Browsing: environment

How about starting out the new year with a resolution that you may actually keep for longer than a week – and enjoy. Here goes – resolve to pause a minute each day to pay attention to nature around you. One minute, that is it! And if you think that is too short a time, try it and you will realize just how much you can see and hear in 60 seconds.

Nature tourism has a new advocate in Jackson County

Do you know the Thousand-Legged Worm song?

Mama bird to baby bird – “Caterpillars – its what’s for supper.”

Tea from backyard plants is a change of pace.

During World War II, almost every citizen worldwide had some form of a Victory Garden to help support the war effort. Coronavirus outbreak has been compared to a war.

Make discovering nature a fun game and perhaps a good habit.

Despite the island’s sordid past (unknown to many) and prediction of eventual demise, for anyone with an access to a boat and a little time to relax the island still boasts of white sand, clear water, bountiful nature and a wonderful time.

A visitor reminds us of a special place – the Pascagoula River.

Helping native bees helps ourselves.

There are just some events in life that can never be forgotten, and that includes the news of the Deep Water Horizon BP Oil Disaster. 

Finding your very own blueberry patch.

Mississippi State faculty, staff and students commemorated Arbor Day on Friday, Feb. 7, by planting trees along Hail State Boulevard.

Roaches need a little love sometimes, right?

For residents living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, eating oysters in months that end in “R” is a tradition, except this past year when the oyster population was nearly destroyed due to the intrusion of fresh water in the Gulf of Mexico. But because oysters are such a huge hit for locals and visitors, many people have learned to garden oysters.

Trees still provide much of what we use everyday