Plants

If you've seen this plant next to Missouri roads turn red, you're not alone.

It smells like either death, rotting fish, sweaty socks or a combination of all three.

You might have some of this around your family and not even know it.

I have been fortunate to have had many dogs in my lifetime in Missouri. I also have no green thumb skills whatsoever and it's probably better that way as I've learned there are many common plants people keep in their homes in the Show Me State that are harmful to animals.

It first closed because of a product recall reportedly, but now this Illinois plant will close forever which means 500 workers will sadly lose their jobs.

I see things and sometimes I wonder about those things. This is a great example. I drive through northeast Missouri every single day and I wondered why so many fields are suddenly purple? I thought it was lavender, but I was very wrong.

There are certain warning signs of Spring that you might have trouble. One is to see a tree in Missouri that is oozing sap. That could be a sign that a vicious invasive insect is present and causing issues for the ecosystem that could have bad consequences for much more than just the trees in your neighborhood.

The last time I checked, plants were not allowed to explode. That's one reason why I'm highly concerned about a report that says Missouri is being invaded by an invasive plant that's being described as a "time bomb".

Do you have a feeling that something is wrong with Missouri's weather? A sense that something is just...off. If that's the case, you're not alone and you're not necessarily wrong. There's evidence that plants are growing about 20 days ahead of schedule.

It's not unusual to see sunflowers in Illinois, but it's definitely not normal to see one this massive. A man in Illinois just shared video of a sunflower that is so enormous, it's bigger than his own head.