Agent: March is Nutrition Month
Mon, 03/18/2019 - 9:53am
March is National Nutrition Month. Make the most of your food dollars with these healthy, money-saving tips:
LSU AgCenter
LaHouse open house set for April 6
Fri, 03/15/2019 - 9:55am
BATON ROUGE — Visitors can discover proven ways to keep their homes cool, dry and free of destructive termites at the spring Saturday Open House at the LSU AgCenter LaHouse Home and Landscape Resou
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.
Trees planted on the southwestern and western sides of the house will shade the house from the most intense sun during the hottest part of the day.
—LSU AgCenter/Rick Bogren
Get It Growing: Select the right tree for the landscape
Tue, 01/22/2019 - 9:08am
In Louisiana, we celebrate Arbor Day each year on the third Friday in January. Arbor Day is when we take time to plant trees and appreciate the benefits that trees provide for us.