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You have dreams of a field of color mixed with gently waving grasses. It's a great dream to have and is attainable, with some planning, prep work and patience. If you are gardening in zone 8a in west central Arkansas, you will probably be dealing with clay soil. Because this is Arkansas, you will likely also have Bermuda grass. If you are starting with a plot that has been untended for a time, you will also have at least one variety of invasive weeds to deal with, so this i

Muscadines are a species of grape native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The links that we are sharing came to us from Greg Ison of Ison’s Nursery and Vineyard in Georgia. Greg and his family have been growing muscadines since 1934. With Greg’s permission we are sharing a portion of his lifetime of knowledge with you in the following videos. Enjoy! How to Plant a Muscadine Vine How To Train a Muscadine Vine to grow to the Top of the Wire How To Train Mus

Fig report 2015-2020 All figs in The Learning Fields fig trial except for a few were started from donated cuttings received from fig...

Blackberry Trial Garden Planting Site 20 ft. x 20 ft. slightly raised bed 3 rows spaced 7 feet apart Initial planting was 6 plants...

Blueberry Trial Garden Planting Site 20 ft. x 20 ft. slightly raised bed 3 rows spaced 7 feet apart 4 plants per row spaced 5...

LSU provided some of the first cuttings to start the trial. I managed to destroy many of the cuttings by following instructions from the...

As humans we learn not by our successes in life but by our mistakes or at least that has been the case for me. The original thought of a...