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Community Connection – Gentilly Garden Group

October 15, 2017 By Mia Rodriguez

Community Connection – Gentilly Garden Group

Lately we’ve been working on connecting neighborhood gardeners with each other to form local garden groups. By looking at a neighborhood and seeing where we’ve installed gardens, we can reach out to gardeners living close by each other and ask if they would like to be connected. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental Education, Stormwater Management

Fall Transitioning

September 21, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

Fall Transitioning

GREEN LIGHT NEW ORLEANS | BACKYARD GARDEN FOR GARDENING QUESTIONS, CALL US! 504-324-2429 How to transition your garden from Summer to Fall 1. Remove the old, dying plants from your summer garden. This will prevent disease and help with pest control. Remove all weeds, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental Education, Food, Garden Troubleshooting, Green Light Gardener, September, Teaching Garden, Vegetables

This Week’s Planting – 9/11/17

September 11, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

This Week’s Planting – 9/11/17

Backyard Gardener, We visited with Jim Mizell at the Crescent City Farmer's Market in Uptown Square and he gave some suggestions on what would be good to plant this week. He will be at the market Tuesday, Sept. 12th from 9am-1pm with seedlings of the following plants, or you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental Education, Food, Green Light Gardener, September Tagged With: garden, greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, Sustainable Home, urban farming

Garden Troubleshooting: Red Ants

April 20, 2017 By Mia Rodriguez

How to get rid of red ants? There are a few common ways to deal with red ants. First, you can pour boiling water and/or white vinegar on the ant hill. Another method is to dehydrate the ants. The easiest way to do that is cover the ant hill with uncooked rice. The rice will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental Education, Food, Garden Troubleshooting, Green Light Gardener, Green Light New Orleans, Teaching Garden, Vegetables

Uncertainty in Science–It’s Effects on Public Opinion

October 15, 2015 By greenlightintern

As an environment and film studies student at Loyola University, I have had an amazing opportunity to learn about the communication of environmental issues. I find myself talking about and observing the ways people around me approach environmental issues. With my peers and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental Education Tagged With: ClimateChange, environment, GreenLightNewOrleans

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