Garden & Landscape - July 2007

Please don't laugh. This must sound silly, but I have no experience as a farmer and what I have been able to find on the internet makes no sense to me.

I have some cabbage and kale growing on the premises.
I've read that I can harvest the cabbage by taking the middle and leaving some of the leaves around the edge so that new little cabbages will grow later on in the season, is that true?

and I should harvest the outer leaves of the kale...?

What about after the season...?

Do I just leave the roots in the ground?

Will they grow back, or do I need to put seeds in the ground each year?

I don't understand this business about getting more cabbages from the same root after picking the head.

How can I tell if a cabbage or kale produce seeds? I've eaten plenty of them before and never found any seeds.

Do you have to start them indoors like tomatoes?

Thanks to all serious answers! Let me know if you need more details!

8 JULY 07, 0354 hrs, GMT.

2007-07-07 15:54:14 · 6 answers · asked by cdf-rom 7

2007-07-07 15:21:40 · 5 answers · asked by Igor M 1

My sunflower plants are doing beautifully and are almost ready to flower. They have had no pest problems until the past week. Something is chewing on the stems now. They have already killed one plant and disfigured a second (it is sort of growing sideways along the ground now.) I am wondering what could be eating them and how to deal with this naturally.
Thanks!! (BTW we have tons of chipmunks but I have not seen any at the plants, and did not see any slime trails indicating slugs. I put hotsauce on the stems tonight, hope it does not hurt the plants.)

2007-07-07 15:02:25 · 4 answers · asked by grdnrgrl 2

2007-07-07 14:43:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is this beetle that comes out in the summer in Torrance, CA ( June - August ) Its pretty small and has a reddish brownish color, and they fly into my house and it drives me nuts! Today i was making a sandwich when i found a beetle in the mayo. Yuck! What is the name of this beetle and how do I get rid of it?

2007-07-07 14:37:55 · 5 answers · asked by Sasuki 2

My neighbors have large areas of lush, healthy, great-smelling lavender. I don't think they do anything to it. I planted a couple different kinds and one died, the others are very spindly.

(Also, am I s'posed to cut them back after blooming?)

2007-07-07 14:31:12 · 2 answers · asked by Miss Flora 2

I'm wondering if there's an internet site out there with ideas for landscaping, including pictures and descriptions of many plants (size, shape, etc.)
Is there a site like this out there?

Thanks.

2007-07-07 14:04:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

don't think it's powdery mildew (it's not on the leaves); so what is it & do i need to treat it?
just happened in the last few weeks after all the rains we've had in North Texas.
this is an established crepe myrtle - about 20 ft tall.

2007-07-07 13:53:00 · 3 answers · asked by TX Gardener 2

what is it

2007-07-07 13:21:28 · 1 answers · asked by homemadeplaydough 2

2007-07-07 13:15:54 · 10 answers · asked by rockintaygrl95 1

So these past few nights we have heard/seen racoons on our deck and on our back lawn. We live in a fairly big city and this just recently started. We dont leave any trash/food out. What can we do to get rid of them?? Is trapping the only real thing? We have 2 toddlers as well, and I dont want to take them outside....I'm afraid they might find some coon turds or something!!

2007-07-07 13:01:41 · 8 answers · asked by trystero 3

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t263/lizxo11/Nature/

I need to know what all of the flowers are.

THANKS!!

2007-07-07 12:26:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The area under the oaks is dry, the dirt is very hard clay, and the roots are surface. I want to create a natural looking landscape that is not cluttered. I'm told not to plant too close to the tree for fear of fungus disease. Any suggestions on plants and designs would be wonderful!

This is in Oakland CA.

2007-07-07 12:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by Lady Morgana 7

2007-07-07 10:32:52 · 9 answers · asked by fairmesm 2

I am new to gardening. I ordered some bulbs, planted some annuals and seeds, and there were other things growing when we bought the house. Now I can't remember which is what and don't know the names of all of them-and am wondering if any are weeds or wildflowers that should be removed. Is there any website that can help? Or, well I took pictures of some of those in question, anyone wanna take a stab at it?

2007-07-07 10:23:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not a natural gardener, unfortunately, but I have taken an interest in having my own little garden. I bought some flowers to have in a pot( one of those ones you can hang from a window ledge or a porch) but they are dying and I don't know what to do. I am watering them everyday to every other day. Is that too much, or maybe too little. It's been really hot here, in the 80's and 90's. Could that be a reason? I need some advice on how to keep flowers from dying.

2007-07-07 10:14:49 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3

my mom says she saw one in Mississippi - and the balls look like small coconuts

2007-07-07 10:13:15 · 3 answers · asked by cshellbay 1

My corn already has something like tossles coming up from the top.... what is it and is it a good thing or a bad thing??????

2007-07-07 09:48:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

that autumn is coming already....???
my Partenocissus tricuspidata veitchii is turning red already!!!
I am still waiting for summer to start.... :-(

2007-07-07 09:28:59 · 7 answers · asked by freebird31wizard 6

Now flowers are out ..lots of additional groth with no signs of bud. Should I cut this growth away to encourage the existing buds. Or leave to flurish. Will they bare flowers. Cheers

2007-07-07 07:45:53 · 6 answers · asked by pip 1

There are these bugs that kinda look similiar to beetles. They have a green and goldish brown shell/back. and theyre eating my grapes, peach tree, and roses! What can I do to get rid of them!?! They were on my peach tree last year too but I didnt do anything to get rid of them... If it helps, I live in the Northeast in Southwestern PA

2007-07-07 07:44:41 · 2 answers · asked by Matt S. 2

I planted lettuce for the first time this year. Mostly "Boston, Romaine and other green lettuces). It seems ready so quickly..when is the best time to pick it?

AND...
Will it continue to grow all summer or will it go to seed?
thanks!

2007-07-07 07:02:06 · 5 answers · asked by specky73 1

I just found a HUGE caterpillar in my tomato plants. It's probably an inch thick and probably 5 inches long. It is all green and then has like little blue "eyes" (eyes like a butterfly has on it's wings) all down the side of it. it doesn't have any spikes or anything like that, just a smooth body, but it's head looks like a pugs (the dog) head because the skin is kinda folded up on his head. I live in Utah so it can't be any tropical kind of caterpillar. Does anyone know what kind of a caterpillar is it? Thanks a Million!

2007-07-07 06:29:18 · 5 answers · asked by Midian 2

We have some pansies planted outside, but our cats keep eating them! What are some non-poisonous (for the cats) flowers that I can replace the eaten pansies with that the cat's hopefully won't eat?

Thanks!

2007-07-07 06:03:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-07 05:43:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Last night I saw this very odd worm. It was very long and thin, and its head was a sort of rounded triangular shape. It was brown with black lines down its back. It moved quickly, because ahead of it was a worm that was only a 10th of its length. The smaller worm tried to get away, but it seemed like the hunter was sniffing it out. It bit the smaller worm and held on tight as it wriggled about, and then constricted it. It left the worm in its constrictions and did nothing with its head except explore as far as it could go without changing the position of the rest of its body. It was completely digesting its food with its stomach- it didn’t chew it up and swallow or take big bites and then swallow...it didn't use its head, that's for sure. It slowly slithered off with a fuller stomach with a dark line in its back where you could see where its prey was in its body, and there was nothing left on the ground of the small worm. What was the hunter worm? I live in Texas btw

2007-07-07 05:38:21 · 7 answers · asked by luckyturtle788 3

2007-07-07 04:47:03 · 22 answers · asked by dave 2

I need to reseed my whole yard and I want to know if this is a good way to do it. Is it a safe product and will this be permanent fix.

2007-07-07 04:25:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wandering

2007-07-07 03:38:10 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-07-07 03:36:56 · 2 answers · asked by Dooba 1