Comments on: Are they gardening in New Orleans?

By: kirk aycock

kirk aycock — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:32:10 +0000

my bloodflower has exploded with small beetlelike bugs that are colorful (bright yellow/orange on black) but voracious with appetite. any idea what these are and how to treat them?

By: Gardening For Dummies

Gardening For Dummies — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:07:01 +0000

Just looking for information on maintaining the lawn and possible more extravagant things as I’m a new gardening enthusiast; Excellent activity for pastime I might add, anyway excellent, I found it insightful and informative.

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:45:55 +0000

Marc, that’s cool — thanks for passing along that info!

By: http://marcsala.blogspot.com/

http://marcsala.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:07:27 +0000

New Orleans has an edible schoolyard program up and running (http://www.esynola.org/).

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:52:07 +0000

Becks, I am going to have to get my hands on that book — definitely sounds interesting. Raised beds are a great solution.

MC, it’s a worthy watch. I’ve only seen the first two chapters, but will be watching the next two very soon.

By: MC

MC — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:12:53 +0000

Wow, that toxicity levels of the soil in New Orleans never even occurred to me. Now I think I’ll add that to my Netflix queue.

By: http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/

http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/ — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:48:45 +0000

I recently finished reading Closing the Food Gap, which really should be required reading for anyone interested in food insecurity. In it, there was a short section about groups who have been going around New Orleans re-setting up community gardens. To avoid the problems of soil contamination, they often use raised beds (just like they do in West Oakland).

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:58:01 +0000

Doctorj2u, yeah…the Feds have not really done enough to fix that problem, eh? But I’m glad to hear the soil is recovering.

By: doctorj2u

doctorj2u — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:37:54 +0000

After the flood due to the levee breaks in New Orleans there was much worry about contamination of the soil. Some people with young children left due to the concern for their health. Some people stripped and replaced their topsoil. Some planted sun flowers because it was said they reduce the arsenic in the soil. It seems nature has taken care of much of the damage. According to the LSU Extension Service things are fine with growing things. I wish I could say the same about the federal flood protection system.

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:07:01 +0000

Jan, thank you for that information and for that report — I’m going to come check out those posts about the botanical gardens, for sure. I was pondering what I would do in the same situation when I was watching last night — wondering if the simple act of reconstructing my home would be difficult enough that I would not have the energy at the end to start working on the garden…but I suppose there’s also the urgency to get things back to normal, and if normal includes gardening, well, then it’s a necessary next step.