Thanks to the LSU Ag Center

The Northshore Spring Garden Show and Plant Sale

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March 21-22, Covington

The Northshore Spring Garden Show and Plant Sale will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 21-22, at the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds in Covington.

Sponsored by the St. Tammany Master Gardeners, the show will feature plant and garden supplies for sale, a plant health clinic and children’s activities.

LSU AgCenter specialists and Master Gardeners will offer seminars on native plants, lawns, landscaping, working with worms, bees and other gardening topics.

The show runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days. Admission good for both days is $3 per person ages 13 and over. Children 12 and under may enter free. Proceeds from the show go toward funding an agriculture/horticulture scholarship.

For more information, contact Rusty Batty at (985) 875-2635 or rbatty@agcenter.lsu.edu.

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Marc

This event has been rescheduled for November 14th and 15th, at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA.

This event will be raising money for Children's Hospital in New Orleans. You may visit www.wste.coop for more information, or contact Event Chairman Kurt Hellmann at 985-281-5229, or by email at khellmann@wste.coop.

Attached is the article from the October issue of "Louisiana Country".

Download wste_barnyard_smackdown.pdf

Hope to see you there. This sounds like a great event for an even better cause. I have dear friends of mine who have had to go to Children's Hospital. All you can do is pray for ten fingers, ten toes, and everything in between.

Thank You

Marc Pellettiere

October 3rd and 4th, 2008 at Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville, LA

Western St Tammany Electric presents BBQ Mania I "Barnyard Smackdown".

A Kansas City Barbeque Society Sanctioned Event.

Proceeds go to Children's Hospital in New Orleans.

Both Professional and Patio Circuit Cookoffs, with Prizes and Awards.

This sounds like a really good time. I love BBQ, and have tried my hand a few times at slow cooking / smoking different meats. (Mostly chicken and pork), however I am no where near good enough to enter a competitive event like this. Maybe next year. Though I will be there to enjoy some fine BBQ I expect.

I have also gotten some good information from these websites and there is a free newsletter you can sign up for as well.

http://www.smoking-meat.com

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com

Hope to see you there, with BBQ sauce dripping off your elbow. 🙂

Marc Pellettiere