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Chef David Raines Brought New Flavors to Flora

Chef David Raines was drawn to small-town life and launched a food business in Flora, Mississippi and opened The Flora Butcher.

  • Food
  • November 15, 2022
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Woody Ornamentals Brighten the Winter Landscape

A few ornamentals can brighten the winter landscape with their beautiful flowers, interesting foliage, colorful fruits, unique shapes and textured bark.

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Fall Gardening Chores 

As the oppressive Southern summer heat eases, gardeners are preparing to move inside for winter, using this downtime to get some essential chores done.

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Keeping Perfect Pumpkins

Sometimes in the eagerness to get a gourd early in the season, the pumpkins go bad well before their season is up.

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Ornamental Peppers Spice Up the Landscape

When the temperature warms up in Mississippi, ornamental peppers spice up our gardens and landscapes. These plants thrive in the heat and humidity and produce heavy loads of beautiful fruit when other plants may be fading.

McClary’s pottery

Made in Mississippi: McCartys Pottery

Lee and Pup McCarty’s clay creations have a unique history, including a time when they created pottery in their Oxford garage and a neighbor, the famed author William Faulkner, allowed them to use a clay deposit on his property.

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Remembering the Past: WWII Efforts Supported

When the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared WWII on Japan.

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Backwoods Grind Coffee Finds Common Grounds

Based in Pearl, Backwoods Grind Coffee Co. started as a proof of concept for Standing Pine Media, a web design and branding agency co-owned by Jonathan Wilson and Zack Kile.

  • Food
  • February 17, 2022
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Lee Washington Crafts Cotton Picker Spindles Art

In a small gallery in Rolling Fork, the shelves and surfaces are crowded with metal figures of every shape and size. It’s all the work of Lee Washington’s Cotton Picker Art.

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Control Insects in Your Home Garden

Growing and eating your own vegetables is an enjoyable and rewarding experience, but it also takes a lot of planning and hard work. Unfortunately, many insects like vegetables as much as you do, and uncontrolled insect pests can rob you of the benefits of your gardening efforts.