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Southern Leopard Frog, Adult body lengths range from 2 to 3.5 inches. Coloration is brownish to green with large darker green or brown spots on its back, sides, and legs.

Cotter students came to the rescue...literally. “Shelter enrichment” is today’s topic.

Create long lasting beauty and pollinator appeal in your landscape with the help of perennials. With a little bit of planning, you can have flowers, foliage and seed heads that add interest to your garden year-round.

This is the second article in a series highlighting local horticulture projects maintained by Marion County Master Gardeners. The Yellville City Sports Park, located directly off Highway 14, features a beautiful garden filled with a variety of annuals and perennials. Whether you are picnicking under the pavilion, cooling off at the Splash Pad, or walking along the paved perimeter trail, it’s hard to miss the horseshoe shaped garden that contains Butterfly Bushes, Lantana, Cala Lilies, Hostas, Clematis, Milkweed Roses and many other varieties of pollinator friendly plants.

Loyal A. Huson WW2 Submarine Veteran celebrated his 97th birthday on June 12, 2022, at Southern Meadows in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Maple trees are one of the most well-known trees, spanning across the northern hemisphere. The maple’s leaf is even featured on the Canadian flag! Maples belong to the family Aceraceae, and there are more than 128 species, making it an incredibly diverse and fascinating family of trees. According to fossil records, maple trees are quite ancient. They date back to at least 100 million years ago, if not even older. These trees were growing when dinosaurs roamed the Earth! Of course, not every species of maple tree survived from that time. But maples belonging to the family Aceraceae existed back then and still today.