Click here for the December 12, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter "Let's Get Growing." Topics covered include: Poinsettias and Christmas Tree care, gardening during the holidays, last minute gift ideas, foundation sweet potato seeds and pruning fruit trees

Check out the new Food, Family & Finance Blog. Experts from the LSU AgCenter’s Southeast Region invite you to read and discuss all things relating to food, family and finance.

Click here for the March 17, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish Let's Get Growing newsletter. Topics covered include: recommended vegetables for planting, rose and azalea care, weed control and Master Gardener application.

Click here for the Sept. 8, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Vegetables that can be planted during the month of September, insect control and rose care.

Click here for the September 2011 Washington Parish 4-H Newsletter. Find out about how to join 4-H, sign up for project clubs, enter projects in to the fair, and how to fill out your enrollment card.

Information about the 4-H Program in Washington Parish

Click here for the August 8, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter "Let's Get Growing." Topics covered include: Heat tolerant tomato varieties, pruning and planting roses, crape/crepe myrtle suckers and sooty mold.

Click here for theJuly 7, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Watermelon, Heat-tolerant vegetables and fruit care for blueberries.

This report provides information on funding sources, program highlights for the area, and local issues that are being faced by the parish through the Extension Service.

Click here for the May 18, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Crape myrtles, heat tolerant plant suggestiions, lawn care in dry conditions and galls on pecan trees.

Minutes of Advisory Council Meeting held on April 13, 2011.

Click here for the April 27, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish Let's Get Growing newsletter. Topics covered include: diseases affecting tomatoes and azalea, camellia and sasanqua plants.

Information about garden insects and how to manage them. Topics covered include: Crane Flies, Bees, Buck Moth Caterpillars, Aphids, White Flies, Lace Bug, Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Florida Wax Scale, Termites, Carpenter Bee, florida Betony, rattlesnake weed

Click here for the April 7, 2011, edition of Washington Parish Let's Get Growing. Articles include: Florida betony (rattlesnake weed) and last call for upcoming 2011 Master Gardener class.

The third week in January is observed as Arbor Day. Consider planting trees that will add some color to your landscape. The recent cold weather has taken it's toll on the citrus trees. Don't be so eager to prune back that cold damage yet. Also, now is the time to begin seeding your vegetables for spring planting.

You can begin to treat your lawn now to control the five most common weeds found in our area: Burweed/spurweed; Florida Betony/Ratlesnake Weed; Virginia Buttonweed; chamber bitter and Dollarweed.

The High School Financial Planning Program is offered statewide each summer in nine cities. On July 8, 2010, LSU AgCenter agents Valerie Vincent and Deborah Cross taught the Baton Rouge, La. session at the LSU AgCenter.

The LSU AgCenter offers a valuable Character Critters program for students. To find out how to offer the Character Critters program in your Washington Parish school, contact Valerie Vincent.

The Louisiana Department of Social Services and Family & Consumer Sciences staff of the LSU AgCenter are pleased to recognize the outstanding graduates that have completed First Step Fund’s Child Care Business Curriculum Series.

LSU AgCenter Agents Valerie Vincent and Emily Becnel have been conducting nutrition lessons weekly all summer throughout the parishes summer camps.

Educators who want to learn how to teach high school students about money management may enroll in the High School Financial Planning Program workshops. The workshops are open to high school teachers, home school parents, youth group organizers, church youth leaders and the public and are offered at no charge.

Are you ready to own a home? Home ownership may be closer than you think! Charting Your Course to Home Ownership Home Buyer Education Classes are being offered in Franklinton, La.

Okra is one of the favorite summer vegetables in the Southern diet because it grows through the hot summer months when few other fresh vegetables are available from the garden. The fresh flavor of okra can be enjoyed all winter by freezing the summer surplus. Use these freezing guidelines to enjoy okra year-round. (PDF Format Only)