Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of September 14

... in which ...

148 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.22% yesterday.
1,189 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
6 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
84 plants were added to the Plants Database.
20 comments were added to the Plants Database.
46 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
108 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
6 entries were added to Botanary.

happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden doing whatever the h@!! I want." (from People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening) "

( -- Robin Chotzinoff, American writer)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Not a brug but!!!
By TLynn

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Potato Vine
Solanum jasminoides
By Happenstance

Forum Activity

A grand total of 1,189 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 235 posts.

PDB Pictures 156 posts.

Photos 132 posts.

General Discussion 79 posts.

Roundup 54 posts.

Parking Lot 39 posts.

Hostas 39 posts.

Tropicals 38 posts.

Prayer Requests 28 posts.

Computer Talk 26 posts.

Seed Trading 26 posts.

Garden Talk 25 posts.

Canadian Trading 23 posts.

Bulbs 22 posts.

Propagation 21 posts.

Wild Life 18 posts.

Organic Gardening 16 posts.

Day Lilies 12 posts.

Home and Crafts 12 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 11 posts.

Identification 11 posts.

Vines and Climbers 11 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 9 posts.

Recipes 9 posts.

Plant Trading 9 posts.

Pollbooth 9 posts.

Media 9 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 8 posts.

Farm Life 8 posts.

Tomatoes 8 posts.

Perennials 8 posts.

Dave's Garden 8 posts.

Camera Talk 8 posts.

Pets 7 posts.

Roses 6 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 6 posts.

Geraniaceae 6 posts.

Co-Op 5 posts.

Garden Foes 4 posts.

Disabled Gardeners 3 posts.

Mail Call! 3 posts.

Jokes and Chat 3 posts.

Container Gardening 3 posts.

European 3 posts.

Fruit Trees 2 posts.

Soil 2 posts.

Water Gardens 2 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 2 posts.

Herbs 1 post.

House Plants 1 post.

Landscaping 1 post.

Saving Seeds 1 post.

Hoyas 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

Cephalostachyum sef-uh-loh-STAY-kee-um From the Greek kephale (head), and stachys (ear of corn), referring to a spike
enneacanthus en-nee-uh-KAN-thus Having nine spines
lazicum LAY-zee-kum Of or from Lazistan, on the shores of the Black Sea
Tussacia too-SAY-kee-uh Named for Richard de Tussac, 19th century French botanist and author
lazica LAY-zee-kuh Of or from Lazistan, on the shores of the Black Sea
standishii stan-DEE-shee-eye Named for Johon Standish, 19th century English nurseryman; helped raise the Asian plants introduced by Fortune

Journal Activity

37 new items.
31 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

84 new plants.
20 new descriptions were added.
108 new images were added.
46 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

No new companies were added to the database.
6 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
kschneider Positive Paradise Garden
Pioselli Positive Color Farm Coleus
DerekB83 Positive Dune Lane Nursery
DoW_Oldman Negative 4 Tropical Plants
gdiehl Positive Gardecor.com (Artistic eDesigns, LLC)
JimKennard Company Message Mittleider, Jacob Gardening Books

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... September 14, 2003