Identifying Oaks Using Acorns
Do you know how many native oak trees can be found in Mississippi? If you guessed 34, you’d be right!
Do you know how many native oak trees can be found in Mississippi? If you guessed 34, you’d be right!
Finding the right plants for shady garden areas can sometimes feel like a losing battle, but shade doesn’t have to be boring. Gardeners do not have to settle for plain green foliage and limited color.
Sure, medicines are great for preventing and addressing health problems, but one Brookhaven resident is using a different approach—eating healthier.
Mississippi State University will host two events this fall promoting agricultural education with an emphasis on dairy production.
When Union County 4-H’er Aubri Hutcheson signed up for slingshot in Mississippi 4-H’s Shooting Sports program over the summer, she just wanted to try something new.
Cooking for one or two can sometimes be tricky. Many recipes are designed for families or groups. What if you live alone or are empty nesters?
Help kids focus and power through assignments with nutritious, quick bites.
Adults across the state are learning about cooking and nutrition through some hands-on training provided by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Cooking Matters for Adults is a six-week program that helps adults eat better and make food budgets last longer. It launched in 2018 as an educational complement to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education, or SNAP-Ed, and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, or EFNEP. It is continuing despite recent federal budget cuts.
Harvest ended a year of ups and downs for Mississippi’s rice producers, with acreage up but average yield down because of numerous challenges.
Nearly all of the state’s rice crop was harvested by late September. Mississippi growers harvested about 156,000 acres of rice this year, up about 25,000 acres from 2024.
There is an unusual looking plant with a descriptive name that performs well in shade gardens in the state.
The tractor seat plant has oversized, thick and leathery foliage shaped like the curved iron seats once found on old tractors. Known also as leopard plant, the Farfugium japonicum is native to the stream banks, moist woodlands and coastal regions of Japan and eastern Asia.