Alex Dykes

Everyone around Garland County would agree that the February winter storm was historic. We dealt with record-low temperatures, high amounts of snowfall, and many consecutive hours below freezing. Those that have wished for years to have a good snowfall and cold temperatures definitely had that wish …

In the winter, we have different plants available to us that we do not have access to in the warm season months. These plants can be specific to the Christmas season or ornamentals used outside to add color. Proper care is essential to keep these plants looking their best.

The Garland County Fair will be open this year, although it will be different because of COVID-19.

This year, before adding mulch to your beds, first measure how much mulch is already there. A 2- to 4-inch layer is ideal, and provides many benefits to plants. These include weed suppression, moisture retention, and the slow addition of organic matter to the soil as the mulch decomposes. Another im…

There is a higher interest this year for vegetable gardening. Vegetable gardening offers a multitude of benefits -- you can improve your health by increasing your consumption of fresh vegetables, and increase your physical activity by digging, planting, and pulling weeds. It is a natural stress reli…

Recently in our area, we have been seeing millipedes in higher numbers. While it can be annoying, millipedes that occur in Arkansas are entirely harmless. Millipedes neither bite nor sting. They vary from less than half inch up to 3 inches in length and usually brown to blackish in color. The elonga…

Making a mid-size sedan that no one hates amounts to building a car that no one likes. There’s mileage in making something that divides rather than conquers

Camry or Accord? Back in the early 90’s, most non-enthusiasts with who admired certain small cars as long-term transportation modules would wind up at a Toyota or Honda dealer. Civic, Corolla, Camry, Accord. The majority of these blase buyers would price out their Toyonda car with nary a fleeting gl…

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In the geek world we have “Moore’s law” which states the number of transistors in ICs will double every two years. In the automotive world we have the bloat law. Every generation of a vehicle will get more powerful, heavier and physically larger than its predecessor, ultimately requiring the manufac…

When the Range Rover Sport was first introduced I didn’t much care for it. The shape wasn’t quite right, the interior was too cheap for the price tag, and for a model with “Sport” in its name, it just didn’t seem to have the thrust required even in Supercharged trim. Apparently the Landie headquarte…

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