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Get It Growing: Get a handle on landscape maintenance
By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist
Mar 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Snap Into Fitness: Attention Daily Prescription Takers
Think of your stomach as one big test tube. Maybe you drop in a vitamin or herbal supplement each morning. Maybe a cholesterol-lowering statin or a blood pressure drug. Perhaps an infection-figh...
Mar 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get It Growing: Use insecticides only when needed
Yard and garden pest problems will become more common as we move into the warmer summer months. Some gardeners still feel that they should immediately get an insecticide and begin spraying when the...
Mar 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President’s Column: A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
The “bigger is better” trend may be on the wane, at least when it comes to beef cuts. Smaller-than-usual cuts are growing in popularity with small families, singles, shoppers on a budget and calo...
Mar 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keep your plate in shape for March nutrition month
“Get Your Plate in Shape” is the theme for the annual March National Nutrition Month, which is sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The “plate” refers to the U.S. Department of Ag...
Mar 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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“The End of Illness” by David B. Agus, MD c.2012, Free Press $26.00 / $29.99 Canada 336 pages, includes index
The Bookworm Sez: ‘End of Illness’
The picture truly surprised you. You must’ve been 15 when it was taken, maybe a little older. You were smiling at something (you can’t remember what), the sun was shining on your face and you loo...
Mar 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get It Growing: Ground covers have many advantages
By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Lawns have their purpose in the landscape. They create a restful contrast to flowerbeds and other elements in the landscape. Lawns are also often needed f...
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, left, addresses more than 200 people who attended the 15th annual Louisiana Network Farmer of the Year banquet. Edwards spoke fondly of his early childhood growing up on his family's farm near Marksville. He predicted gasoline would top $4 a gallon before the end of the year. Also shown, left to right, are Louisiana Network Farm Director Don Molino, Laura Molino and Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain. Photo by Sam Irwin.
The President’s Column: A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
Calvin Hank Rabb Jr., a fourth generation cotton and grain farmer from Tensas Parish, was named the Louisiana Network’s farmer of the year for 2012. Rabb accepted the award from LN Farm Director ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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“They Stood Alone! 25 Men and Women Who Made a Difference” by Sandra McLeod Humphrey c.2011, Prometheus Books $14.00/ $16.50 Canada 176 pages
The Bookworm Sez: ‘They Stood Alone!’
It was dark when you went to bed last night, and clear enough to see the stars. And after looking at them awhile, you got into bed, your homework finished. You grabbed a book to read before you we...
Feb 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Snap Into Fitness- Snap Spotlight: Jessica Dunn
After a brief battle with thyroid cancer, and the continuing battle of low energy due to the removal of her thyroid, Jessica relies on a consistent exercise regimen to keep her energy level up and...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Someone to lean on: small ways to make a difference
Recently, I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of rushing water and flooding on the first floor of my condo. Shocked and overwhelmed, I asked my neighbor for help even though I didn’t...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President’s Column: A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
February is just about over and it may already be over for the new farm bill, according to one Louisiana Congressman. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, said because of election year politics, i...
Feb 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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