Dave's Garden Newsletter for December 28, 2009

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Humbert Wolfe, British poet, satirist)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 159 posts Games 147 posts Plant and Tree Identification 104 posts Bird Watching 98 posts Garden Talk 97 posts Poultry and Livestock 70 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 62 posts Southwest Gardening 62 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 59 posts Sewing and Quilting 57 posts Australian Gardening 54 posts Irises 43 posts Pets 34 posts Orchids 32 posts Artisans 31 posts Canadian Gardening 29 posts Caudiciforms 29 posts Voting Booth 28 posts Recipes 28 posts Cottage Gardening 27 posts Cacti and Succulents 27 posts Florida Gardening 27 posts Weather 24 posts Vegetable Gardening 24 posts Texas Gardening 24 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 21 posts Soil and Composting 20 posts Accessible Gardening 20 posts Container Gardening 19 posts Morning Glories 19 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 19 posts Jokes & Humor 18 posts Brugmansias 17 posts Happy Birthday 16 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 16 posts Tropical Plants 16 posts Rocky Mountain Gardening 15 posts Photos 15 posts Perennials 14 posts Coleus 13 posts Tropical Fruits 13 posts Bird Identification 13 posts Winter Sowing 12 posts Daylilies 12 posts Healthy Living 12 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 12 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 11 posts Propagation 11 posts Fruits and Nuts 10 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 10 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 9 posts Beginner Vegetables 8 posts Greenhouse 8 posts Roses 8 posts Seed Trading 8 posts Lilies 7 posts Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 7 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 7 posts PlantFiles Pictures 7 posts Computer Talk 7 posts Water Gardens 6 posts Michigan Gardening 6 posts Books, Movies, and TV 6 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 6 posts Palms and Cycads 6 posts Frugal Living 5 posts Tomatoes 5 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 4 posts Kitchens 4 posts Aroids 4 posts Carnivorous Plants 4 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 3 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 3 posts Beginner Houseplants 3 posts BirdFiles Pictures 3 posts Clematis 3 posts Crafts and Decorating 3 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 3 posts Cars and Trucks 3 posts Cameras and Photography 3 posts Annuals 3 posts Home Decorating 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Market Growers 3 posts Fragrant Gardening 2 posts Vermicomposting 2 posts Baths and Laundry Rooms 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 2 posts Fuchsias 2 posts Garden Shed 2 posts Woodworking 2 posts Hibiscus 2 posts Trash to Treasure 2 posts Strawbale Gardening 2 posts Plumbing 2 posts Test 2 posts Hydrangeas 2 posts Beginner Flowers 2 posts Homesteading 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Seed Germination 1 post Farm Life 1 post Agastaches and Salvias 1 post Heirloom Vegetables 1 post Fireplaces and Wood Stoves 1 post Dahlias 1 post Needle Arts 1 post Organic Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Farmerdill Comment Watermelon 'Golden Globe' Citrullus lanatus plantladylin Comment Oncidium Nanboh Waltz Oncidium twiggybuds Comment Bunching Onion 'Ishikuro' Allium cepa twiggybuds Comment Garden Onion, Edible Onion 'Red Creole' Allium cepa twiggybuds Comment Hot Pepper 'Bahamian Chile' Capsicum annuum waspy Comment Hyophorbe, Palm Tree Hyophorbe vaughanii lepfarmer Comment Wright's Boneset, Wright's Snakeroot Ageratina wrightii alvinf Comment Flowering Pear, Callery Pear 'Bradford' Pyrus calleryana popper1 Comment Light Bulb Clerodendrum Clerodendrum smithianum bevoreno Comment Fatsia, Paperplant, Japanese Aralia Fatsia japonica hoitider Comment Chinese Fan Palm, Fountain Palm Livistona chinensis honolulurose Comment Trailing Ice Plant Lampranthus spectabilis honolulurose Comment Cape Gooseberry, Peruvian Ground Cherry, Poha Berry Physalis peruviana Farmerdill Comment Cucumber 'Lime Crisp' Cucumis sativus kennedyh Image Rusty-hood, Ruddy Hood, Ruddy Greenhood (Pterostylis rufa) kennedyh Image Rusty-hood, Ruddy Hood, Ruddy Greenhood (Pterostylis rufa) kennedyh Image Rusty-hood, Ruddy Hood, Ruddy Greenhood (Pterostylis rufa) kennedyh Image Grass Trigger Plant (Stylidium graminifolium) kennedyh Image Grass Trigger Plant (Stylidium graminifolium)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Celene Positive One Stop Poppy Shoppe swiftness Positive Deer-Resistant Landscape Nursery swiftness Positive Singing Tree Gardens lilmommy336 Negative Heirloom Acres Seeds botanikk Positive Fine Bush People (The Fijnbosch Farme Trust) BQuintana Positive Bouncing Bear Botanicals fitzgeoff Positive A Nearly Native Nursery acaffey Negative Acorn Springs Farms bigdonkey Positive Bluestone Perennials bigdonkey Neutral Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) plantladylin Neutral Orchid Obsessions, Inc. Home_Gardner Negative Duncraft marine84 Waddell Farmhouse Seeds

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Member Addition Description Noturf Negative The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... December 28, 2009