LSU AgCenter releases home vegetable gardening publications
News Release Distributed 05/06/15
BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter has published five new information brochures on home vegetable gardening in Louisiana.
The series is a practical guide to help you have a successful home vegetable garden, said LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist Kiki Fontenot.
The Home Garden Series includes five publications, which are:
– Spring Harvest, featuring when to harvest and how to store produce from spring and summer vegetable gardens.
– Fall Harvest features when to harvest and how to store produce from fall vegetable gardens.
– Growing Transplants provides information on how to choose, plant and care for vegetable transplants for the home garden.
– Weed Management is a guide for controlling weeds in the home vegetable garden.
– Raised Beds describes the benefits and provides how-to information for constructing raised planting beds.
The harvest publications have information on determining when to harvest and how to store produce from vegetable gardens – either spring or fall.
A transplant is a small plant germinated from a seed. The transplant publication can help vegetable gardeners expand their knowledge expertise.
“Growing your own vegetable transplants is very rewarding,” Fontenot said. “By using these basic tips, a gardener will be able to grow all kinds of exciting vegetable varieties in their own backyard.”
The Home Garden Series publications are available for free downloading here.
Rick Bogren
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