Fierce enemies often come in small packages. Armed with funds from the Alabama Legislature and support from the state s land-grant universities, experts and volunteers with the Alabama Fire Ant Management Program are working to help this fierce enemy of fire ants gain a toehold in the state. Truth is, from the standpoint of nutrition, they re no better off drinking bottled water. The state's peanut farmers are busy right now planting their 2001 crop. But farmers, particularly in the Wiregrass, would really like a good rain.
Vines are among the most versatile plants in the landscape.
They cover arbors or trellises, provide privacy on patios, add character or color to fences or walls, hide unsightly views, enhance the canopy of trees, and serve as a groundcover where turfgrass is undesirable or will not grow. Home-based businesses annually bring millions of dollars to the rural economies of the South. These are the earliest business form, and they offer rural communities the opportunity to develop local assets and keep residents in the community. That, at least, is the opinion of one nutritional expert who warns supplements are under-regulated and fraught with all sorts of risks.