Dave's Garden Newsletter for October 1, 2011

Gardening Quote of the Day

( -- Sir Thomas More, English author, martyr (born 2/7/1478))

Forum Activity

Forum Posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 69 posts Plant Identification 63 posts Games 42 posts Northeast Gardening 36 posts Sewing and Quilting 32 posts Tomatoes 29 posts PlantFiles Pictures 28 posts Pets 28 posts Morning Glories 28 posts Cacti and Succulents 27 posts Southwest Gardening 27 posts Poultry and Livestock 27 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 26 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 26 posts Daylilies 24 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 24 posts Recipes 22 posts Homesteading 18 posts Texas Gardening 18 posts Bird Watching 17 posts Australian Gardening 17 posts Trash to Treasure 14 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 14 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 14 posts Insect and Spider Identification 13 posts Weather 13 posts Seed Trading 11 posts Orchids 10 posts Market Growers 10 posts Coneflowers 8 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 8 posts Mid-South Gardening 7 posts Orchid Cactus 7 posts Soil and Composting 7 posts Tropical Plants 7 posts Canadian Gardening 6 posts Perennials 6 posts Photos 6 posts Cooking 5 posts Hostas 4 posts Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 4 posts Beginner Vegetables 4 posts Construction Zone: building, remodeling, additions 4 posts Upper Midwest Gardening 4 posts Garden Talk 3 posts Accessible Gardening 3 posts Equine Forum 3 posts Self-contained Box Gardens 3 posts Plant Trading 3 posts Peonies 3 posts Happy Birthday 3 posts Brugmansias 3 posts Container Gardening 3 posts Woodworking 2 posts Vermicomposting 2 posts Herbs 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 2 posts Beginner Landscaping 2 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 2 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Bloom of the Day Photos 2 posts Passifloras 2 posts Central Midwest Gardening 2 posts Wildlife Gardening 2 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 2 posts Heucheras and Friends 1 post Cannas 1 post Pottery, Clay and Ceramics 1 post Fragrant Gardening 1 post Entertaining 1 post Antiques and Collectibles 1 post Bulbs 1 post Vegetable Gardening 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post Ferns, Fungi and Mosses 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Clean and Clutter-free 1 post Cameras and Photography 1 post Plumerias 1 post Welcome Home 1 post Propagation 1 post Coleus 1 post Kitchens 1 post Fruits and Nuts 1 post Roses 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Aspinwalln Comment Kakiran Epipactis thunbergii squirmy2000 Comment Weeping Lantana, Trailing Lantana 'Trailing Lavender' Lantana montevidensis DoItinTheDirt Comment Madagascar Jewel Euphorbia leuconeura Charles007 Comment Wild Mexican Yam, Barbasco, Colic Root Dioscorea mexicana PinkStar Comment European Columbine, European Crowfoot, Granny's Bonnet 'Winky Blue and White' Aquilegia vulgaris PinkStar Comment Viola 'Rebecca' Viola behnat Comment Rose Mallow, Annual Mallow Lavatera trimestris Gabrielle Comment Chocolate Vine Akebia trifoliata Gabrielle Comment Gayfeather, Blazing Star, Button Snakeroot 'Alba' Liatris spicata Kell Image Million Bells 'Minifamous Double Blue' (Calibrachoa ) Kell Image Million Bells 'Minifamous Double Blue' (Calibrachoa ) Kell Image Petunia 'Opera Supreme Raspberry Ice' (Petunia grandiflora) Kell Image Petunia 'Opera Supreme Raspberry Ice' (Petunia grandiflora) Kell Image Petunia 'Opera Supreme Raspberry Ice' (Petunia grandiflora)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

Member Addition Description Punchy1999 Neutral Plumeria2U Sydney440 Neutral Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs (dutchbulbs.com) Sydney440 Positive Colorblends (Schipper & Co. USA) maritza1271 Positive Turtlegaby's Tropical Oasis happydaze Positive Sporebank (Sporebank.com) texasgardner69 Negative Cactus Limon Toni05 Positive Hirt's Gardens (formerly Hirt's Greenhouse & Flowers) TNTurtle Positive Plant Delights Nursery

Garden Bookworm Activity:

Final Notes

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

And that's the way it was... October 1, 2011