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This Week in Gardening & Nature

2 years 7 months ago
Thru February 26 Orchid Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets February Gardening Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden. Now is the time to sow larkspur, sweet pea, snapdragon, Shirley poppy seeds! Seed St. Louis Seed Starting Class on YouTube Start cauliflower, chard, collards, kale, kohlrabi, parsley seeds indoors this week. Plan … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →
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'Smoke Visible For Miles': Missouri DNR Conducts Controlled Burn Sunday Afternoon

2 years 7 months ago
CONFLUENCE STATE PARK, Mo. - A controlled burn is going on Sunday afternoon at the Confluence State Park at Red School Road and Riverland’s Way in West Alton, Mo., by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources crew. Richard Pender, chief of the Rivers Pointe Fire Protection District, commented about the controlled burn Sunday afternoon. He said his group of firefighters was placed on standby during the burn. He also said conditions must have been just suitable for the burn with the humidity, dampness, etc. "The Missouri Department of Natural Resources often conducts controlled burns at this time of year before spring occurs," he added. “The burn today will be 1,000 acres. Smoke will be seen for miles. There are no exposures.” Melissa Erker, a spokesperson for Phillips 66, said she had received some calls about the heavy smoke in the air, but responded with the following: “I don’t know if it is a controlled burn or something else but that wind is coming

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Missouri named one of the worst states to drive

2 years 7 months ago
Researchers then broke those qualifications down into things like average gas prices, the share of rush-hour traffic congestion, number of days with precipitation, road quality, traffic fatality rate, car theft rate, and auto-repair shops per capita.
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