Tips for planting fall vegetables
Fri, 07/24/2020 - 8:51am
Tending to backyard vegetable gardens can fill many hours of downtime in the great outdoors.
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Weeding, pruning and other garden chores can provide physical activity as well as improve the landscape for people of all ages.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
Get It Growing: Gardening is a good mental, physical distraction
Mon, 03/30/2020 - 10:09am
All things seem to revolve around the coronavirus outbreak. Things feel uncertain, surreal and downright scary.
Texas home gardener makes mark in oil patch
Thu, 11/14/2019 - 7:15am
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Emmy Ulmschneider grows dwarf pomegranates, olives, almonds, artichokes, black-eyed peas, bananas and more than 40 other edible plants.
Garden shows scheduled across Louisiana
Mon, 02/11/2019 - 10:38am
BATON ROUGE — As the weather begins to warm up, Louisiana gardeners are preparing for spring. And many are anticipating that first opportunity to begin work in their gardens and flower beds.
Seeds may be planted thickly into plastic flats, trays, pots or other handy containers for later transplanting. Containers should be clean and sturdy, have drainage holes and fit into the space available for growing the young plants.
—LSU AgCenter/Johnny Morgan Photo
Get it Growing: Start plants from seeds
Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:47am
At some point, many gardeners discover seed catalogs offer a much greater selection of annual flowers and vegetables than can be found at the local nursery.