News Release Distributed 05/06/15

BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter has published five new information brochures on home vegetable gardening in Louisiana.

The series is a practical guide to help you have a successful home vegetable garden, said LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist Kiki Fontenot.

The Home Garden Series includes five publications, which are:

– Spring Harvest, featuring when to harvest and how to store produce from spring and summer vegetable gardens.

– Fall Harvest features when to harvest and how to store produce from fall vegetable gardens.

– Growing Transplants provides information on how to choose, plant and care for vegetable transplants for the home garden.

– Weed Management is a guide for controlling weeds in the home vegetable garden.

– Raised Beds describes the benefits and provides how-to information for constructing raised planting beds.

The harvest publications have information on determining when to harvest and how to store produce from vegetable gardens – either spring or fall.

A transplant is a small plant germinated from a seed. The transplant publication can help vegetable gardeners expand their knowledge expertise.

“Growing your own vegetable transplants is very rewarding,” Fontenot said. “By using these basic tips, a gardener will be able to grow all kinds of exciting vegetable varieties in their own backyard.”

The Home Garden Series publications are available for free downloading here.

Rick Bogren