By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
May 30th, 2025
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I love debunking myths. For example, a core group of people still think Andy Griffith based his 1960s sitcom on the small town he grew up in. Not true. In fact, a producer named Sheldon Leonard came up with the show and had to pitch the idea to Griffith twice before he agreed to it. Mayberry [&he...
By Nathan Coker
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Apr 30th, 2025
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Now that spring gardens are off and running, it seems a good time to take a breather and go back to one of my favorite topics: heirloom southern apples. Last June, I told you about searching for the McMullen apple, what I consider to be North Louisiana’s lost apple. In the meantime, a few more...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Mar 28th, 2025
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VEGETABLESApril is the month to plant our favorites in the vegetable garden. Transplants of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants can all be set out early this month. And, if you wait until next month for peppers and eggplants, don’t worry. They love heat and we have a long season ahead of us. When se...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Jan 30th, 2025
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February is Black History Month. I’m all about paying tribute to the past even if that means recognizing the abomination of slavery turning out to have a profound impact on the foodways of the southern United States. That impact is felt to this day not only in our kitchens but also in our vegetable...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Jan 3rd, 2025
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Happy 2025! With a new year comes new opportunities in the garden! While we’re between seasons, there’s also time to look back on 2024’s garden “experiments” and assess and build on what worked and leave behind what didn’t. One project that continues to work incredibly well is amending sandy clay s...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Oct 31st, 2024
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Photos by Kerry Heafner, Monica Boudreaux, and LSU AgCenter. Can you believe 2024 will be gone in just two months? It’s been a frenetic but fun year and if you’re like me, you can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store for our gardens and landscapes! FIREWOODY’all, take some precautions wh...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Oct 1st, 2024
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LawnsSome considerations need to be made for ArkLaMiss lawns as they go dormant for the winter. Frist, winterizing healthy lawns in our area generally isn’t necessary. However, if you must winterize your lawn, fertilizers with relatively low available nitrogen (N) and higher potassium (K) should be ...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Sep 2nd, 2024
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Hello again, fellow Louisiana gardeners. We’re in late summer and Mother Nature sure is handing us a hot one! Certainly, we’re not in the shape we were in last year this time. No red flag warnings or statewide burn bans…yet…but by the time you read this, we really don’t know what will be happening...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Jul 31st, 2024
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We’re on the downhill side of summer now, and the days already seem a little shorter. Well, plants can detect it even if we may not notice it yet. We still have plenty of heat and humidity, though, don’t worry about that. If you’re wondering what you can plant now for brilliant color in the [&hell...
By Nathan Coker
In In the Garden
Jul 1st, 2024
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LAWNSDeep South lawns may be fertilized this month through early August with one or two pounds of actual nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. For complete fertilizers (those with all three numbers on the front of the bag with values higher than zero), this translates into about seven pounds of 13-13-13 or...
