Vegetable Day at the USDA Sugarcane Research Facility

This is the second straight year that the Master Gardeners in our region and the LSU Extension Service have chosen to grow their display garden at our facility.  We are ideally located for this.  The Southern belles who attended, prepared some wonderful dishes that included 1) grilled vegetables seasoned with low-sodium taco seasoning and olive oil, 2) green tomato pie, and 3) pineapple zucchini cake.  Master gardeners, LSU extension service personnel, and our own Eric Pitre, a senior technician at our Station who lives on site across from where the garden was planted, gave some terrific presentations.  I was very impressed, and learned a lot.  Dr. Paul White, a recently hired scientist at our Station, won the largest tomato contest with a 24+ oz. tomato.  Good job, Paul!