Southern Serendipity Lawn and Garden, LLC

05/18/2025

Doing God’s work through gardening 😊 This week’s project was the beginning of landscaping for Absolution Lutheran Church in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Such a wonderful congregation family and was my pleasure to start nature’s beautification of the exterior!

01/14/2024

Hard freeze in Louisiana this week. Please water plants and bring in and/or cover tender tropicals & non-hardy varieties!! 🍃

11/27/2023

Helpful advice to ensure your lawn survives this severe drought.

Hot summers and scarce rain can really do a number on your lawn. As the dry heat drags on, and days turn to weeks, your lawn will slowly wilt and turn brown. But don’t despair. A dormant law…

09/14/2023

Great article for Fall color in your gardens.

Enjoy a second wave of beauty with a bevy of fall blossoms and ornamental plants.

03/22/2023

Consider this: spring is really three seasons - early, mid and late. You'll want to think about this when choosing what to plant each fall. Why? Because you don't want this scenario to happen

02/14/2023

Root of Dandelion can be used as substitute for coffee!

Here are some interesting facts about the dandelion flower:

The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars. ☀️ 🌙 ⭐️. The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.

The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep. 😴

Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for coloring.

Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile.

The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves. 🦁

Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant.

Dandelion seeds are often transported away by a gust of wind and they travel like tiny parachutes. Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin!

Animals such as birds, insects and butterflies consume nectar or seed of dandelion.🐦 🐛 🐜 🦋 🐝.

Dandelion flowers do not need to be pollinated to form seed.

Dandelion can be used in the production of wine and root beer. Root of dandelion can be used as a substitute for coffee. 🍷 🍺

Dandelions have sunk their roots deep into history. They were well known to ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over a thousand years.

Dandelion is used in folk medicine to treat infections and liver disorders. Tea made of dandelion act as diuretic.

If you mow dandelions, they’ll grow shorter stalks to spite you.

Dandelions are, quite possibly, the most successful plants that exist, masters of survival worldwide. 💪

A not so fun fact: Every year countries spend millions on lawn pesticides to have uniform lawns of non-native grasses, and we use 30% of the country’s water supply to keep them green.

Bee Happy Gardens 🐝

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10/18/2022

We are under a freeze warning tonight. It has been so dry here in Louisiana over the past few weeks that tender plants need to be watered this evening if you’re able to prevent lasting damage.

06/22/2022

It is often difficult to gauge how much water for container garden plants is necessary. Get tips and hints to determine when to water container plants here.

01/22/2022

Indoor plants can be so dramatic… a little water and back to life she goes!!! With the heaters running during these cold January days, don’t forget to water all your indoors babies as well as your outdoors!!!

09/29/2021

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/little-pepper-inside-pepper.htm