Rearing carp: Dinner's in the pond

First it was fruit and veg. Then we turned our hands to keeping chickens and bees. Could the next thing be using the garden pond to grow our own edible carp? Is it time for Gordon the Goldfish to move over?

BRIEFLY: Sept. 9

See what's happening in and around Marion.

Prairie Day at Carver monument set for Sept. 11

George Washington Carver National Monument will host Prairie Day on Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Prairie Day is a celebration of life on a southwest Missouri farm during the mid-1860s and1870s. Features include horse-drawn wagon rides through the prairie with a storyteller to entertain.

This backyard harvest has gills and fins

This backyard harvest has gills and fins

Prairie Day - back to Carver's childhood

Visitors to the George Washington Carver National Monument will have the opportunity to see what it was like for young Carver to live on the prairie during the annual Prairie Day event Saturday.