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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…
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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…
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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…
Garden/Outdoors
Sharing Magnoliace’s lore
By John Arrechea My Mississippi tree book identifies Magnoliace as a family. We call one of the common…
Columnists
Old purslane has new value in summer heat
By Gary Bachman Purslane has long been regarded as a garden weed, and it’s no wonder: A single…
Columnists
Crape myrtle is must-have in all Southern gardens and lawns
By Gary Bachman There is one plant that absolutely is the flower of the South: the crape myrtle.…
Garden/Outdoors
Choose annual, perennial salvias for beauty
By Gary Bachman Home gardeners in Mississippi need colorful plants that hold up to the hot conditions we…
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