I drove 80 miles round-trip today with a friend to visit a plant nursery many people rave about.
I found only one native plant in the entire place (my friend said she also saw swamp milkweed), and I was horrified to find them selling Winter Creeper and Burning Bush, both of which are on the list of Top Invasive Plants in Missouri. Not to mention the fact that the Burning Bush look pretty pathetic for the price they are charging.
@gladsdotter That's really a shame. Modern nurseries should mostly stock natives and be all about killing lawns and planting vegetables, fruits, or natives.
BFD in #Missouri: GOP tried to rush a constitutional change to crack down on future ballot initiatives. Anticipated an #abortion rights measure this fall.
@990000 I guess I figured out the code today. They don't mean strong as individuals. Clearly they don't know how strong gay (and so many other denigrated) people are.
It’s hard work to get ballot measures going and especially hard in a state controlled by Republicans. The organizers doing this are trying as hard as they can to protect the right to an abortion.
History professor Steve Tamari is out of the hospital after #police seriously injured him at the Washington University student #protest. According to his wife, he will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. #Missouri#freepalestine
"I live in a red state [Missouri], and I hope you will listen to my warning. Those who want to demolish democracy won’t stop with my state, or any of the other GOP-dominated states. They are rolling over our rights to get to yours.
I know you’ve heard of it, and may be sick of reading posts about it, but Project 2025 will introduce the entire nation to red-state rule if Trump is elected."
"Some will say an easy fix is to move. But, that’s my entire point. There is nowhere to move. There is not one state that won’t be impacted if we don’t stop the billionaire-inspired plans that have already been implemented in Missouri.
The answer is to stand up in every state with the backing of those of you in less regressive states. Please, stand with us."
#Christian, #Greene, #Missouri: #Tornado Warning issued April 28 at 8:41PM CDT until April 28 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO Source: NWS Springfield MO
#Cooper, #Missouri: #Tornado Warning issued April 27 at 10:51PM CDT until April 27 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
#Henry, #Johnson, #Pettis, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
#Cass, #Henry, #Johnson, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:15 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Left by the wayside is a request by the Missouri Department of Transportation to add Amtrak service from Kansas City to St. Joseph and Kansas City to southwest Missouri.
So shortsighted. Expanding/widening highways, but not funding new #Amtrak service.