Articles from the Missouri Conservationist and Other Sources
- Create a Songbird Station
- Songbirds are fun to watch year-round. Native flowers, grasses, trees and shrubs provide the perfect food and cover for our feathered friends.
- Establishing A Buffalo Grass Lawn
- Buffalo grass can be a water and labor saving alternataive to traditional bluegrass and fescue lawns. This article gives you the basic information you need to get a buffalo grass lawn started.
- Buffalo Grass – The No-Mow Freedom Lawn
- Instead of fighting a weekend war with your landscape, liberate yourself with a low growing, no-mow buffalo grass lawn!
- Go Native, Grow Native! on Arbor Day
- Missouri has many native trees that are excellent choices for home landscapes. For example, our native green hawthorn (Crataegus viridis), is attractive year-round and provides food, cover and nest sites for songbirds.
- Native Plants Stand Up to the Dog Days
- Just as some people wilt in the sun and others relish heat, so it is with plants. At this time of year, what we really want are plants that shine in the garden -- plants that wow the neighbors and make us look like gardening geniuses. What better choice than natives?
