Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / October 2007

I have. here,  read casual references to "bringing in tomato plants".
This year, I have a zillion volunteer tomato plants, mostly the cherry
varieties.  Can I bring any of them indoors, treat them like sun-
loving house plants and expect any of them to bear useful fruit?

I can't seem to identify this plant using the web alone. Thought I
would get some human helpers for me! Here are some pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/marc0047/Misc/photo#5127580671304645282
http://picasaweb.google.com/marc0047/Misc/photo#5127582114413656754

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Can anyone ID this Heliconia for us?  It was given to Ray by our doctor but
he had no idea of its full name.  The leaves are those of a Salvia, not the
Heliconia, BTW!
http://i20.tinypic.com/2nid1f9.jpg

Yesterday I picked runner beans and also Peas, and if the frost holds
off I should be picking for another couple of weeks.
Both the peas and beans have a few flowers on them , but I hold out no
hope of picking for Xmas day.

I brought all my houseplants inside for the winter (zone 5) and they
are huge.  Can I trim them back because I don't have the room to keep
them all?
Thanks

It's very uplifting - we're already pricking out seedlings for next year and
it does give you that lovely feeling of the continuous cycle of nature.  I
did several trays of hollyhocks and Centaurea and Ray took quite a few
cuttings of this and that.  While yesterday was truly awful, ...

Here's another Ray can't remember the full name of, if he ever knew it.  He
*thinks* David Poole might have id'd it at some point but if so, it's
obviously floated out of Ray's head!  It's very rare in UK is all we know!
http://i22.tinypic.com/s42806.jpg

the roots of the trees are exposed
Will it hurt the trees to add 1-2 feet of soil around them so I can mow
around them?
CathyLee

I have a Norfolk Island Pine Tree in a lagre Pot. I live in New
England so I need to keep the tree in the house during winter. I have
had this for 30 years. My wife gave it to me when we were dating. A
lot of sentimental value. Anyway, it is getting too tall to handle .

I live in North Carolina and have a mostly Fescue lawn. I have a bad mole
problem. I have raised up ridges in a lot of my yard. I have looked at the
mole "repellents" in Lowe's and Home Depot. They are all Castor Oil. I have
also been told by a gentleman at Ace hardware that in NC ...

My curly kale has done great service for over two years, this is its third
spring.  Now it is going to seed which it hasn't done before.  Most
brassicas go to seed in their first year.  Why is kale different?  Why now?
David

This is my first winter with a citrus tree - a grapefruit, to be
precise.  It currently is hosting a swallowtail caterpillar (hopefully
THAT will pupate soon and subsequently fly south!).  I presume that at
some point I need to winterproof the grapefruit, but how?

Through all the 50 years of brilliant development, Panasonic Air
Conditioner has grown into a world-famous air conditioner brand with
extensive popularity and great reputation...
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Due to construction projects on two consecutive years, my lawn is a
complete disaster.  Because I didn't want to start grass in the middle
of the summer, large portions of the lawn were left bare this year.
Of course these areas ended up infested with crab grass.  I put some