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Please visit the Get It Growing section of the LSU AgCenter Website for additional horticulture-related information.

Get It Growing is aimed at people who want to improve their landscapes, grow flowers and ornamentals or grow vegetables and fruit. This service includes a weekly newspaper column written by horticulturist Dan Gill, a daily (Monday through Friday) 60-second radio spot voiced by Gill, and a weekly 90-second television spot featuring Gill. The newspaper columns are sent via e-mail once a month to a subscriber list.

Read More features the newspaper columns.

See More contains the 90-second TV spots.

Hear More includes the 60-second radio spots.

P.O. Box 5438 · Covington, LA · 70434
1301 N. Florida Street · Covington, LA · 70433
Phone: (985) 875-2635 · Fax: (985) 875-2639

Soil Sampling

Procedures on taking a soil sample.

Fire Ant War

Most ants, including fire ants, help to control lawn chiggers, ticks, fleas, aphids and many other sucking insect pests.

Beneficial Bugs

Some insects are questionable as to there “good purposes on Earth", but.....

Organic Matter Matters

This article explains why organic matter may be the most important part of your garden soil and reviews soil composition in St. Tammany Parish.

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Pruning Properly

How to prune plants according to keep them healthy and to manage plant size.

Frost, Freeze, Frozen or Forget it

General tips on what to do with plants following a freeze.

Planting Tips on Avoiding Termites

As you begin to ponder where to put your new plants be cautious of creating termite habitat around your home.

Orange You Glad You Can Grow Citrus

The best time to plant citrus is January or February

The Nitty Gritty of Composting

Many people are quite capable of taking care of their garbage. Just put in the plastic bag, take it to the road and it’s gone.

Tool Time

The winter is a good time to take care of gardening tools. Keeping your gardening tools sharp, clean, and well maintained will add to your outdoor pleasure in the coming months.

More Mulch, Please!

Mulch is an important ingredient in any landscape maintenance. For December and the remaining winter season and beyond, your trees and shrubs may be asking “More mulch, please!”

Cool Time for Cole Crops

Fall is the time to plant cole crop vegetables.

What’s that Green Stuff in my Tree?

All too often I get a simple question to a complex answer. I wish it were the other way but more often it doesn’t happen that way. Like the title, “What is the green stuff in my tree?”I usually have to ask several questions to decide what the real problem is.

War on Winter Weeds

Suggestions for ways to eliminate winter weeds.

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