Dave's Garden Newsletter for March 9, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- William Blake, English poet)

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Northeast Gardening 167 posts Daylilies 112 posts Poultry and Livestock 90 posts Plant and Tree Identification 81 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 77 posts Morning Glories 75 posts Pets 68 posts Bird Watching 64 posts Cacti and Succulents 43 posts Australian Gardening 35 posts Clematis 28 posts Games 26 posts Trash to Treasure 26 posts Sewing and Quilting 24 posts Seed Trading 21 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 20 posts Mid-South Gardening 20 posts Photos 20 posts Tropical Plants 19 posts Propagation 19 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 17 posts Bulbs 17 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 16 posts Southwest Gardening 16 posts Vegetable Gardening 16 posts Texas Gardening 16 posts Frugal Living 15 posts Irises 14 posts Beginner Vegetables 14 posts Greenhouse 13 posts PlantFiles Pictures 12 posts Recipes 12 posts Sustainable Alternatives 12 posts Seed Germination 12 posts Clean and Clutter-free 11 posts Canadian Gardening 11 posts Voting Booth 10 posts Insect and Spider Identification 10 posts Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 10 posts Cannas 10 posts Soil and Composting 10 posts Water Gardens 9 posts Brugmansias 9 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 8 posts Tomatoes 8 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 8 posts Homesteading 8 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts High Yield Gardening 6 posts Swaps, Trades and Giveaways 6 posts Carolina Gardening 6 posts Equine Forum 6 posts Peonies 6 posts Orchids 6 posts Georgia Gardening 5 posts Garden Art 5 posts Cottage Gardening 5 posts Tiny Gardens 5 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 5 posts Container Gardening 4 posts Cooking 4 posts Winter Sowing 4 posts Electrical and Lighting 4 posts Bird Identification 4 posts Invasive Plants 4 posts Weather 4 posts Gladiolas 4 posts Beginner Landscaping 3 posts Brewing and Fermenting 3 posts Floors and Coverings 3 posts Cameras and Photography 3 posts Wildlife 3 posts Home Decorating 3 posts Mosaics and Stained Glass 3 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3 posts Amaryllis and Hippeastrums 3 posts Annuals 3 posts Antiques and Collectibles 3 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 3 posts Orchid Cactus 2 posts Fruits and Nuts 2 posts Beginner Houseplants 2 posts Garden Talk 2 posts Roses 2 posts Caudiciforms 2 posts Lilies 2 posts Accessible Gardening 2 posts Shady Gardens 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Coleus 2 posts Books, Movies, and TV 2 posts Plumerias 2 posts Happy Birthday 2 posts Florida Gardening 2 posts Japanese Maples 1 post Beginner Flowers 1 post California Gardening 1 post Michigan Gardening 1 post Gardening by the Moon 1 post Hybridizers 1 post Indoor Gardening and Houseplants 1 post Plant Trading 1 post Geraniums, Pelargoniums and Erodiums 1 post Fireplaces and Wood Stoves 1 post Native Plants and Wild Plants 1 post Beginner Gardening Questions 1 post Strawbale Gardening 1 post Healthy Living 1 post Hydrangeas 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description gaclaygardener Comment Shrub Rose 'Sunny Knockout' Rosa SpaceCase418 Comment Preuss' Strophanthus Strophanthus preussii SpaceCase418 Comment Black Bamboo 'Black Jade' Phyllostachys nigra Minime8484 Comment Curly Paela Caesalpinia platyloba GardnGator Comment Southern Crabapple, Narrow-leaved Crab Apple Malus angustifolia SpaceCase418 Comment Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut Pachira aquatica boomboer Comment Euphorbia 'Snow Flake' Euphorbia polygona nancyanne Comment Sweet Bay, Bay Leaf, Bayleaf Laurus nobilis mrs_colla Comment Variegated Oval Leaf Mint Bush 'Variegata' Prostanthera ovalifolia SpaceCase418 Comment Avocado, Alligator Pear Persea americana MuddyKnees Comment Coastal Tea-tree Leptospermum laevigatum SpaceCase418 Comment Ginger, Common Ginger, Cooking Ginger, Canton Zingiber officinale thmpr Comment White Coneflower 'White Swan' Echinacea purpurea steensraven Comment Manchurian Apricot Prunus armeniaca var. mandshurica jcolehaley Comment Walking Palm, Stilt Palm, Curly Stilt Root Palm Socratea exorrhiza DaylilySLP Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'America' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Large Flowered Climbing Rose 'America' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Floribunda Rose 'Betty Prior' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Floribunda Rose 'Betty Prior' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Floribunda Rose 'Europeana' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Floribunda Rose 'Europeana' (Rosa )

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description pepperpro Negative Willhite Seed Inc. pepperpro Positive Seed of the Month Club pepperpro Positive MiloSeeds billbrecker Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms ugarden Positive TomatoFest.com lharris01 Positive Misty Acres Nursery youngcrabs Negative Turtlegaby's Tropical Oasis NBerryman Negative Park Seed Company (aka Park's Gardens) daffojill Positive Garden Tool Company plantladylin Positive Marble Branch Farms daffojill Negative McClure & Zimmerman Quality Flowerbulb Brokers kigbev Positive A Nearly Native Nursery EagleLady2 Negative High Country Gardens beazert Positive Almost Eden Plants katie59 Positive SimplyClems.com DungBeetle Positive Greenearth Publishing Inc. (bananaplants.net, greenhouse.net) theozarkhouse Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. warriorhk Positive Katz Kuntry Kuttins Graham_B Positive Pense Nursery dbpbkc Positive Gilbert H. Wild and Son carepp Positive Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. thelawnwolf Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms thelawnwolf Positive Amishland Heirloom Seeds thelawnwolf Positive Rohrer Seeds aclark88 Positive Dimeo Blueberry Farms

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Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... March 9, 2011