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GUEST VIEW: Possum Scratch Christmas Pageant, Christmas Eve, 1917
(Faded clipping from the Sucker Ditch Sentinel, December 29, 1917) The roads were wet and frozen on Christmas ... Read more
Archive for fruit farming
Business
Favorable weather produces good quality watermelons
Watermelon production in Mississippi is off to a good start in the early days of harvest season. ... Read more
Outdoors
BRAD DYE: Proper pond management — put in the work, but don’t forget the fun
One of the first projects I undertook when we made the move to the farm in 2020 was ... Read more
Business
Survey, conference aims to help passion fruit industry
RAYMOND, Miss. — The U.S. passion fruit industry is small, but a team of researchers want to ... Read more
Lifestyles
Prune citrus each spring to keep them producing
I spent time outside this weekend enjoying my landscape and garden and trying to get caught up with ... Read more
Lifestyles
Be thankful for garden’s beauty and performance
This Thanksgiving week, I’m recovering from a particularly nasty infection in my leg. I’m not looking for sympathy, ... Read more
Lifestyles
With extra care, gardeners can enjoy Barbados cherry
One of the fun gardening activities I enjoy living on the Gulf Coast is collecting and growing interesting ... Read more
Business
Pecans slightly behind schedule but promising
Harvest is slightly behind schedule for Mississippi’s pecan crop due to a cold, wet spring and early ... Read more
Business
Weather ruins most of state’s watermelon crop
RAYMOND — One month ago, watermelon production in southeast Mississippi was on track. Now, growers there have lost ... Read more
Lifestyles
Avocados can produce in Mississippi gardens
Here’s a little ditty ‘bout Joey and Lila: two cold-hardy avocados growing up in the heartland. Lila was ... Read more