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A thriving backyard garden requires homeowners to take steps to ensure the garden has the best environment in which to grow and thrive. The right tools and components, including trowels, rakes, soil, amendments, and fertilizer, can help gardeners create beautiful spaces. It’s also important that pollinators are made to feel welcome in the garden.
Read moreThe season for fresh fruits and vegetables grown right in the backyard is upon us. Warm weather breathes life into fresh berries, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, and many other delectable fruits and vegetables.
Read moreGardening is an engaging hobby that can provide a host of benefits, some of which may surprise even the most devoted gardeners. For example, the Harvard Medical School notes that just 30 minutes of gardening activities burns 135 calories, making gardening a fun and simple way to incorporate more exercise into your daily routine. In addition, scientists have long proven that gardening releases the hormones serotonin and dopamine in the brain, each of which are associated with improved mood.
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Above, The “Super Flower Blood Moon” was visible over Seminole County late Wednesday night. A full moon, supermoon and lunar eclipse happened at the same time. The “Flower” prefix was given by Native Americans and settlers to North America. —Staff Photo by Bill Anderson
Read moreThe Seminole County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has called an election for the extension of a quarter-cent sales tax to fund emergency services in the county.
Read moreWewoka Lake has a new set of rules for watercraft operators, and officials say the changes were necessary because the lake’s shoreline has been eroding.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Congressional Delegation introduced a resolution to accurately tell the history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and recognize Oklahoma’s historically Black towns.
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