Comments on: New Orleans, LA: A Gardener’s Dream http://westbankliving.com/relocations/new-orleans-la-a-gardeners-dream/ New Orleans West Bank | Life, Fun and Real Estate on the West Bank Thu, 17 May 2012 17:02:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lisa Heindel http://westbankliving.com/relocations/new-orleans-la-a-gardeners-dream/#comment-1046 Lisa Heindel Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:40:00 +0000 http://westbankliving.com/2008/02/06/new-orleans-la-a-gardeners-dream/#comment-1046 Jamie, I'm not sure what plant that might be, but a good place to start your search would be either here: http://www.gogreennola.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=64 or at the LSU Ag site: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/vegetables/. If you find out what it is, please share with me! Jamie, I’m not sure what plant that might be, but a good place to start your search would be either here: http://www.gogreennola.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=64 or at the LSU Ag site: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/lawn_garden/home_gardening/vegetables/.

If you find out what it is, please share with me!

]]> By: Jamie C http://westbankliving.com/relocations/new-orleans-la-a-gardeners-dream/#comment-1045 Jamie C Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:28:00 +0000 http://westbankliving.com/2008/02/06/new-orleans-la-a-gardeners-dream/#comment-1045 Good Morning, A while back I was reading/researching the Po-Boy Festival on Oak Street. As a relative newcomer to the area (8 months) I am trying to learn the background on everything that makes this area, culture, people so very unique. I found a web page which I am currently unable to find again. It spoke of a vegetable, grown here locally, that only old timers & serious natives know about & keep growing. As I recall it was a green vegetable - though not a creole tomato or a type of okra - but was referred to as an heirloom. I can't remember specifics of it, whether it be a root or a flowering plant, it's shape, size, seeds, etc. It was referred to as a native plant & was once used alot in the cuisine but it's popularity has faded over time. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Jamie Carrington Good Morning,

A while back I was reading/researching the Po-Boy Festival on Oak Street. As a relative newcomer to the area (8 months) I am trying to learn the background on everything that makes this area, culture, people so very unique.

I found a web page which I am currently unable to find again. It spoke of a vegetable, grown here locally, that only old timers & serious natives know about & keep growing. As I recall it was a green vegetable – though not a creole tomato or a type of okra – but was referred to as an heirloom. I can’t remember specifics of it, whether it be a root or a flowering plant, it’s shape, size, seeds, etc. It was referred to as a native plant & was once used alot in the cuisine but it’s popularity has faded over time.

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Jamie Carrington

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