Big Yam Potatoes is a weekend dedicated to old time fiddle music. Saturday there will be a fiddle competition and music on the grounds all day. Saturday night there might be a big dance. There will be a certain amount of jamming starting some time Friday until it breaks up on Sunday. If you come you will hear fiddles and banjos playing in the old style. Most of all, have a good time.

The event will be held at Historic Jefferson College, 16 Old North Street in Natchez from 8:45 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy the combination of elements America played, sang and danced to by the Russian-born American composer Irving Berlin for much of the 20th century.

Guests at this fun-filled Mississippi concert will listen to a selection of pieces from Berlin's 60-year career, during which he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films.

His first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy," was released in 1907 and his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band," was in 1911.

By Gary R. Bachman
MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

Like many home gardeners, I used to put plants in my landscape without worrying about labels because I was sure I’d remember what was planted where. And like most of you, I would end up scratching my head wondering what I had planted where.

One of the best gardening tips I can share, especially in the spring when you’re putting so many new things out, is to label your landscape plants.