Month: January 2013
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Mardi Gras Time!
It’s official – the Mardi Gras or Carnival season has begun here in New Orleans. As Cindy said in the earlier post, the Mardi Gras season officially kicks off with Twelfth Night or the Epiphany. All of the Christmas decorations are now put away and it is time to start the celebrations leading up to…
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Mardi Gras is on the Way
January 6 to most people is Epiphany, but in New Orleans it is Twelfth Night, the beginning of the Carnival season. We are going to be talking a lot about Mardi Gras in the next couple of weeks, so I wanted to give you some background. Although they are often used interchangeably, Carnival is a…
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Cabbage…lots of it!
Every fall I plant broccoli. It does quite well in pots on my patio – container gardening is a trade off in the city for a nicely landscaped yard. In New Orleans transplants are generally available in early October, with harvest right around Thanksgiving. I was a bit surprised to find transplants at a big…
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Happy New Year
2013 Hope everyone is having a wonderful time on this first day of 2013. I am looking forward to all that 2013 will bring. As most of the country is winding down from the holidays, New Orleans is just taking a bit of a breather to gear up for the upcoming Mardi Gras season. This…