http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress getting a little dirty in the big easy... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:43:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery] On Saturday afternoon I had to make deliveries for work in Boutte, LA. Afterward, I stopped at this great shop on Highway 90 called Maison Decor. They sell a lot of gifts, home decor items, garden art and MEXICAN POTTERY (oodles of it, which is what made me stop in the first place). Ok, I guess I ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=790 A couple of months ago, Sammy convinced the garden center at a local big box store that these two Vanda orchids were dying after they finished flowering and ended up getting them for $3 a piece for me. Score, what a deal! I have never owned Vanda orchids before, but I ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=417 Landscape blunders? Maybe I just have OCD, you decide... Starbucks Ok, I have professed my love for Starbucks before. I go there too much a lot and the lattes are still awesome but the oleander in the drive-thru, not so much. I guess the landscaper designer didn't know how big oleander would actually get or ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=748 I really restrained myself from going buck wild at the Fall Garden Show at the Botanical Garden in New Orleans last weekend and only bought the things I couldn't live without... here are the goodies: Tillandsia tectorum I saw this mounted bromeliad at the Funny Farm Bromeliads booth right when we got ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=713 My mom and I went to the Fall Garden Show at the New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park on Saturday. Wow... I haven't been to the Botanical Garden since Hurricane Katrina and was shocked at how far along they are in the garden restoration, it is beautiful! We couldn't ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=619 My YaYa, ahhh my little garden helper. Whenever I am out in the garden, or anywhere for that matter... one of my pomeranians, YaYa is my shadow. I got him about 5 years ago from a local breeder for free who contacted me because she believed at the time that ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=358 My mom was a licensed horticulturist so I kinda grew up in Angelle's Nursery where she worked. I have fond childhood memories of playing hide and seek in the greenhouse there... I loved the smell of the earth and the way the temperature changed within all of the vegetation. I even remember ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=570 A couple of months ago I upgraded my cell phone and picked up one of those LaptopConnect wireless data cards for my laptop through AT&T. It just so happened that both of my AT&T rebate debit cards came today, totalling $200! Being that I am a good consumer, I couldn't think of anything ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=547 I was reading InsideOut and came across these gardening articles that I thought were interesting: In New Orleans' Vietnamese community of Village de l'Est, gardening is a way of life My childhood home was in eastern New Orleans about five miles away from Village de l'Est, but I haven't been that way in a long ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=544 Ahhh... what a beautiful day. I love this time of year when it starts to cool off a bit. The last couple of days it has been in the low 80s and breezy, not as humid. I have been working a lot lately and haven't had time to get in ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=466 I drive through Hammond, LA once a week for work and always stop at this great open air market called Berry Town Produce. I came across this place about a year ago and it really is a diamond in the rough. If you are ever in the area, you must stop in. This is why it is awesome.... They ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=254 I was procrastinating a minute ago and looking at the LSUAgCenter's website and came across these free gardening publications in pdf format, if anyone is interested. I only highlighted a couple below, but they have many other gardening publications available. A Guide to Louisiana Friendly Landscaping (Louisiana Yards & Neighborhoods) Enjoying Ornamental Ponds in ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=377 I was looking at the calendar of events on the New Orleans Botanical Garden's website and came across the following show and sales coming in October 2008: New Orleans Botanical Garden's Plant Sale Location: New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park, New Orleans, LA Dates: October 11, 2008 (Saturday) Time: 9AM - 12PM Admission to the ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=367             Attention bromeliad lovers!  The Bromeliad Society International's World Conference will be held at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, LA in 2010. I know this a looong time from now, but I just realized it and I guess I am a "bromeliad nerdo" because I am way excited that they chose ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=348 Well, it looks like we are feeling some of the effects of Hurricane Ike's feeder bands right now... we just lost power and Entergy is estimating it will be restored in the next 6 to 8 hours. Damn, this sucks... again. I am on my laptop's battery power and switched to ... http://nawlinsgarden.com/wordpress/?p=327