Lifestyle

NCA PHOTO OF THE WEEK

August is knocking on our front door and August is a great time to plant some grass seed. Here are some favorites for you to consider if you are going to plant some grass. Bermuda grass, Centipede grass, St. Augustine grass, tall Fescue and Zoysia grass are the most popular choices for Arkansas, with Bermuda grass being the most used turfgrass.
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PETS OF THE WEEK

Have a Heart would like to introduce you to Peanut! He is an eight-week-old male Siberian Husky mix who currently weighs 8.1 pounds. Mama was a Husky mix and Daddy was a traveling man so we cannot be certain of the other breed.
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Fall Planting

What are your thoughts on Fall Planting? What do you plant? What seeds are available? What kind of ground preparation is needed? With this year’s drought conditions another factor must be figured in. These are all questions we need to be asking now because Fall Planting is upon us.
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Hot Weather Garden Woes

Poor flowering and misshapen or a lack of fruit on tomatoes, peppers and squash may be due to the weather, not your gardening skills. Temperature extremes can interfere with flowering and fruit set on these and other vegetables in your garden.
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Cooking with Mumzy!

Hello readers and friends of the Mountaineer Echo, I hope this week finds everyone in good health and happy spirits. This week has been a rough week. I had to have minor surgery and it ended up going worse that I thought.
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