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Submitted by singer on May 26, 2016

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- For military families, finding child care that accommodates their hectic schedules can feel impossible, which is what makes child care providers like Heather Bond so special.

For nearly six years, Bond has opened her home to military families who do not have traditional schedules, giving parents a safe and inviting alternative to conventional child care options.  

Heather Bond (left) plays with Thaddeus Pyko, while his mother, Maj. Kyla Pyko, watches. Bond is a family-home care provider who has opened her home to military families needing child care. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Alexandra Woolbright)

Submitted by singer on May 20, 2016

May is Older Americans Month…

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- After pharmacist Jim Murray’s legs gave out at a Mississippi State University tailgate in 2007, his doctor told him his gardening days were over.

However, Murray is gardening again, thanks to the Pine Belt Master Gardeners’ salad table project.

Hattiesburg pharmacist Jim Murray grows vegetables and herbs on a salad table. The raised plant beds are built and distributed by Master Gardener volunteers trained by the Mississippi State University Extension Service. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Kevin Hudson)

Submitted by singer on May 20, 2016

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Despite above-average rainfall in Mississippi between January and March, only a small portion of that moisture made it back into our groundwater, which is the primary source for household needs, including water for lawns and gardens.

Throughout hot, dry seasons, pine straw serves as a perfect mulch around native plants in this rock garden outside of Thompson Hall at Mississippi State University. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Beth Baker)

Submitted by singer on May 17, 2016

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- More than 20 campus units and 30 faculty and staff members at Mississippi State University are teaming up with state and federal agencies and local stakeholders to restore the water quality of a creek that flows through campus and is the focal point of the Catalpa Creek watershed.

Catalpa Creek runs through the Mississippi State University campus and is the focal point of the 28,943-acre Catalpa Creek watershed. MSU personnel are part of a multiagency effort to restore the water quality of Catalpa Creek. (Photo by Robert Lewis/MSU Extension Service)

Submitted by singer on May 16, 2016

Choosing flowering annuals at the garden center is always an easy task if you have celosias on your shopping list.

Dragon’s Breath celosias grow equally well in the landscape bed or in a patio container. Its unique red-green foliage is topped with blazing red, feathery flowers. (Photo by MSU Extension/Gary Bachman)
New Look celosia defies the intense heat and humidity of Mississippi summers to produce dark foliage and large plumes of intense colors. (Photo by MSU Extension/Gary Bachman)
The Intenz celosia is a new introduction that keeps up the tradition of blooming nonstop all summer long. It is gorgeous as an accent plant or a mass planting. (Photo by MSU Extension/Gary Bachman)

Submitted by singer on May 13, 2016

BILOXI, Miss. -- Floral enthusiasts and professionals can attend a variety of hands-on floral design workshops this summer in Biloxi.

Jim DelPrince, floral design specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, will offer five individual workshops from May through August.

Four workshops are aimed at floral enthusiasts.

On May 26, participants will learn to create hemisphere arrangements, the classic half-globe-shaped centerpieces used for head-of-state dinners and wedding receptions.

Floral enthusiasts and professionals can learn to make arrangements like this one during five hands-on floral design workshops this summer offered by Jim DelPrince, floral design specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Jim DelPrince)

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