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Prioritize safety when deer hunting

While it’s easy to get caught up in the anticipation and excitement of deer hunting, safety is an important aspect of the hunting experience that must not be overlooked. The archery portion of deer hunting season has been underway for a little over a month, but once the gun portion of the season begins there will be many more hunters and much more activity in the woods across the state. 

Use summer plants that bloom into fall

One of the true joys of gardening in the South is filling our landscapes with a wide variety of plants that deliver bold color and personality.

From tropical treasures to tough-as-nails bloomers, our warm climate gives us plenty of options to create gardens that burst with life and excitement through summer and well into fall.

Careful garden design creates peaceful retreat

Sometimes the beauty of a garden draws people in for a visit, while other times the location is already a destination, and the surrounding garden creates the appropriate atmosphere.

I recently visited the Chapel Garden in Brandon that invites guests to slow down and take in the surrounding beauty of the space designed by Rick Fisher.

MS peanut crop looks good near harvest end

The majority of Mississippi’s peanut crop is out of the ground and looking good, with recent rain across the state in late October slowing harvest progress.

Brendan Zurweller, peanut specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said harvest was about 75% complete by the last week of October.

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