain. But, all that precipitation could be good news for the summer forecast. T[...]

Blossom-end rot is first seen when tomatoes are one-third to one-half full size. (Photo by Patrick Byers, University of Missouri Extension) When tomatoes, peppers, melons, and eggplant develop a sunken, rotten spot on the end of the fruit it’s[...]

“Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.” ~ John Berger, author (Photo by Roger Meissen) It’s an amazing event t[...]

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” ~ Warren Buffett, American Businessman (Photo by Debbie Johnson) An annual curse when cool, wet springs trigger anthracnose to flourish. It’s ca[...]

The witch’s broom stems and leaves on a rose infected with rose rosette (Photo by Chris Starbuck) Commonly found on wild roses (Rosa Multiflora) in Midwestern, Southern and Eastern U.S., rose rosette is a virus that is 100% fatal in all roses.[...]