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Heirloom tomatoes tend to be misshapen and off-color, which makes it hard to produce them for today’s market. They also tend to have a softer texture, which makes them juicier to eat but not good for shipping. (PHOTO/Linda Foster Benedict)
Heirloom tomatoes thought to taste better
The fascination with heirloom tomatoes has some backyard growers willing to give up the qualities that brought improvement to hybrid varieties in exchange for old fashioned flavor, according to LSU...
Aug 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Car repair is the most complained about service, here's how to avoid problems
The importance of oil changes:  Regularly change your oil – it’s typically an inexpensive service and takes care of a very important component of the vehicle. In addition, when the vehicle gets...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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TOPS says journaling isn’t just for students
The school year is approaching, and soon many students will be asked to write about their summer vacations or academic goals. Journaling doesn’t have to be reserved just for the classroom. Many TOP...
Aug 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Financial Education Boot Camps provide training, free resources for teachers
A Financial Education Boot Camp to train teachers to teach financial skills to high school students will be Sept. 12 in Baton Rouge and Sept. 14 in Alexandria, according to Jeanette Tucker, LSU AgC...
Aug 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calories In vs. Calories Out
If you've been sweating it out on a regular basis and the scale has barely budged-or worse, it spiked-you can likely blame an imbalance of two key weight-loss players: calories in (how much you eat...
Aug 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Milo Nickel/The Man Column
And they want to see Romney’s tax returns???
If you have any doubt about the left wing, liberal news media, carrying water for the democrats, consider the following circulating on the Internet. “The Media goes bonkers over the Dems wanting 12...
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Qis Carmine gomphrena. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
New gomphrena varieties offer more landscape options
A tough plant that will keep blooming through summer and into fall, gomphrena likes really high temperatures. Sometimes called globe amaranth, legend has it that the original planting was at the ga...
Aug 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacy Gill, editor of the Zachary Plainsman, is currently enjoying a beach vacation. (Plainsman Staff photo)
Post-vacation blues got you down?
Everyone experiences it...post-vacation blues. It's a deep funk, a return to reality that starts creeping into your psyche and your bones the last day/night of your vacation - no matter where you'v...
Jul 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Biking for Mind, Body
The annual Tour de France bike race in Europe is one of the ultimate tests of strength, endurance and tenacity. Just completing the race is a life accomplishment for most riders. But recently, sci...
Jul 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Levy talks about different soybean varieties during a field day at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Station in Alexandria. (PHOTO/Bruce Schultz)
Demonstration fields teach farmers how to improve yields
Demonstration projects across the state are showing farmers how corn and soybeans varieties perform in their area, and how different farming practices could benefit their operations. John Kruse, LS...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local 4-H, FFA youth perform well at LSU AgCenter's State Horse Show
Results released
Jul 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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White Texas Star hibiscus (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Louisiana offers abundant hibiscus options
An abundance of hibiscus varieties do well in Louisiana. Many of us are very familiar with the tropical hibiscus, called Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. These are typically not cold hardy for the majority ...
Jul 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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