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