Horticulture

Three Common Lawncare Mistakes to Avoid this Summer

Scorching temperatures, elevated humidity and variable rainfall during Louisiana summers create challenging conditions for maintaining healthy lawns.

Secrets to Raised Bed Gardening

Raised bed gardening continues to grow in popularity among home gardeners and for good reason.

Sun Safety and Hydration Tips for Gardeners

Gardening often means spending long stretches outdoors, sun protection and hydration are especially important due to high humidity and summertime temperatures.

Summer (Directive) Pruning: Managing Size in Fruit Trees

For many home fruit growers, tree size becomes a challenge long before production.

Challenging Myself and My Garden with Something New: Growing Peanuts in Louisiana

When you think of spring and summer gardens in Louisiana the most popular vegetable crops that come to mind are tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons and peas.

Grow Your Own Jewelry: Job’s Tears

The concept of plants as jewelry has been around for thousands of years.

Beating the Heat: Assessing Summer Stress in the Landscape

Summertime … and the living’s easy, unless you (or your plants) are averse to the full sun or get particularly thirsty.

Vegetable Gardening in February, March and April in Louisiana

Thanks to our long growing season and mild winters, planting begins earlier here than in most of the country.

Evaluation of a Strip-cropping System Using Watermelons in a Bahiagrass Pasture (Winter 2002)

Strip cropping has long been used to reduce soil erosion when growing crops in hilly terrain. This publication includes several versions of this system, including experiments tested on Louisiana watermelon crops. (PDF format only)