Forests play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Photo: Hank Stelzer, University of Missouri Extension forestry state specialist)

Report: Missouri forests play role in long-term carbon storage

View from the top of an open family compost (Photo: iStock - OceanProd)

Composting at home provides free resource when done right

Neatening up the lawn in autumn or fall using a lawnmower to cut and bag the grass and dead leaves under trees alongside the road (Photo: iStock - Ozgur Coskun)

Checklist for September yard and garden tasks

Lawn in summer dormancy from heat, drought stress (Photo: K-State Research and Extension.)

Lawn Stressed? September is time for relief

A backyard garden of iris bordering a lawn. (Photo: iStock - onepony)

Iris math: Divide and multiply to add beauty

Some homeowners may choose to save on their watering bill by waiting a couple weeks later to seed cool-season grasses this year, says Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Newer grass varieties can help boost cool-season lawns this Fall

An outdoor rain gauge. (Photo: Henry Reges/CoCoRaHS HQ)

Learn how to use a rain gauge more effectively

  • By Madelynn Wuestenberg and Chris Kick │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Farmer planting young seedlings of lettuce salad in the vegetable garden (Photo: iStock - AlexRaths)

It’s time to plant salad in the fall garden