Moles: Digging Deep The pine needles are crunching underfoot as my mom and I weave through Mt. Zion Cemetery on a clear January day. We are photographing tombstones for Find-A-Grave, a database used by amateur historians and genealogists like my mother. She takes a special interest in rural, undocumented cemeteries and I am, as always, […]
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It’s gray and muggy outside. The trees are dropping their leaves and the days aresomehow still getting shorter. The holiday gauntlet is ramping up as presents need to bewrapped, cookies baked, and family gatherings planned. Walking my faithful dog aroundthe neighborhood always clears my head and lifts my spirits, so we hit the sidewalks. Asshe
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Skinkies!: Using Clues to Identify Last week I was talking with Beau, Louisiana Nursery’s Digital Media Manager, about what I should write about. He told me he had found a small nest with four eggs in his house and wondered what could have laid them. I was pretty sure it wasn’t a bird but reptiles
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Beautiful trees, elegant ribbons & bows, show-stopping Christmas lights… the season of giving is in full-swing! When you’re out buying gifts and checking lists, it can be easy to forget about your live Christmas greenery back home. To help you keep everything as fresh as possible throughout December, we put together a helpful Christmas Greenery
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Wild Turkeys: American Icon There’s probably no critter more closely associated with Thanksgiving in the American mind than the humble Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), a large bird native to North America. An estimated 88% of Americans eat Turkey for Thanksgiving (I grew up in a ham family myself). In 2023, Americans ate approximately 5 billion pounds
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It’s hard to imagine life in the South without Fire Ants. Whether it’s crashing your tailgate or jumpscaring you in the garden, these ubiquitous invertebrates seem inescapable. I’m sure every person reading this has at some point been stung by a fire ant. Before I start my articles, I ask friends and family what they
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New Orleans is a city with many charms and attractions, but one of my personal favorites is the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Located in City Park, the Garden is free to enter and open seven days a week. The 11-acre garden is wheelchair accessible, and a winding path takes you through gorgeously landscaped water gardens lined
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Hummingbirds: Priceless Jewels of the Garden Birdwatching can be habit-forming. If I’m near a window or outside, my eyes automatically scan for movement or color, latching onto passing butterflies and falling leaves alike. Like many birders, I am hopelessly addicted to hummingbirds. Their gem-like colors and acrobatic flight can be hypnotic. The way they seem
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Wigging Out! Earwig Fact & Fiction While gumbo may know no season, there’s something about a simmering soup in the fall; the way it invites you to stand still for an afternoon, knowing you’ll have something delicious at hand for the rest of the week. National Gumbo Day is coming up (October 12)! I’m standing
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