5 On Your Side sat down with Rolling Ridge Nursery to get the info on planting in Missouri and Illinois this time of year. Credit: KSDK. Hanging basket with a strawberry plant inside.

Native plant species are better adapted for our environment, great food for bees and butterflies, and available to purchase at nurseries and plant shops across the Kansas City region. Can you dig?

Farmers in west-central Missouri are planting at a rapid pace, with most already finished with corn and now moving to soybeans. The historic planting pace is also catching the attention of USDA-NASS.

Keep the planting site well-watered over winter, unless the ground is frozen. Root stimulators can be added at planting and also in the spring. I am new to Missouri, but want to plant peach trees.

Keep the planting site well-watered over winter, unless the ground is frozen. Root stimulators can be added at planting and also in the spring. I am new to Missouri, but want to plant peach trees.

MERCER, Mo. — The search for dry-enough fields was on in north-central Missouri during the first full week of May. After some off-and-on rains, a week of dry, warmer weather ...

MERCER, Mo. — The search for dry-enough fields was on in north-central Missouri during the first full week of May. After some off-and-on rains, a week of dry, warmer weather ...

MERCER, Mo. — The search for dry-enough fields was on in north-central Missouri during the first full week of May. After some off-and-on rains, a week of dry, warmer weather ...