Apr. 13—The community garden at Crosslines Ministries in Joplin will be showing off new life following a volunteer workday Tuesday with the Chamber Gives Back and the Ozark Gateway Master Gardeners.

Weeds, like other plants in our gardens, begin their lives as seeds. Contained within the protective outer layer of a seed is a plant in miniature, awaiting the right conditions to break free. Upon ...

A friend of mine once told me you can have a good-looking yard or a good golf game. You cannot have both. It was a profound observation. Although my golf game could stand improvement, my yard on the ...