Agriculture
Girgenti speaks at Montpelier Pine Jan 17
The Montpelier-Pine Garden Club met on January 17th for their regular monthly meeting. The guest speaker was J. A. Girgenti, who talked about Organic Gardening. Jay spoke on using animal manure suc...
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Southeast District Junior Livestock Show announces King and Queen
The king and queen of the 2010 Southeast District Junior Livestock Show in Covington have been announced. Kylie Sharp, a 17-year-old resident of Amite and a senior at Hammond High Magnet School, is...
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Amite Ag Building chosen January Garden of Month
The Stem and Stamen Garden Club chose the LSU AgCenter Research and Extension building for their January Garden of the Month. The LSU AgCenter chose to plant Louisiana Super plants in the front of ...
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Free Crapemyrtles from Arbor Day Foundation
Residents of Louisiana can receive free crapemyrtles by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January 2012. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees For America campai...
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Redbud tree gives early flower color
Redbuds are one of our more popular early spring-flowering small trees. The most common redbud species is the Eastern redbud – Cercis canadensis –the one we primarily plant in Louisiana. Other redb...
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Wascoms receive Garden of Month from Montpelier-Pine
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wascom of Greensburg received the Garden of the Month from the Montpelier-Pine Garden Club for the month of December. The entrance of their lovely home was decorated with red a...
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Amite Rotary hears about Tangi Youth Community 4-H
The Amite Rotary Club invited Tangi Youth Community 4-H members as guests speakers at their weekly luncheon on Tuesday December 27. The members spoke about the program and all that it offers to chi...
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Preparing for Fiscal Year 2012 Loan Season
Now is a good time for producers to update their farm records and to make plans for the financing of their 2012 crops. According to James M. Shoemake, Farm Loan Manager, for the Tangipahoa/St.He...
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Hutchinsons Garden of Month December 2011
Stem and Stamen Garden Club announce the Garden Of The Month of December, Dr. Glenn and Laura Hutchinson on Walnut Street. After loosing a large water oak tree, they proceeded to landscape and plan...
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Strawberry crop coming in earlier than usual
In years past, December was not the month to say a lot about strawberries in Louisiana, but with growers planting newer varieties that produce earlier, it’s becoming the norm. LSU AgCenter area ho...
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Tangipahoa Parish Fair 4-H winners October 2011
Local school 4-H club winners at the Tangipahoa Parish Fair for 2011. photos submitted
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Tangipahoa Parish Fair livestock winners Oct 1 2011
The Tangipahoa Parish Fair Livestock Show was held at the Tangipahoa Parish Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 1, at 9:00 a.m. 35 youth exhibitors from across the parish enjoyed a fun filled day with...
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