Lifestyle

Spring signals return to garden and its bounty

Now that it’s spring, we want to get out and dig in the dirt, plant some flowers, and ...

Oxford

Master Gardeners, Oxford Garden Club continue litter clean-up effort

Lafayette County Master Gardeners and Oxford Garden Club are continuing the clean-up effort within the city. The LCMG ...

Top Home

Registration for Spring online Master Gardener class ends on Feb. 28

An online course for Master Gardener certification will be offered this spring by the Mississippi State University Extension ...

Top Home

Calling all green thumbs! Master Gardeners offer spring lecture series

The first lecture in the Lafayette County Master Gardeners spring lecture series will be presented on Thursday, Mar. ...

News

Oxford Community Market Launches 2022 Winter Market

Oxford Community Market will launch its 2022 Winter Market Season from noon-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at ...

News

EDF offers Early Bird Sale for the 5th Annual Landscaping Camp

Set your sights on the most beautiful campus in America. The Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation is rolling ...

Lifestyle

Oxford Community Market extending into winter months

Oxford Community Market concludes its season in December each year, but this year the local market is trying ...

Events

Oxford Community Market set for 2019 season

Spring is in full swing, and with it comes the season openings of farmer’s markets around the country. ...

Garden/Outdoors

Farmstead Florals brings self-serve flowers to the Square

Oxonians walking through the courtyard at the Oxford Square North building might have noticed a bright new addition ...

Garden/Outdoors

Liking the Lichen: The Moss Hunter’s secret oasis

Moss is trodden underfoot, hidden in the damp, shady parts of the forest and largely disregarded by the ...

Lifestyle Main

Community Garden provides space, food, friendships

When Elizabeth O’Donnell and her family moved back to Oxford in August 2016, the house she moved into ...

Garden/Outdoors

UM landscape guru to speak on pruning at free lecture

While winter is still in full swing, February is a good time to start pruning blooming shrubs and ...

Lifestyle

Ancient myths can find a place in modern gardens

By Gary Bachman Celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends got me thinking about traditions and beliefs, some popular ...

Lifestyle

Choose Telstar dianthus for winter, spring color

Even though the air is still warm in many parts of Mississippi, it’s time to plant annual winter ...

Lifestyle

Matrix, Cool Wave pansies highlight winter gardens

By Gary Bachman These days, I have to wear my hoodie sweatshirts and long pants for anything below ...

Lifestyle

Last-minute preparations save gardens from storms

By Gary Bachman While Hurricane Nate was obviously not in the same class as Katrina, the last hurricane ...

Garden/Outdoors

Pentas shine brightly through late summer

By Gary Bachman I’m often asked which flowering plants I think are best for our landscapes and gardens. ...

Garden/Outdoors

Master Gardener classes available

If you like the feel of dirt between your fingers, the fragrance of flowers or the taste of ...

Garden/Outdoors

Container gardening solves several problems

By Gary Bachman This year has been a challenge in my home landscape and garden. First, we have ...

Garden/Outdoors

Gomphrena beauties defy hot, humid summer weather

By Gary Bachman Last week, it was extremely hot in the trial gardens at the South Mississippi Branch ...

Garden/Outdoors

Summer citrus growth brings autumn harvest

By Gary Bachman Although we’re in the middle of a blazing hot summer, I find my gardening thoughts ...

Garden/Outdoors

Incident Management Team to tackle southern pine beetles in Mississippi

By U.S. Forest Service National Forests in Mississippi The U.S. Forest Service announced today that it has established ...

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