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One Dragonfly Can Eat 100s of Mosquitoes per Day: Keep These Plants in Your Yard to Attract Dragonflies! This is why dragonflies are some of the best predators to keep mosquito populations low.

Not all honeysuckles are created equal. The top photos show a native honeysuckle vine, Trumpet or coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) which is beloved by hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Arkansas is also home to another native vining-type honeysuckle, the yellow honeysuckle (Lonicera flava) as well.

The bottom photos are of Japanese honeysuckle vine (Lonicera japonica), an introduced species which is now considered among the top five invasive plants in Arkansas. Two imported shrub-type honeysuckle species, Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) and Tatarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) are considered invasive in Northwest Arkansas particularly. Invasive honeysuckles outcompete native species and cause distress to our forests and ecosystems as well as to the homeowners and landowners trying to eliminate them.

When choosing honeysuckle as a landscape plant, be sure to select non-invasive or native varieties. 🐝🦋🌿

Cool idea. Saving it here on my pitifully defunct page :P

Don't throw those old feedbags away! Repurpose them into hand totes with this easy-to-do DIY. https://goo.gl/dfpA08

Why prairies matter and lawns don’t Prairies – those critically endangered and complex ecosystems understood by few and misunderstood and destroyed by millions of people. Lawns – those myopically obsessive (and evil) urba…

Today three biotech industries — Monsanto, DowDuPont, Syngenta — control the majority of the world’s GMO seed market. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would outlaw the saving of seeds from one season to the next, “a practice the majority of the world’s farmers rely upon.” http://bit.ly/1VVjHaj

Here is the mysterious high roller Donald Trump wants to put in charge of our food Like Trump, Charles Herbster is an unconventional business titan with political ambitions.

How Canada Became A Greenhouse Superpower It has the continent's largest cluster of greenhouses.

Scientists are about to turn on a system that converts atmospheric CO2 into fuel Scientists are about to turn on a system that converts atmospheric CO2 into fuel

10 Things You Should Have Learned In Home Ec Self-sufficiency is making a comeback.

Bee hunting is an ancient art and practiced in many cultures around the world. There is a new book on the topic by a great author. 'Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting' (2016) by Thomas D. Seeley, Biology Professor at Cornell University, well known for his reseearch on bees and the books 'Honeybee Democracy,' 'Honeybee Ecology,' and 'The Wisdom of the Hive'. Read more here http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10669.html

Plant Once, Harvest Again, and Again, and Again!... How To Grow Shiitake Mushrooms Like a Boss It's easy to grow a huge supply of these expensive superfoods for cheap...

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This is for all the vendors and customers of Farmer's Market on garrison Avenue. If you love all the produce that is available at the farmer's Market but don't always have time to shop, I have your solution.

I have a website called Arkhola Locally Grown that allow all you vendors to list all of your goods for sale and keep inventory for you as well. As a vendor, you decide what to show for sale, what price to sell it and what photos you wish to put, if any. For you buyers, you can log on, see what each producer has to offer this week, place your orders online and make one fast 5 minute stop on Friday or Saturday (to be determined what works out best for everyone) and pick up your goods.

There are no sign up fees right now for anyone, vendor or customer. We only ask a small percentage of sales to help cover software licensing, local overhead and costs. March 18 we will officially open. Here is a brief overview of how it works.

By Sunday, vendors check to make sure of their inventory and what they are offering for the following week. On Monday, all customers will receive an email of all the vendors offerings. Online orders wil be taken until Wednesday night. On Thursday, all vendors will receive an email of what has been ordered from you on the site. You have Thursday and Friday to harvest. On Friday, vendors will deliver their sold goods to one central location and that afternoon or whatever time has been established, customers can stop by and pick up their orders. Delivery can be make for a small fee of about $5.

By the first of May, we will also be promoting this site to chefs in the area and offering delivery of produce and goods to the restaurants allowing these establishments to be able to take advantage of ordering farm fresh produce and quality meats.

Visit today to sign up as a customer or a vendor and help promote locally grown foods. http://arkhola.locallygrown.net

Forestry Commission warns of beetle and fungus damage to Arkansas trees An invasive beetle and related fungus have been detected in Arkansas, and pose a threat to some Arkansas trees, according to a press release from the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

Incredible 1930’s Pharmacist Map of ‘Herbal Cures’ Released to Public Click here to view the massive, poster size version of this image…

PoultryDVM: Chicken Symptom Checker, Chicken health conditions, Chicken Symptoms PoultryDVM provides a free symptom checker for easy, quick lookup of chicken symptoms and possible conditions.

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From the VIRGINIA WORKING LANDSCAPES. The artist is Nancy Seiler.

The 27 Highly Medicinal Plants Worth Planting Medicinal uses like the crushed leaves, when rubbed on the skin, are used for: mosquito repellent, herpes, sores, gout, and insect bites. Infusion of the leaves with water are known to treat...

How To Grow 25 Pounds of Sweet Potatoes in a Bucket Sweet potatoes are becoming a popular food, so it’s about time I talk about how you can grow this plant yourself in a bucket. This article will give you every detail...

The Benefits of Hugelkultur Hugelkultur is a type of raised bed that does a fantastic job at holding moisture, allowing fertility, maximizing space and... well, I guess the list goes on and on! With this post, learn more about the practice of hugelkultur gardening and the many benefits that come with it...

This Little W**d is one of the Most Useful Medicines on the Planet You’ve stepped on it, ignored it, and tried to eradicate it from your lawn. However, this innocuous little w**d is one of the most useful medicines on the planet, just begging to be harvested.Plantain has often been the go-to remedy for hikers plagued by mosquitos. Because it draws toxins from the b…

Seed Swap in the Ozarks - Feature Length Documentary Seed Swap follows Dr. Campbell, an anthropologist living in the Ozarks, as he helps to organize a seed swap to be held March 1st 2008 in Mountain View, Arkan...

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Wonderful idea....I wish I could :)

Agrihoods: Emerging Self-Sustainable Communities Something I have always dreamed about has become a reality. It is called an agrihood, a residential neighborhood with a farm at the center—not a golf course, club house or pool, but something really sensible: fresh, organic food!