Confederate Rose – Hibiscus Mutablis “Confederate Rose is a wonderful plant that is really unknown outside the Southeast, where it has been grown in landscapes for many — and I mean many — years. “Confederate Rose is in its prime blooming season in late summer and fall, and these plants will produce literally hundreds of…
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How to Create A Pollinator Garden in Mississippi: A Plant List
Biosystems Engineer and Native Garden Expert Nate Venarkse recommended the preceding video and he said: “if you want to stick to MS native plants with the same design, you’d need white false indigo and downy pagoda mint instead of purple false indigo and Agastache.” Nate Venarske, Facebook Post White False Indigo Purple Coneflower Butterfly Weed…
What to Do in Your Winter Garden
Six years ago, I was living in New Jersey, and if you asked me what to do in my winter garden there, I’d say: “Nothing.” Gardening was not a January thing to do in New Jersey, but in Mississippi, the issue is a bit more complex. In fact, until today, I have worked in my…
Advent Day 3 – The Terrible Lie – A Bible Story and Some Activities for the Family
Activities for Advent Day 3 Let’s Draw and Shade an Apple: God told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of one tree, but the snake tempted Eve, and she sinned. Adam followed. Most people think that the fruit they ate was an apple. Let’s Create an Apple Design Our story today does not…
Strange True Stories of Louisia by George Washington Cable – Published in 1890
by George Washington Cable Published in 1890 A Novel about a flatboat ride from New Orleans in 1795 Map of New Orleans in 1726 – Image Credit: Wikimedia A Ride on a Flatboat on the Mississippi River and into the Louisiana Bayous in 1795 – Described by George Washington Cable Although George Washington Cable wrote…
The Great South by Edward King – Published in 1875
THE GREAT SOUTH: A RECORD OF JOURNEYS IN LOUISIANA, TEXAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND. BY EDWARD KING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY J WELLS CHAMPNEY. AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. 1875. https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/king/king.html ON THE OCLAWAHA FLORIDA. Page i…