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Feb 26, 2025 | showme.missouri.edu | Linda Geist

By Linda Geist Feb. 26, 2025Gardeners in search of hap-pea-ness are in luck. The National Garden Bureau has declared 2025 the Year of the Pea. Few vegetables match the culinary delight of peas fresh from the garden, David Trinklein, University of Missouri Extension horticulturist, said. When given an early start, growing peas is easy peasy. Garden pea is a cool season crop that tolerates light frosts and can germinate in relatively cool soils.

Feb 25, 2025 | showme.missouri.edu | Austin Fitzgerald

By Austin Fitzgerald Feb. 25, 2025Contact: Sara Diedrich, [email protected] by Nate BrownLeaders from the University of Missouri and Missouri School of Journalism’s Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism have announced a $10.3 million gift from its founding donor and namesake, Jonathan Murray, BJ ’77.

Feb 22, 2025 | showme.missouri.edu | Janese Heavin

The answer to removing PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” may be in your fishbowl.

Feb 13, 2025 | showme.missouri.edu | Linda Geist

By Linda Geist Feb. 13, 2025Valentine’s Day flowers, like love, can stand the test of time if given a little TLC. Call it flor-amore. Proper care and a homemade preservative provide an extended warranty of sorts to make certain flowers last up to twice as long, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Cut flowers age when they lose more water than they take up, Trinklein said.

Jan 17, 2025 | showme.missouri.edu | Austin Fitzgerald

By Austin Fitzgerald Jan. 17, 2025Two students from the Missouri School of Journalism recently placed in the top five in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Television I — Features competition. Junior Nathan Lee secured first place, while senior Hunter Walterman claimed fifth in the prestigious program, now in its 65th year.  Both students were recognized for stories aired on KOMU-TV, the journalism school’s professional NBC-affiliate station.