weather
a big moth… and a beautiful day
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…
power out… again
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 my GSM connection through AT&T. [...]
birds of paradise thriving
On a lighter note… this is one of my favorite plants. It was one of my grandmother’s favorites as well and I swear this plant has bloomed year round since she passed away…
damage from Gustav
Here are some pictures of the damage to the garden after Hurricane Gustav… I have three trees that need to be removed and some superficial damage to the young oak tree.
The first victim is the crepe myrtle in the front yard at the end of the driveway. I have always had a love/hate relationship with [...]
protect our wetlands
A couple readers commented through blotanical and via email on a previous post that I made about not using cypress mulch.
Generally speaking, people that do not live in Louisiana just don’t realize how important it is to protect our wetlands. It isn’t a local issue… it is a national issue. Our wetlands serve as a natural barrier [...]
mosquitoes
DHH Urges Residents to Protect Themselves from Gustav’s Mosquitoes
The aftermath of a hurricane seems to always create a hot bed for mosquitoes… needless to say I will smell like Deet for awhile.
preparing for the worst…
This is off topic for a gardening blog, but my nerves are on end right now as I am preparing to evacuate New Orleans tenatively on Monday (Labor Day), due to the projected path of Hurricane Gustav. I just watched the local news on Bob Breck and the hurricane models are in majority that we [...]
gustav heading for nawlins?
Hurricane Gustav is currently a tropical depression near Haiti, and it will enter the gulf tomorrow and be a major hurricane when it hits the Gulf Coast over Labor Day weekend. I have a bad feeling about this. I hope for New Orleans’ sake that this hurricane moves east, but it is so hard to tell [...]
just say “no” to cypress mulch
Please stop buying cypress mulch for your garden and find a sustainable alternative. Cypress trees grow in the swamps of Louisiana and provide a ”natural” storm protection barrier as well as necessary habitat for wildlife. Most people don’t think about where their mulch comes from when they are purchasing from a mass retailer, but here are the [...]
hey y’all!
My name is Jeanne and I have lived in the New Orleans, LA area my whole life. I grew up in nurseries and garden centers because my mother was a licensed horticulturalist, so I guess “green” runs through my blood. I love gardening and have a passion for tropical plants… especially orchids and bromeliads. Through [...]
