Lifestyle

Intensive Grazing

With the rising costs of everything involved in farming i.e.: fuel, fertilizer, chemicals, seeds, etc., one must look at ways to manage their property in a more efficient manner. One practice that offers many advantages in cost reduction of the things mentioned above is Management Intensive Grazing. We will discuss what is involved in this practice and some of its advantages.
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River Birch Tree

The river birch naturally grows along riverbanks. But as a landscape tree, it can be planted almost anywhere in the U.S. The species is valued for its relatively rapid growth, tolerance of wetness and some drought, unique curling bark, spreading limbs, and relative resistance to birch borer.
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The Place to Be

Bull Shoals Library held their annual Book, Bake and Yard Sale Festival May 26, 27 and 28 in the library annex. The festival is an important source of funding for the all-volunteer Library.
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Life and Times of a Flippin Girl

I am still trying to find some photos to go with a couple of columns I have rolling around in my mind. That, combined with an early deadline due to the holiday weekend, briefly left me wondering what I would reminisce about this week. There were several newsworthy events this past week...the primary election, graduations, and, sadly, another school shooting.
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