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Sustainable Landscape: Liriope – a popular ground cover
Ground covers are very popular landscape plants in Louisiana. The percentage of all ornamental plants sold in the state in the ground cover category is much higher than in other southern states....
Feb 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President’s Column: A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
While most Louisiana farmers are taking a well-deserved break from the 2011 crop year, they know the 2012 planting season looms just around the corner. Once again farmers across Louisiana will ne...
Feb 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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“How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm & Other Adventures in Parenting Around the World” by Mei-Ling Hopgood c.2011, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $15.95 / $18.95 Canada 304 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm ’
Just about two hours. That’s all you figured it would take to do the few errands you had, maybe less. So you packed the car accordingly: car seat, stroller, diaper bag with extra nappies, a ...
Feb 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Prune trees, shrubs carefully
By LSU AgCenter Horticulturists Dan Gill, Kyle Huffstickler and Allen Owings
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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“MWF Seeking BFF” by Rachel Bertsche c.2012, Ballantine Books $15.00 / $17.00 Canada 384 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘MWF Seeking BFF’
There’s an impressive number of friends on your Facebook page. Nearly all your high school classmates are there. You’ve friended everybody at your current, last, and one-before jobs. All your co...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President’s Column: A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
National farm policy should be rewritten to establish a program that protects farmers from catastrophic revenue losses by using a flexible combination of fiscally responsible tools. Voting delega...
Jan 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Odile Segrest, Gale LuQuette, and Nikki Vidos listen as a story is being told.
A weekend well spent
I spent this past weekend participating in a Creative Community Workshop, which was put on by Community Performance International. The workshop consisted of community leaders Mayor Mark Piazza a...
Jan 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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“The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program” by Gary Small, M.D. & Gigi Vorgan c.2011, Workman Publishing $24.95 / $28.95 Canada 288 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘Alzheimer’s Prevention Program’
You forgot an important event the other day and you’re mortified, particularly because someone’s feelings were hurt but that’s not all. Lately, you’ve been forgetting a lot of things. Where you ...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Snap Into Fitness: Healthy Fast Food?
America has been called a “fast food nation” and for good reason. Everyday, one out of four Americans is in a drive-thru line. It’s fast and affordable, but not the healthiest. Eating just one...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Northwestern State Bound
The college search is complete. I was accepted into my first choice. Despite this, the process is still not complete. What comes next is another time consuming process that all college students ...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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“Creatures Here Below” by O.H. Bennet c.2011, Agate Bolden $15.00 / $17.50 Canada 272 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘Creatures Here Below’
You just don’t want to talk about it. Whatever it is, better nobody ask you because it’s a sore subject. You’re keeping your mouth shut on that topic. Don’t ask, mum’s the word, and all that. An...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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“The Magic Room” by Jeffrey Zaslow c.2012, Gotham Books $27.00 / $28.50 285 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘The Magic Room’
They were married on the kitchen floor. You remember it well, since you were the one who picked them up at day’s end. The fashion-conscious bride wore something Grandma sewed, and toilet tissue a...
Jan 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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