Vegetables can be produced in a hydroponic system that utilizes small spaces.
—LSU AgCenter Photos/Heather Kirk-Ballard
Vertical gardens, or living walls, can be created from scrap materials and utilized to create small herb gardens.
When gardeners think of micro gardens, they may think of micro greens — but micro gardening is so much more than that.
Norfolk Island pine is not a true pine. Its symmetrical shape and soft needles make it an excellent choice as a potted, live Christmas tree.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
It can stay pretty warm here in Louisiana during the winter months, and with temperatures in the
Leaffooted bug adult
—LSU AgCenter/Raj Singh photos
Leaffooted bug nymph
Puffy fruit on a navel orange tree.
Citrus is the most popular kind of fruit grown in Louisiana. This time of year, satsumas and other types of citrus are abundant — and delicious.
Trees stop the production of green pigment chlorophyll, revealing carotenoid pigments that give way to yellow. Anthocyanin pigments are responsible for purple and maroon colors of leaves in fall. Fallen leaves can be raked and used as mulch in landscape beds and gardens or composted.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
Shorter, cooler days bring brilliant foliage color changes for many trees and shrubs in fall.
Abundant nectar produced by goldenrod attracts pollinators such as bees. Goldenrod produces strap-like leaves that help distinguish it from ragweed.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
If you are like me, you suffer from seasonal allergies — sneezing, headaches, itchy eyes and coughing, all due to pollen from local, native plants that bloom in autumn.
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