Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of December 27

... in which ...

52 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.07% yesterday.
446 posts were made.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
4 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
14 plants were added to the Plants Database.
18 comments were added to the Plants Database.
92 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
36 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
11 entries were added to Botanary.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

( -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , American civil rights leader (born 1/15/1929))

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Starting green cuttings in water
By Hibiscus

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Bush Morning Glory, Morning Glory Tree, Badoh Negro, Borrachero, Matacabra
Ipomoea carnea
By htop

Forum Activity

A grand total of 446 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

Brugmansias and Friends 66 posts.

Pets 59 posts.

General Discussion 48 posts.

PDB Pictures 47 posts.

Photos 30 posts.

Computer Talk 28 posts.

Welcome Mat 16 posts.

Prayer Requests 12 posts.

Recipes 12 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 11 posts.

Identification 10 posts.

Parking Lot 9 posts.

Farm Life 9 posts.

Vines and Climbers 9 posts.

Seed Trading 7 posts.

Jokes and Chat 7 posts.

Home Decorating 6 posts.

Bulbs 6 posts.

Pollbooth 5 posts.

Water Gardens 5 posts.

Handyman 5 posts.

Home and Crafts 4 posts.

Canadian Trading 4 posts.

Tomatoes 4 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 3 posts.

Organic Gardening 2 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 2 posts.

Camera Talk 2 posts.

Dave's Garden 2 posts.

Greenhouse 2 posts.

Master Gardeners 1 post.

Trees & Shrubs 1 post.

Propagation 1 post.

Wild Life 1 post.

Plant Trading 1 post.

Garden Talk 1 post.

Gourds and Melons 1 post.

Fruit Trees 1 post.

Garden Foes 1 post.

Day Lilies 1 post.

Hostas 1 post.

Bonsai 1 post.

Mail Call! 1 post.

Vegetable Gardening 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

capsicastrum kap-sih-KAS-trum Like Capsicum (?)
godseffiana god-seff-ee-AY-nuh Named for Joseph Godseff, 20th century English plant collector
semperaurea sem-per-AWR-ee-uh Always golden
truncatulatus trun-kat-yoo-LAY-tus Almost cut off; decimated
weddelliana wed-del-ee-AY-nuh Named for Hughes Algernon Weddell, 19th century botanist
weddellii wed-DEL-lee-eye Named for Hughes Algernon Weddell, 19th century botanist
cunninghamii kun-ning-ham-ee-eye Named in honour of Allan Cunningham, 1800s explorer
mutica mu-tee-ka Blunt
muticus mu-tee-kuss Blunt
muticum mu-tee-kum Blunt
perofskianum per-ov-ski-ah-num Named after Perofsky, who was a Russian botanist

Journal Activity

1 new item.
1 new entry.

Plants Database Activity:

14 new plants.
18 new descriptions were added.
36 new images were added.
92 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description
Terre_ Negative Breck's Bulbs
Antiqueroses Positive Uncommon Rose, The
laspalmasdesign Positive Green Escape Palm Trees
seekix Positive Mid Atlantic Bamboo

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... December 27, 2003