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Stop and smell the roses this fall

If you’ve been keeping up with your roses, you took care of fertilizing and trimming them in late summer during August or, at the latest, September.

In search of a patient joker

I don’t know who Mr. Janin was. All I know about him is that he lived in St. Martin Parish in the 1850s, was a practical joker, and was a very patient man.
The evidence is in two newspaper reports.

Crotons, a tropical fall plant

Fall conjures thoughts of gorgeous landscapes dressed with the colors of the season: yellow, orange and red. During the fall holidays, there are a couple of traditional plants you may see used to create festive décor for our homes.