Gardening

As beautiful as the weather forecast is for Louisiana today it might not be a good day at all to put your plants in the ground. Here's the reason.

Many Louisiana landscapes feature Crepe Myrtles and now a lot of those trees are losing their bark. Here's why that's happening.

This feature will keep you from stepping on a rake and smashing yourself in the face. The trouble is most of us aren't aware how to use that feature.

A single item that most of us have in a toolbox or junk drawer is all you need to add to your houseplants to help revitalize them and nurse them back to health.

Louisiana gardeners need to give Old Man Winter one more weekend before they start sticking new plants in the ground.

It's officially Spring! It's time to drag out the big bag of potting soil, peruse the plant nursery and bring home a wagon full of flowers! If you're as excited about spring-time weather as I am, here's a lovely list of items to help you get into the gardening mood!

Even covered plants may have been damaged in the very cold weather of this past weekend. Here's what you can do to minimize the damage and keep your beds alive until Spring.

"Landscape for Life" is a FREE gardening and landscaping course that's open to the public, taking place at Tuten Park in Lake Charles every Thursday in May.

If gardening is your thing, this new book from The First Lady could really be a treat for all book lovers and gardeners. The First Lady is set to write a book on her of passions, gardening. Obama planted her spring kitchen garden Wednesday and plans to release the book in April 2012, during President Obama's campaign for reelection...