more... > Parishes > Ascension > Agriculture & Horticulture > Horticulture Hints -- Summer 2009 Planting Hummingbird Gardens, Reducing Summer Pest Problems, Guidelines for Using Color, Longer Life for Cut Flowers, Checklist for Summer, Turfgrass, Pecans, Growing Strawberries and Vegetables to Plant in June, July and August Louisiana Suggested Chemical Weed Management Guide [Image: weed management guide] This guide includes helpful information on herbicides and weed control with detailed suggestions for aquatics, commercial nursery stock, field crops, forestry, fruit crops, home gardens, lawns and many other Louisiana crops. It includes information on different types of herbicide registrations, as well as information on herbicide labels and restricted uses. Also included are sprayer calibration techniques, suggestions for reducing herbicide drift and a guide to proper spray tip selection. Louisiana Fisheries Resources and Publications Louisiana Fisheries Web site listing resources and publications, including newsletters and magazines. Louisiana Sea Grant Sea Grant Extension Project Faculty and Agents  more articles... Louisiana Fisheries Web site Sea Grant Extension Project Faculty and Agents. 2008 Senior and Junior Vegetable Garden Contest [Image: Garden Picture] 2008 Ascension Parish Garden Contest winners. Bug Biz: Removing Bees from Walls [Image: bees] The process of removing honeybees from walls in a house is complex. Most people think they only have to spray and kill the bees. This would be effective if they were yellow jackets or hornets or even bumblebees. Honeybees, however,require a more demanding process. Have We Got News for You!! [Image: Newsletters] Follow this link to access up-to-date, research based information through LSU AgCenter newsletters.including Horticulture Hints, Lagniappe (Fisheries), Master Gardener, Nursery & Landscape Notes, Nutrition News, Sweet Potato News, and Wildlife News Pest Alert Notice ... Citrus Greening [Image: Adult Insect] Describes symptoms, pest and instructions to follow if a homeowner discovers the Asian citrus psyllid, which is most closely associated with the spread of citrus greening. If the pest is found, the quarantine prevents citrus producers from selling anywhere except to other infected parishes. Louisiana Insect Pest Management Guide [Image: Pest Management Guide] This 2009 guide was compiled by LSU AgCenter experts and includes regulations, precautions and suggestions for pest control in Louisiana. Detailed topics include drift of pesticides, hazards of pesticides to beneficial insects and wildlife, phytotoxicity and using beneficial insects to control pest populations. A section on organic gardening also is included. Plant Disease Management Guide [Image: disease guide] This guide for 2009 contains suggestions for management of the most important or more prevalent diseases of Louisiana plants. It includes information on fungicides, bactericides and nematicides, as well as safety precautions for using them.