Drought has forced grasshoppers and other insects to light on anything green and lush — and that usually means something you’re growing and watering carefully. Grasshoppers have stripped the leaves off the kitchen garden thyme and cut large swaths from leaves of the citrus and apple trees on the deck.
The real problem is when they’re not eating, they’re making more grasshoppers.
We’ve been blessed with a handful of drought-breaking rains. In the last few days, we’ve received close to 4 inches of rain. The foliage almost glowed with the moisture.
Anglers and boaters love Arkansas. Greer’s Ferry Lake and Heber Springs are a magnet for those who love to do both. Here’s what the lake looked like on Aug. 7.
Sugarloaf is another landmark in the Heber Springs area. Part of the Ozark Plateau, years of erosion have left it sloped, with deck of sedimentary rock (Bloyd Shale?) at the top.
During the cold war, north-central Arkansas, like other places around the country, was home to Titan missile silos. They’re empty now. Some sites are obliterated. Some are preserved. Some are even used as homes.
While roaming through rural north-central Arkansas, we came across a signpost for Misslebase Road. ( It’s misspelled that way on the road marker, and dutifully copied by Google maps) So naturally, we had to go looking for it. We didn’t see anything from the road, but found it on Google maps.
