The Great State of Louisiana, sitting mostly below sea level, has different climates throughout each region of the state. The US Department of Agriculture has designated different plant …
Plant Spotlight: Sweet Potatoes, Murasaki and Vardaman
Let me show you how simple it is to grow sweet potatoes, by planting slips and then harvesting them. I’m going to put a spotlight on 2 varieties that I grew this summer, Vardaman and the Murasaki. I …
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Quick Spicy Pickled Urizun Japanese Winged Beans
Walking out in the garden, I noticed I needed to go ahead and harvest some of my Urizun Japanese Winged Beans before they got too big. I went ahead and harvested them and decided to make some quick …
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Plant Spotlight: Urizun Japanese Winged Bean
Join Louisiana Simple Living in this new series casting a spotlight on various really cool plants that I grow in my backyard organic raised bed garden. The first plant in the spotlight is the Urizun …
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Summer Garden Harvest and Maintenance
Now is the time to start preparing for our Fall garden by having a summer garden harvest and maintenance of our garden.. My backyard organic raised bed garden has been quite productive thus far. …
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Red Stick Farmers Market: Vendor Showcase
Join Louisiana Simple Living as we attended the Saturday morning (8:00AM to Noon) Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge. We wanted to interview and showcase some of the vendors which are …
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