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Above, Oklahoma State Senator Zack Taylor (left) and Seminole State College President Lana Reynolds (right) congratulate Ryan Pitts (center) following the approval of his appointment as a Regent for Seminole State College on April 6. —Courtesy Photo

birthdays Melissa Brooks, Jeremy Douglas, Cale Eberle, William Foster, Shawna Groves, Edwina Hanks, Shawna Harjo, Krissy Helvey, Sally Hill, Lesia Jackson, Guenter Luettgens, Liberty Parsons, Marshal Phillips, Maysen Smith, Mary Soloman, Stan Symons, Joe Thomas, Caleb Ward & Sandy Wylie.

Planning a few long weekends or a vacation may have you rethinking your garden plans. Don’t let time away from home stop you from growing flowers and vegetables in containers. Irrigation systems with timers and self-watering pots are options to make container gardening and vacation care easier.

Succulents can be just what indoor or outdoor gardens need. Even though succulents are becoming more popular, there are still some people who are unaware of their attributes. By learning more about succulents, people may become devotees of these unique plants.

The cool, wet weather of recent weeks has been favorable for the Oklahoma wheat crop, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently rated as being 62% in good to excellent condition.

Do you have bad soil or perhaps you are in a temporary living arrangement and don’t want to invest in a raised bed, but still want to garden. If so, strawbale gardening maybe the solution.

Join Other OSU Extension and Oklahoma Participants in Learning How to Make Healthy Changes in Your Community Community members are preventing type 2 diabetes together with the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change intervention offered virtually by OSU Extension.

1 in 10 have played drinking games via video call over the past year during the pandemic. 76% of women say the main advantage of virtual drinking is that it’s safer than going out & mixing with others. The average drinker consumes 2.2 alcoholic drinks during a 1-hour video call.

The visually pleasing Callery pear tree, with its white flowers in the spring and colorful foliage in fall, can be more of a nuisance than a blessing, quickly overtaking pastures and grasslands. Fortunately, there are landscaping alternatives that are less environmentally disruptive.

With just three minutes to present his research on 3D printed implants, University of Oklahoma graduate student Ali Rassi has risen to the occasion.