Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of January 14.

104 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. (from Meditations Divine and Moral, 1655) "

( -- Anne Bradstreet, Puritan poet)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Does the name Baby Doll suit?
By monika

Plants Database Photo of the Day

English Daisy
Bellis perennis
By stellapathic

Forum Activity

A grand total of 779 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 242 posts.

General Discussion 42 posts.

Photos 38 posts.

Home and Crafts 36 posts.

PDB Pictures 35 posts.

Prayer Requests 28 posts.

Identification 27 posts.

Parking Lot 25 posts.

Roundup 22 posts.

Jokes and Chat 21 posts.

Tropicals 20 posts.

European 19 posts.

Health and Dieting 18 posts.

Home Decorating 17 posts.

Plant Trading 16 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 15 posts.

Seed Trading 14 posts.

Dirt Cheap 12 posts.

Camera Talk 11 posts.

Computer Talk 11 posts.

Pets 8 posts.

Canadian Trading 8 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 8 posts.

Geraniaceae 8 posts.

House Plants 7 posts.

Greenhouse 7 posts.

Soil 6 posts.

Media 5 posts.

Handyman 5 posts.

Dave's Garden 5 posts.

Garden Talk 4 posts.

Heirlooms 4 posts.

Pollbooth 4 posts.

Farm Life 4 posts.

Organic Gardening 3 posts.

Paper People 3 posts.

Market Growers 2 posts.

Shady Gardens 2 posts.

Co-Op 2 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 2 posts.

Hostas 2 posts.

Mail Call! 2 posts.

Roses 2 posts.

Tomatoes 1 post.

Trees & Shrubs 1 post.

Welcome Mat 1 post.

Bulbs 1 post.

Gourds and Melons 1 post.

Propagation 1 post.

Day Lilies 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

fedtschenkoi fed-tscheng-koh-eye Named for Alexei Fedtschenko 19th century Russian botanist and plant collecotr
marnierianum mar-nee-air-ee-AH-num Named for Anne Therese Marnier-Lapostolle, first wife of Julien Marnier-Lapostolle; 20th century owner of famous plant collection
Rhodanthe rho-DAN-thee Named for Rhodanthe, a beautiful woman in Greek mythology, who Diana turned into a rose; literally means
anthemoides an-them-OY-deez Resembling Anthemis
Helipterum hel-LIP-ter-um From the Greek helios (sun) and pteron (wing), referring to the plumed pappus
fraxinella fraks-ih-NEL-uh Diminutive of Fraxinus (ancient Latin name for Ash)

Journal Activity

12 new items.
32 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

51 new plants.
48 new descriptions were added.
18 new images were added.
1035 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

5 new companies were added to the database.
11 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
hemnuts Positive North Country Daylilies
shelly_mb Positive Johnny's Selected Seeds
Barbarae Positive Homestead Farm Nurseries
Barbarae Positive Riverview Iris Gardens
Barbarae Positive Ladybug Daylilies
Barbarae Positive Marietta Gardens
Barbarae Positive Gilbert H. Wild & Son
mystic Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds
tiG Positive Horn Canna Farm
Crimson Positive The Milkweed Farm
satxjoe Negative Whatcom Seed Co.

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... January 14, 2002