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When deciduous shade trees drop their leaves in the fall, most people just rake them up, put them in bags, and set them out with the trash to be…

August is a transitional time of the year in the vegetable garden. While cool season plantings begin in earnest next month, some of the more heat-tolerant…

February, March, and April are popular months to fertilize. There's some real confusion about what fertilizers are and why we use them. That confusion…

Mulching is an easy-to-do, labor-saving gardening technique that all gardeners should take advantage of.A mulch is a material, usually organic, that we…

These days we're used to the instant gratification of planting blooming bedding plants for immediate color in our landscapes.But if you want spring…

Despite the relative mildness of Louisiana winters overall, severe freezes do occur, and they can be devastating to tropical plants.All it takes is one…

The cooler weather we've been hoping for is finally here, and the forecast indicates it's here to stay.This season's welcoming temperatures encourage…

The beginning of a new year is a great time for all of us to perform a year-end review, of sorts. This holds true for gardeners. Before the chaos of…

The high temperatures we're bound to encounter can take their toll on spring and early summer vegetables. Tomatoes will set fewer flowers; snap beans will…

It could be argued that azaleas define the spring season in Louisiana. That's because for a long time the most commonly planted Azalea were the large…