Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of January 27.

131 members joined.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place."

( -- Donald Culross Peattie, American botanist, author)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Brug slave driver
By snowhermit

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Pinewood Lily, Propeller Flower, Pine Lily, Purple Pleat-Leaf
Alophia drummondii
By chuckhk

Forum Activity

A grand total of 835 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

General Discussion 84 posts.

Photos 74 posts.

Brugmansias and Friends 66 posts.

PDB Pictures 54 posts.

Pets 48 posts.

Parking Lot 47 posts.

Prayer Requests 47 posts.

Co-Op 40 posts.

Seed Trading 39 posts.

Garden Talk 31 posts.

Wild Life 24 posts.

Greenhouse 20 posts.

Paper People 20 posts.

Welcome Mat 16 posts.

Computer Talk 15 posts.

Mail Call! 14 posts.

Identification 14 posts.

Canadian Trading 13 posts.

Farm Life 12 posts.

International Trading 12 posts.

Home and Crafts 12 posts.

Tropicals 10 posts.

Health and Dieting 10 posts.

Roses 10 posts.

Jokes and Chat 10 posts.

Hostas 8 posts.

Bulbs 8 posts.

Annuals 8 posts.

European 7 posts.

Pollbooth 7 posts.

Plant Trading 6 posts.

Heirlooms 6 posts.

Roundup 5 posts.

Garden Foes 5 posts.

Recipes 5 posts.

Propagation 5 posts.

Day Lilies 4 posts.

Legumes 3 posts.

Orchids 3 posts.

Water Gardens 3 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 2 posts.

Shady Gardens 2 posts.

Dirt Cheap 1 post.

Trees & Shrubs 1 post.

Organic Gardening 1 post.

Home Decorating 1 post.

Dave's Garden 1 post.

Cactus and Succulents 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

filiformis fil-ih-FOR-miss Threadlike
filiforme fil-ih-FOR-mee Threadlike
Dugaldia doo-GAL-dee-uh Named for Dugald Stewart, 19th century Scottish philosopher and explorer
Abrodictyum ab-roh-DIKT-yum From the Greek habros (delicate, pretty) and diktyon (a net)
blanchetii blan-CHET-ee-eye Named for Jaques Samuel Blanchet, 19th century Swiss merchant, consul and naturalist
Blanchetia blan-CHET-ee-uh Named after Jaques Samuel Blanchet, 19th century Swiss merchant, consul and naturalist
Gymnasta JIM-nas-tuh From the Geek gymnos (naked)
orgyalis or-gee-AY-liss From the Greek orgya, a classical measure of the distance between the tips of the fingers when the arms are extended, approximately 6 feet
orgyale or-gee-AY-lee From the Greek orgya, a classical measure of the distance between the tips of the fingers when the arms are extended, approximately 6 feet

Journal Activity

42 new items.
18 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

11 new plants.
64 new descriptions were added.
25 new images were added.
880 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

3 new companies were added to the database.
7 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
OCGF Negative Pinetree Garden Seeds
cxgray Positive Exotic Orchids of Maui
ChicagoGardener Positive Johnny's Selected Seeds
ChicagoGardener Positive Renee's Garden Seeds
Haggis Positive First Rays Orchids
alexbrin Positive Jackson and Perkins
elfeik Positive Johnny's Selected Seeds

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger

And that's the way it was... January 27, 2003