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Summer Gardening Tips From Our Garden Coordinator!

May 4, 2019 By Jessica Caines

New Orleans summers can be very intense for people and plants. Here are some tips to help you beat the heat this year: 1) Water early in the day- water will evaporate quickly as the day heats up and the sun comes out. You might want to water a little more than the rest of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Garden Troubleshooting, Teaching Garden, Uncategorized

Winter Harvesting

December 5, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

 WINTER HARVESTING ARUGULA, CILANTRO, COLLARDS, EARLY MIZUNA, KALE, LEAF LETTUCE, MUSTARD GREENS, PARSLEY, and SWISS CHARD - Cut outer leaves at the base when they are big enough to eat. Always leave at least 1/3 of plant leaves to allow plants to continue growing. BUTTER … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Harvest, Garden Troubleshooting, Green Light Gardener, Teaching Garden, Vegetables Tagged With: Environmental Education, garden, greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, Living Sustainably, urban farming

Dealing with Snails/Slugs

November 17, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

Our Fall and Winter garden beds are less prone to pests, but snails and slugs will stick with you year round, feasting on all of your precious leafy greens. Physically removing them is difficult to keep on top of since they mainly come out at night to eat. So, here are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden Troubleshooting Tagged With: greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, pests

November Planting

November 7, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

Dear Backyard Gardener, November is here and you'll want to spend this month tending to your winter vegetables- salad greens and root vegetables. Due to Louisiana's mild cool season, you can still germinate seeds and put new seedlings in the ground. This is great since you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Garden Troubleshooting, Green Light Gardener, Teaching Garden, Vegetables Tagged With: greenlightgardener, growyourown, teaching garden, urban farming

October Planting

October 4, 2017 By Amelie Desormeaux

Dear Backyard Gardener, October is here and you'll want to spend this month planting your winter vegetables as well as resowing your favorite fall roots and greens. Jim Mizell will be at the Crescent City Farmer's Market in Uptown Square most Tuesdays from 9am-1pm with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Current Harvest, Food, Garden Troubleshooting, Green Light Gardener, Herbs, Teaching Garden, Uncategorized, Vegetables Tagged With: garden, greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, Living Sustainably, teaching garden, urban farming

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