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Francis Meilland rose in full bloom
Final All-America Rose winner; new trials will include AgCenter garden
March is the time when home gardeners get seriously engaged in planting and enjoying the spring season. Many gardeners continue to use roses in landscapes across Louisiana. In addition to the popul...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter meat processors Manuel “Boo” Persica and Cole Gregorie demonstrate sausage-making techniques using meat from feral pigs at the wildlife field day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station near Clinton on March 16. (PHOTO/Johnny Morgan)
Feral hogs, deer disease topics of field day
How best to deal with feral hogs and an overview of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) problem in white-tailed deer were featured at the LSU AgCenter Wildlife Field Day at the Bob R. Jones-Idl...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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(PHOTO/Melinda Myers)
Five easy steps to low maintenance eco-friendly landscape
Gardening expert provides plan to transform your landscape
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suicide is second leading cause of death for college students
Yet too few seek help
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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AgMagic returns to the LSU AgCenter April 22-28
The LSU AgCenter brings the “magic” of agriculture to the Parker Coliseum April 22-28 on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. AgMagic is celebrating its 10th year as a fun and educational event where chi...
Mar 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Water lilies provide attractive flowers in water gardens. (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
It’s time to clean out aquatic gardens
I love to garden in shady areas, although I know gardeners who complain about gardening successfully in the shade. Trouble mostly occurs when sun-loving plants are planted in shady locations. When ...
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flower of the Autumn Lily Encore azalea. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Newest Encore azaleas set to debut
New varieties from the Encore azalea group are coming this spring. Many of the Encore azaleas now have improved cold hardiness (normally not a problem in Louisiana), sun tolerance and lacebug resis...
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Healthful neighborhoods support healthy lifestyles
“Are your neighbors healthy?” Karen Overstreet asks. Creating a healthful neighborhood may be the secret to your own healthy lifestyle, according to the program leader for food and consumer science...
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gray mold on tomato.
Gray mold attacking Louisiana greenhouse tomatoes
Gray mold, a fungal disease common to tomatoes grown in greenhouses, has been showing up in operations from East Feliciana to Terrebonne parishes in recent months. “This gray mold, which is caused...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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AT&T invested more than $1.2 billion in La. from 2010-12 to enhance speed, reliability, performance for customers
Expanded 4G LTE coverage, new cell sites, boosted capacity drive improved customer experience
Mar 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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This landscape design offers nice partial shade for these shrubs. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Evaluate light in your landscape
When it comes to gardening, knowing the sunlight conditions in different areas of your landscape is critical to success. If you should plant a shrub you just bought in partial shade, do you know wh...
Mar 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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EDITORIAL: The Bayou State will benefit from a beefed-up Biofuels Sector
Louisiana has been a national leader in energy for generations. Our state’s vast natural resources – including crude oil and natural gas – help power a state economy that is outperforming the natio...
Mar 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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