Home > Our Offices > Parishes > Union Parish > Union Parish Profile 2012 [Image: Union Parish Profile 2012] This report provides information on funding sources, program highlights for the area, and local issues that are being faced by the parish through the Extension Service. Plant Blueberries Now For Edible Landscape [Image: Rafash Brew Area Horticulture Specialist for the LSU AgCenter] Information about planting blueberries for an edible landscape. Control Sticker Weed Now [Image: Rafash Brew, Area Horticulture Specialist for the LSU AgCenter] Article about controlling sticker weed in the lawn. Produce Your Own Garden Salad [Image: Rafash Brew, Area Horticulture Specialist for the LSU AgCenter] Article about producing your own garden salad.  more articles... 2011-2012 Union Parish 4-H Newsletter [Image: Image of newsletter] The Union Parish 4-H newsletters include information about current events and upcoming activities for 4-H'ers and their parents. Union Parish FCS Profile [Image: Union Parish FCS Profile] The Union Parish Family & Consumer Science profile highlights programming of the FCS programs in the parish. Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations [Image: commercial vegetable production] This publication contains recommendations for commercial production of vegetables ranging from artichokes, asparagus and beets to strawberries, tomatoes and watermelons. Among its guidelines for more than 30 different vegetables are recommended seeding rates, planting dates and varieties. It also includes information about days from planting to harvest, the approximate time from pollination to market and optimum soil temperatures for the various vegetables covered in this guidebook.