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Aug — Oct 2014 Volume 5, Issue 3
Back To School Edition
Welcome to the Club!!!
2014 Greauxing Gardens Workshop
On July 9th, an enthusiastic group of teachers from eleven schools and a few
county agents and master gardeners attended the “Greauxing Gardens” work-shop
at the Burden Museum and Gar-dens
in Baton Rouge. The attendees
learned everything they needed to
begin their journey of growing a suc-cessful
school garden. Participants
learned how to assemble raised
beds, why school gardens are im-portant
and the impact they have on
the students, as well as how to grow
seasonal crops, how to properly start
transplants from seed and direct
seeding, and insect and weed identi-fication
and management. The day
was filled with learning and hands-on demonstrations, along with a hard down
pouring of rain. The new school garden leaders loaded their cars with assorted
supplies, tools, and seeds, and headed off into the rain, eager for the sun to
come out and get things ready for the start of school!!
Sponsors
East Iberville Inc.
Albemarle Corporation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Pennington Family Foundation Participating Schools
Villa Del Rey (EBR)
Central Middle School (EBR)
MSA East (Iberville)
Fenton Elementary (Jefferson Davis)
Dept. of Juvenile Services (EBR)
Bains Elementary (West Feliciana)
Einstein Charter (Orleans)
Alice M. Harte Charter (Orleans)
Martin Luther King Charter Academy (EBR)
East Iberville (Iberville)
Bains Lower Elementary (West Feliciana)
Inside this issue:
Greauxing Gardens 1
Things to Plant 2
Plant of the Quarter 2
The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly
2
Figs of Louisiana 3
Book Review 3
God’s Little Angel
CDC Garden
4

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Vegetables to Plant
August
Direct seed: snap, lima, and butter beans,
beets, collard greens, cucumbers, lettuce,
mustard greens, okra, shallots, and turnips.
Start seeds of: broccoli, Brussels sprouts,
cabbage and Chinese cabbage
Transplant: cauliflower and tomatoes
September
Direct seed: beets, broccoli and cauliflower
(early in the month), carrots, collards,
English and snow peas, kale, kohlrabi, leek,
lettuce, mustard, onion, radish, snap beans,
Swiss chard, and turnips.
Start seeds of: Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
and Chinese cabbage.
October
Direct Seed: beets, carrots, celery, collards,
kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, leeks, mustard,
onions, parsnips, radishes, Swiss Chard
Start seeds of: Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
Chinese cabbage
Transplant: broccoli, cauliflower, Chinese
cabbage, garlic (toes), shallots
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly!!!
Most of you know this bug as a fly
(Order Diptera) or bug (Order Hemiptera),
but the firefly or lightning bug is a
type of beetle (Order Coleoptera).
Plant of the Quarter
Watermelon Radish Raphanus sativus
 Heirloom variety
of daikon radishes
 originated in China
where it is
called shinrimei.
 Roseheart Radish" or
"Red Meat Radish".
 Looks like a watermel-on,
but is mild in flavor, with may be a hint of
pepper
 Range in size from golf
balls to soft balls
 Can be eaten raw,
cooked, or in salads or rel-ishes
 Like most radishes, wa-termelon
radishes are best
grown in the cooler months
and are ready in about 60
days
Fireflies are not as abundant as they
once were. To find out more, check
out these websites:
http://www.firefly.org
https://legacy.mos.org/fireflywatch/
 Fireflies are mainly carnivorous
 Larvae eat small insects, like scale and
aphids, as well as worms and snails
 Some species of female adults eat adult
males of other species
 Firefly habitat is usually warm, humid,
and forested, near wet, marshy areas
 Photurinae is the subfamily of lightning
bugs found in North America

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LSU AgCenter
Growing Gardens!
Kathryn “Kiki” Fontenot, PhD
FIGS OF LOUISIANA
Book Review
155 JC Miller Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
William B. Richardson,
LSU Vice President for
Agriculture
Louisiana State University
Agricultural Center
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
LSU College of Agriculture
The LSU AgCenter is a statewide campus of the
LSU System and provides equal opportunities
Visit us on the Web!
www.lsuagcenter.com
Jacks Garden by Henry Cole Published by Greenwillow Books, New York ISBN 0-688-13501-3
This book is appropriate for Pre-K through lower elementary grades
Welcome back to school and welcome back to the garden! Fall is a great time to grow vegetables and flowers in
Louisiana. While you are planting and maintaining your garden, don’t forget to enjoy it also! Use the garden as a
reading space for students of all ages.
Jack’s Garden by Henry Cole is a wonderfully illustrated book that transports the reader through time in the gar-den
from soil preparation to full bloom. Paging through the book, many things are happening. Soil is being worked
and earthworms and other critters are seen, seeds start to sprout and insects begin to appear, later buds and flow-ers
form and birds begin to chase the insects and other critters in the garden. Read this story to younger students
prior to planting the garden. Engage students in conversation about the many things that will occur as their own
school garden grows. Have student’s journal the weekly or monthly activities occurring in their garden… what
kinds of plants are growing, do they see any insects or animals, describe the
weather and how it affects the garden, describe the blooms and the pro-duce,
how do the vegetables taste, who will they share them with? You might
even encourage students to draw a picture of the garden on the first day of
school, the day before Christmas break and again on the last day of school! It’s
amazing the changes both the students and the garden will go through this
year!
We are looking forward to sharing our garden ideas with you and hearing all
about your gardens as well!
http://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Growing_Fall_Vegetables_in_South_Carolina

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Lettuce Grow Garden Workshop
The LSU AgCenter recently partnered with Volunteers of America
Greater Baton Rouge - Partnerships in Child Care to host a school
garden workshop for child care centers. The teachers and the center’s directors attended a one day workshop at
Burden Museum and Gardens. The educators learned about growing and maintaining vegetable gardens as well
as how to incorporate the garden into their regular curriculum. Participating students in these gardens are 2-5
years old. We’ve already had feedback from schools on how great their gardens are growing. God’s Lil Angels
Child Development Center located in Baton Rouge, La has built and constructed their garden and is already
harvesting corn, squash, flowers and more! This is proof that you are never too young to grow a garden or en-joy
the fresh produce from it!