Grayson Lakes February 2018

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FAT TUESDAY
FEB. 13, 2018
MARDI GRAS 1/6-2/13/18
FUN FACTS:
WOULD YOU BELIEVE?
• More than 500,000 king cakes are sold each year in New Orleans
between January 6 th and Fat Tuesday.
• The king cakes include a tiny plastic baby doll inside; the person
who finds the doll is declared “king” and must buy the next
cake or give the next party.
• The metro area’s 37,000-plus hotel rooms are traditionally
95% filled during Mardi Gras weekend.
• An economic impact study released by the University of
New Orleans estimates that Mardi Gras generates over
$840 million annually.
• The largest of about one dozen Mardi Gras supply houses in
New Orleans sells an estimated one billion pairs of beads for
a Mardi Gras season.
• The super parades of Endymion and Bacchus, feature a combined
total of 67 floats, 60 marching bands and more than 250 units.
Their 4,200 members toss more than 1.5 million cups, 2.5 million
doubloons and millions of beads.
• One of the most photographed objects in all of Mardi Gras is the
Boeuf Gras float in the Rex parade. Since the Middle Ages, the
bouef gras (fatted bull) has been the symbol of the last meat eaten
before Lent.
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GARDENING TIPS FOR FEBRUARY
FLOWERS
• Plants to set: Alyssum, Calendula,
Canterbury Bells, Carnations, Columbine,
Cornflower, Daisies, Delphinium,
Hollyhock, Larkspur, Lobelia, Nicotiana,
Pansy, Petunia, Phlox (Louisiana),
Shrimp Plant, Snapdragon, Stock and Verbena.
VEGETABLES
• Plant beets, broccoli (plants), brussel sprouts (plants), cabbage
(plants), carrots, cauliflower (plants), celery, chinese cabbage
(plants), chives collards (plants), endive, kale, lettuce (leaf and head),
mustard, onions (plants), parsley, garden peas, radishes, rutabagas,
spinach, tomato (seeds) and turnips.
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TREES AND SHRUBS
• Finish all transplanting, get everything in the ground for a good
spring spurt of growth. Transplant balled and burlap, container-grown,
bare-root deciduous evergreen trees, shrubs, roses and
vines while still dormant.
• Finish pruning roses. Weed and cultivate lightly all beds. Replenish
mulch as needed.
• Control early spring insects like thrips on glads and aphids on young
tender growth. Spray with Malathion, Diazinon or Orthene.
• At the end of February: peach, apple and pear fruit must be thinned
to insure quality production at harvest.
• Give groundcovers a haircut. They will spread faster.
• Divide daylilies, daisies and other perennials now.
12 February 2018 | Community Newsletter