Q:I am growing hybrid corn and i went to go pick it and it was FILLED with worms!!!I checked all the corn (which is like 20 plants) and every single piece has ATLEAST 6 worms!is there anything i can put on the corn or soil or something to keep worms away? i have planted much more like tomatoes, raddishs, watermelon, butternut and crookneck sqaush and everything else is 100% perfect. we have a bunch of crab grass could that do anything with it?i'd also like to eat the corn so it must be safe.about 1h. west from Selma, Alabama (crumptonia)

You've got corn ear worm.........ick!! Mineral oil on each ear, getting inside the husks may help. Now that they have found the corn, they probably aren't interested in the natural Bt....bacillus thuringensis. Hand picking and dusting with Sevin may be all you can do now. (see below) Home Garden In the home garden there are quite a few varieties that show resistance to corn earworm damage, i.e., Country Gentleman, Stay Gold, Victory Golden, Silver Cross Bantam, and Silvergent. Check label for varietal limitation and precautions. Carbaryl (Sevin) is recommended for use in the home garden. Apply carbaryl 50% wettable powder 4 tablespoonfuls or carbaryl 80% wettable powder 2 1/2 tablespoons per gallon of water. Thoroughly wet the silks of all ears until harvest is completed. Dusts containing Sevin may also be used. They can be applied to the silks of each ear with a paint brush or hand duster.(www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/... www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r11330091...

Q:Im ordering a Dining Set for my backyard, it is $500 and only coupon i found is $5.00 off..anyone help thank you :)

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Q:what can i put in a garden to keep rabbits away. Heard of fox urine. does it really work? where do you get it how much does it cost how long does it last. Is there anything better? Is the produce safe to eat after you use that?

Rabbit's seem harmless to the nature lover, but to a gardener they can be quite destructive. Rabbits often take up residence under decks and sheds. They can be seen in the very early morning and at dusk, foraging for food amongst garden plants and flowers. Often, flowers and vegetables that would have been thriving are nibbled down to nothing. A couple of good remedies for dettering rabbits is dried blood, which can be purchased at your local garden center, and human hair clippings. Your hair stylist will gladly provide hair clippings. Try sprinkling these in areas where rabbits are living and where they are likely to do damage. The human scent of the hair will usually be enough to keep them away, and the scent of dried blood scares away rabbits, as well as many other garden pests. According to Gardening How-To, published by The National Home Gardening Club, the article entitled Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, written by Barbara Pleasant, suggests sprinkling used cat litter around flowers that are being eaten by rabbits. She warns that because of bacteria in used cat litter, it should not be sprinkled near or around any edible plants. The same article suggests the use of a rabbit fence made from chicken wire. The fencing can be place around flower beds and gardens to effectively keep rabbits out. It suggests burying the fencing several inches below the ground, otherwise rabbits will tunnel their way in. Chicken wire is also a good way to keep rabbits from making their homes under sheds and decks. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner says the fencing does not have to be any more than two feet high to effectively keep rabbits out.

Q:Or you don't have enough time in ur busy lifestyle.

I okorder . I went and check myself and it's amazing how people did their gardens. Have fun gardening!!!! Believe me you will now.

Q:I have always loved garden and helpped my mother in hers all the time as a child. I have an screened porch and don't use it anyway so i wanted to start a garden.Where to start? What to buy to begin?

you can start with flat that you can buy ace hardware$5.00 seeds- tomato-beef steak peppers-wonder boy cauliflower,broccoli, cabbage-flat dutch, plant seeds by the end of february to have plants to transplant into pots /guide sticks good luck was a farmer for 20-years /greenhouse on site

Q:It needs to be free!

In this program you can create a home or garden that other people can visit and ejoy as well. If you want it to stay in the world while you are gone you would have to pay for some real estate, but it is still possible to create your scene and drop it down in the world whenever you visit. Hope this helps!

Q:I am contemplating buying a home in this town. It has a fair amount of land, and I would like to know what fruits and or veggies will thrive?

Are you near the river or up a bit to the west? The reason I ask is cold air settles down near the river putting you a little closer to zone 6 than zone 7 the rest of the area is. What you can grow is darn near everything! The limiting factor is water! If you are right against the river, your soil may be so highly alkaline from the underground water table so near the surface, nothing will grow. If you are in sand soil, your plants will be needing near constant watering. Soils range from sand to clay depending on location. Each has its benefits and problems. OK, back to plants: fruits: trees...apricots and sweet cherries are iffy near the river where late spring frosts usually destroy the blooms or very young fruit. You'd have excellent luck with apples, pears, sour cherries, blue plums and somewhat less results, but not impossible with peaches and nectarines. Grapes do very well as do raspberries/blackberries. Of course no blueberries, the soil is way, way to alkaline and can not be adjusted enough to grow the blue yummies. Strawberries are tough due to the hot summers, but not impossible. Nuts: pecans are growing at the Experiment Station just south of the prison. Normally the area is too cold for pecans. Veggies.......just about everything. Realize we can warm up very quickly so delay in pea and other cool season planting may have them ripeing when temps are 90 plus. The other concern is the wind. Spring winds have destroyed many of my early spring plantings......sand blasted. If you can protect them, great. The area is well known for growing chile peppers.......usually family farms. Most chiles are grown further south or now in Mexico. About the only veggie I couldn't get going was asparagus ( which is embarrasing because there was an asparagus farm must a quarter mile away and about 40 years ago) and my rhubarb just won't work for me.

Q:I was just looking through my better homes and gardens new cookbook and found that the page with fruit cobbler is missing!!! Any one else have the book that could give me the recipe? I'd like the recipe for the peach filled cobbler. I've already looked online. Thanks!!!

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Q:I have a small garden space it is a little garden area with a foot wide stone path running through it, so it is like two separate garden areas. I wanted to plant green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, lettuce bell peppers, celery, and potatoes along with a few herbs that I would plant inside on the widow ledge in a planter (thyme, rosemary, basil, sage, mint, chives). How should I arrange them? What plants go well as companion plants to these? What other plants climb upwards to maximize my small garden space? I want to have enough of these for my roommate and I to share with a little extra left over. That being said how many of eat plant should I put into my garden?

I am just starting a small garden in my backyard, check out my website, it might help you with some ideas... backyardfarm101.blogspot.ca/ Hope it helps!, C