http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/ Seeds of Change Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:19:56 GMT ray fudge http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19354 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19354 That is normal for many varieties, but you may wish to put some mulch over it for additional protection. Not so heavy that it can't grow through it, though. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:16 GMT j l http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19353 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19353 Hi Mark,         Sprouting is normal. Some may sprout, but when the weather starts to cools they’ll stop and start growing again come spring. Not to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:40:30 GMT mjwalsh_13 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19352 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19352 Hi all: For the last couple of years, I've been growing garlic here in zone 5b. I planted next years crop in the beginning of October and after an unusual Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:51:20 GMT Ray Jones http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19351 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19351 I was gifted with a cutting of a Chinese Begonia. The person said it loved sunlight and would have to be grown indoors (at least over the winter) here in zone Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:47:50 GMT ray fudge http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19350 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19350 Mentioning ladybugs, 2 years ago, I had lots of Twice-stabbed ladybugs but this year I didn't see any at all. They had been all over my trumpet vines before. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:30:27 GMT Buglady@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19349 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19349 Oh they are very interesting to watch! (being an entomologist i love watching all the insects) I just have a problem with companies selling them as pest Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:26:04 GMT ray fudge http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19348 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19348 Yes, Suzanne... I know they are not an effecient beneficial predator, but it is so interesting to watch one eat a grasshopper like it was an ice cream cone. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:45:44 GMT Buglady@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19347 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19347 here it that second link that was missing _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0CGkD4mcuQ_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0CGkD4mcuQ) Suzanne Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:43:12 GMT Buglady@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19346 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19346 here are some clips _ Mating praying mantis eating hummingbird_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-6ugJm_II) and here Praying Mantis Vs Hummingbird Suzanne Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:40:17 GMT Buglady@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19345 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19345 there are native praying mantis they all hunt by sight and pollinators fly from plant to plant making them easy victims to the mantids. if you think of many of Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:44:27 GMT Ray Jones http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19344 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19344 ... Is the above true for all mantis or just the Chinese ones? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:14:58 GMT Doris Faust http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19343 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19343 I was reading a story that even the native population will eat our beneficials.  So I am not a fan of the praying mantis no longer.  True they eat bad bugs Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:51:37 GMT Buglady@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19342 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19342 Don't forget those mantis that are being sold are not the native ones, they are Chinese mantids. Also they are not very good for pest management being they Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:46 GMT Richard Stewart http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19341 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19341 Yep! We bought our first ones three years ago, now I am giving them away to garden groups and urban farm projects closer to Cincinnati. I harvested close to 20 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:40 GMT AR RedwoodFarm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19340 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/seedsofchange/message/19340 Happens a lot here after a drenching rain From: rfarley51@... Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:48 PM To: seedsofchange@yahoogroups.com Subject: