Lifestyles Columnists
Gen. Honore offers advice on building a strong family unit
How can U.S. military core values be used by parents to build stronger families? That’s what Lt. General Russel Honore’ (U.S. Army, retired) explained in his keynote address to some 600 members of ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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National Home Improvement Month tips for Homeowners
While springtime was slow to arrive this year, the warmer weather is now here just in time for May’s National Home Improvement Month. With so many home projects to tackle, where do you start? Accor...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bird problems frustrate La. rice farmers
Southwest Louisiana farmers are frustrated this year with a larger-than-usual number of birds eating rice seed, causing many farmers to replant. In addition to the expense of replanting, farmers ar...
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shoal Creek vitex flowers. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Vitex provides late spring, summer flowers
One of the nicest small, flowering trees for Louisiana landscapes is the chaste tree or vitex (Vitex agnus-castus). Midspring through early summer is the main time for flowering on this increasingl...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacy Gill is the editor of the Zachary Plainsman-News. (LSN/Image)
Thank you, Zachary!
Many industries award their top performers or employees on an annual basis. Zachary schools work hard to earn the top scores in the state year after year, and for this, they have been named the #1 ...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katydid
Marsh insect numbers continue to decline after 2010 oil spill
The day after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig – April 21, 2010 – Linda Hooper-Bui, an LSU AgCenter entomologist, had a graduate student sampling insect populations in the marshes of ...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lantana Bandana Lemon Zest (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
Bandana lantanas are Louisiana Super Plants
Lantana (Lantana camara) is one of the first flowers I became aware of as a young child in Chalmette. After all, who could resist a plant so perfectly named with the common name “ham and eggs”? The...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gun Bills
By Pamela Mitchell, CAE Executive Director Louisiana Press Association Wednesday, April 17, 2013, should go down in history as the day the Second Amendment trumped the First Amendment i...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bandana Peach lantana. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Lantanas offer summer color; Bandana named Louisiana Super Plant
Lantanas continue to be one of the most popular herbaceous perennials for Louisiana landscapes. Many varieties, some old and some new, offer a multitude of growth forms and flower colors. Lantanas ...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kenny Henderson is the LHSAA Executive Director (PHOTO/LHSAA)
Director's Column: The Skinny on Social Media
Why is social media such a big part of what we do? Why has it taken over our everyday lives so quickly? These questions are not the easiest to answer. After all, many of us had no idea about social...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crawfish and Louisiana Sweet Potatoes: The Perfect Pair
Everyone knows that corn and potatoes are part of the standard crawfish boil, but have you thought to kick up the flavor by switching out regular potatoes for Louisiana sweet potatoes? Many people ...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Can’t Miss Small Space Gardening and The Lawn Guide – Midwest Series. Visit  www.melindamyers.com to learn more.
Lawn Renewal & Renovation Tips to Create a Perfect Lawn this Season
The extreme heat and drought of 2012 was hard on lawns and gardens. “Many gardeners are facing a blank slate of bare soil, masses of dead patches that were once lawn or a bit of grass interspersed ...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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