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Super Mom Checklist: Don't leave home without this stuff!
Baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, cheerleading, football, dance, karate...where do we find the time? Attention, Super Moms! Be prepared for everything - you won’t always be able to leave the...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Little Ruby alternanthera (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Joseph’s coat provides colorful foliage; Little Ruby variety named Super Plant
Joseph’s coat, which includes several species of Alternanthera, is one of those old garden plants that is becoming new again. These are foliage plants for the landscape. As the story in the Bible r...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter program provides outlet for military kids
Before the LSU AgCenter’s Operation Military Kids program began, Louisiana children who were not connected to a military base felt detached and alone, but this is changing, according to Christina L...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Serena angelonia (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Angelonias offer good landscape performance
Gardeners have long desired flowers that are low maintenance in their landscape. But they also want these flowers to last spring through fall. Actually, it’s possible to select plants that will per...
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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If you try to make your plate look like this, you're on your way to a healthier lifestyle. (IMAGE/LSUAgCenter)
Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day
"Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day" was the theme for the 2013 March National Nutrition Month, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association). To do ...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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TradeWinds hibiscus (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Tropical hibiscuses add to spring, summer landscapes
In Louisiana, we are ideally located to grow many plants that are adapted to more tropical and semi-tropical climates. This is especially true south of Interstate 10 and Interstate 12. Even for tho...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vegetable gardens can provide a bountiful harvest throughout the year in Louisiana. (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
It’s time to plant spring vegetables
Louisiana gardeners begin to plant spring and early summer vegetables this month. Watch the last freeze date in your area and be prepared to cover or protect tender plants in case of an unusually l...
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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J.H. Campbell, Jr. is the President/CEO of Associated Grocers, Inc. in Baton Rouge. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Easter and Passover: God’s presence
Societies around the world are embracing  “secularism” since they are encouraging their peoples to be indifferent to , or outright reject, religion or religious considerations. We are never surpris...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Francis Meilland rose in full bloom
Final All-America Rose winner; new trials will include AgCenter garden
March is the time when home gardeners get seriously engaged in planting and enjoying the spring season. Many gardeners continue to use roses in landscapes across Louisiana. In addition to the popul...
Mar 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter meat processors Manuel “Boo” Persica and Cole Gregorie demonstrate sausage-making techniques using meat from feral pigs at the wildlife field day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station near Clinton on March 16. (PHOTO/Johnny Morgan)
Feral hogs, deer disease topics of field day
How best to deal with feral hogs and an overview of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) problem in white-tailed deer were featured at the LSU AgCenter Wildlife Field Day at the Bob R. Jones-Idl...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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(PHOTO/Melinda Myers)
Five easy steps to low maintenance eco-friendly landscape
Gardening expert provides plan to transform your landscape
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Suicide is second leading cause of death for college students
Yet too few seek help
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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