Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 11, 2010

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Robert Frost, American writer, poet)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 231 posts Games 227 posts Poultry and Livestock 117 posts Bird Watching 108 posts Plant and Tree Identification 78 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 65 posts Southwest Gardening 49 posts Pets 45 posts Australian Gardening 42 posts Irises 38 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 37 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 37 posts Mid-South Gardening 36 posts Florida Gardening 34 posts Seed Trading 33 posts Daylilies 32 posts Homesteading 31 posts Weather 31 posts Photos 29 posts Sewing and Quilting 28 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 28 posts Cacti and Succulents 28 posts Cut Flowers and Floral Design 25 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 24 posts Tropical Plants 24 posts Orchids 23 posts Texas Gardening 23 posts PlantFiles Pictures 23 posts Tomatoes 22 posts Books, Movies, and TV 22 posts Bulbs 21 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 20 posts Winter Sowing 20 posts Propagation 19 posts Hoyas 18 posts Hostas 18 posts Lilies 17 posts Roses 17 posts Vegetable Gardening 16 posts Beginner Flowers 15 posts California Gardening 14 posts Cottage Gardening 14 posts Garden Talk 13 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 12 posts Happy Birthday 12 posts Wildlife 12 posts Japanese Maples 12 posts Voting Booth 11 posts Dahlias 11 posts Hibiscus 11 posts Annuals 11 posts Seed Germination 11 posts Bird Identification 11 posts Strawbale Gardening 10 posts BugFiles Pictures 9 posts Beekeeping 9 posts Beginner Vegetables 9 posts Peonies 8 posts Coneflowers 8 posts Healthy Living 8 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 8 posts Morning Glories 7 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 7 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 7 posts Rock and Alpine Gardening 7 posts Brugmansias 7 posts Outdoor Living: porches, decks, patios, pools, etc 6 posts Canadian Gardening 6 posts Central Midwest Gardening 5 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 5 posts Container Gardening 5 posts Recipes 5 posts Trash to Treasure 5 posts Fruits and Nuts 5 posts Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 4 posts Organic Gardening 4 posts BirdFiles Pictures 4 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 4 posts Soil and Composting 4 posts Herbs 3 posts Cooking 3 posts Perennials 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Passifloras 3 posts Greenhouse 3 posts Peppers 2 posts Plumerias 2 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 2 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 2 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 2 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 2 posts Agastaches and Salvias 2 posts Frugal Living 2 posts Clematis 2 posts Crafts and Decorating 2 posts Violas and Violettas 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Carolina Gardening 1 post Michigan Gardening 1 post Insect and Spider Identification 1 post Aroids 1 post Carnivorous Plants 1 post Coleus 1 post Farm Life 1 post Brewing and Fermenting 1 post Vines and Climbers 1 post Apartment Living 1 post Rhododendrons and Relatives 1 post Furnishings 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post Classified Ads 1 post Canning, Freezing and Drying 1 post Heirloom Vegetables 1 post Beginner Houseplants 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description youreit Comment Cutleaf Japanese Maple, Threadleaf Japanese Maple 'Orangeola' Acer palmatum var. dissectum mdtropical Comment Chusan Palm, Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei youreit Comment Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort 'Summer Pastels' Achillea millefolium youreit Comment Delta Maidenhair Fern 'Pacific Maid' Adiantum raddianum Rupeee Comment Black-Eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy 'Irish Eyes' Rudbeckia hirta donnacreation Comment Japanese Blue Oak, Ring Cupped Oak Quercus glauca MichaelTWMadden Comment Bourbon Rose 'Zephirine Drouhin' Rosa zsir Comment Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed Asclepias curassavica Merryskye Comment Daylily 'Pricilla's Rainbow' Hemerocallis zsir Comment Silky Thread Grass, Mexican Feather Grass, Mexican Needle Grass, Pony Tails Stipa tenuissima CoreyR1969 Comment Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis wort7759 Comment tomato 'Novodadatsky 37' Lycopersicon lycopersicum 1913cat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Pantomime' Iris 1913cat Comment Tall Bearded Iris 'Stygian Night' Iris Farmerdill Comment Cantaloupe, Galia 'Galia' Cucumis melo var. inodorus cfkingfish Comment Encephalartos, Cyad Encephalartos humilis Nandan Comment Split-leafed Cyclanthus Cyclanthus bipartitus Cactusdude Comment Euphorbia Euphorbia abdelkuri JawzPlants Comment Fuchsia 'Shadow Dancer Betty' Fuchsia vossner Image Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil 'Hillstar' (Narcissus ) henryr10 Image Mountain Thistle (Acanthus montanus) henryr10 Image Mountain Thistle (Acanthus montanus) henryr10 Image Mountain Thistle (Acanthus montanus) henryr10 Image Peacock Fern (Selaginella willdenovii) vossner Image Magnolia 'Jane' (Magnolia ) Farmerdill Image Cantaloupe, Galia 'Galia' (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) Farmerdill Image Cantaloupe, Galia 'Galia' (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) Farmerdill Image Cantaloupe, Galia 'Galia' (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) Farmerdill Image Cantaloupe, Galia 'Galia' (Cucumis melo var. inodorus)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description stevetoearth Positive Green Delights Nursery lilspirit1941 Positive Accents for Home and Garden (Pepper's Greenhouse) baggiejean Positive Brent & Becky's Bulbs Amaryllisgal Positive Salter Tree and Herb Farm mikeys_gardn Positive Onalee's Home-Grown Seeds & Plants mikeys_gardn Positive Trade Winds Fruit tjberg09 Positive The Growers Solution blueeyeskms Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. lateafternoon Negative Master Garden Products marie_kap Positive Vincent Gardens AllynRod Positive A Nearly Native Nursery tjberg09 Neutral Gurney's Seed & Nursery lindseyp Positive Bloomingbulb.com astcgirl Positive Trade Winds Fruit salt1light Negative Rogue Valley Roses aak Neutral Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers walleyemomma Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. s7umks Positive A Nearly Native Nursery ellejacob76 Negative Gardens Alive! ellejacob76 Positive Gardener's Supply Company lisainSF Negative Reimer Seeds syntax Neutral Spring Hill Nursery (aka SpringHillNursery.com) amberroses Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) shenza Positive Bay Flora buggycrazy Positive Willow Creek Gardens queequeg_1 Positive Wynne's Dahlias queequeg_1 Positive Cowlitz River Dahlias pajaski Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. catloverrachel Positive Sequim Rare Plants greenpaw Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. Friedman_ATL Negative Nature Hills Nursery PeppersInCanada Positive The Pepper Gal Vestia Negative One Green World (Northwoods Nursery)

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 11, 2010