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...
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...
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...
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Try Swiss chard in your vegetable garden Swiss chard is a leafy vegetable that can be grown easily in Louisiana vegetable gardens during fall, winter and spring. It is reliable and very productive and should be planted more often. A cool-...
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Dan Gill/LSU AgCenter HorticulturistZachary Today.Com
March Madness Unless the unlikely happens, on March 1 the much cussed and discussed federal sequester will automatically trigger, cutting some $1.2 trillion over 10 years across the board in both defense and dis...
Proper early-season care gets roses off to a good start Home gardeners need to increase their knowledge and awareness of management practices recommended for roses in our landscapes.
Roses are one of our most popular ornamental plants. We have types of ...
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Allen Owings/LSU AgCenter horticulturistZachary Today.Com
Random Thoughts I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his -- and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a...
La. landscapes show signs of early spring Landscapes around the state are in various stages of their spring awakening, but it is still February.
“With our unusually warm January and February, we’re seeing flower buds opening and foliage gr...
The heart wants what the heart wants With Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 of this week, it seemed fitting to write about love and matters of the heart.
Love is perhaps the most fickle of all human emotions.
Who we love, why we love them an...
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