Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 20, 2013

Covering the events of August 20, 2013

... in which ...
704 posts were made.
7 plants were added to PlantFiles.
19 comments were added to PlantFiles.
84 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
40 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
4 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
0 books were added to the Garden Bookworm.
0 ratings were added to the Garden Bookworm.

"For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God..."

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow. (from The Snowstorm, 1847) "

( -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 704 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 126 posts Games 73 posts PlantFiles Pictures 41 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 30 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 26 posts Pets 25 posts Australian Gardening 24 posts Memory Garden 22 posts Water Gardens 20 posts Central Midwest Gardening 20 posts Recipes 18 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 15 posts Perennials 14 posts Daylilies 13 posts Morning Glories 12 posts Northeast Gardening 12 posts Sewing and Quilting 12 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 10 posts Tomatoes 10 posts Beginner Flowers 9 posts Florida Gardening 8 posts Wildlife 8 posts Tropical Plants 7 posts Carolina Gardening 7 posts Beginner Houseplants 7 posts Vegetable Gardening 7 posts Aroids 6 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 6 posts Insect and Spider Identification 5 posts Poppies 5 posts Happy Birthday 5 posts Weather 4 posts Seed Trading 4 posts Canadian Gardening 4 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 4 posts Hypertufa and Concrete 4 posts Brugmansias 4 posts Tropical Zone Gardening 4 posts Mid-South Gardening 4 posts Texas Gardening 4 posts Begonias 4 posts Irrigation Systems 3 posts Gardening by the Moon 3 posts Photos 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Beginner Vegetables 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Beginner Fruit 3 posts Voting Booth 2 posts Hydrangeas 2 posts Cacti and Succulents 2 posts Propagation 2 posts Pacific Northwest Gardening 2 posts African Violets and Gesneriads 2 posts Trash to Treasure 2 posts Classified Ads 2 posts Roses 2 posts Ask-a-Gardener 1 post Southwest Gardening 1 post Japanese Maples 1 post Fuchsias 1 post Gingers 1 post Jokes & Humor 1 post DG Journals and Diaries 1 post Peppers 1 post Seed Germination 1 post Greenhouse 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Container Gardening 1 post BugFiles Pictures 1 post Saving Seeds 1 post Crafts and Decorating 1 post Orchids 1 post Beginner Landscaping 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post Caudiciforms 1 post California Gardening 1 post Upper Midwest Gardening 1 post Georgia Gardening 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

7 new plants.
19 new descriptions were added.
40 new images were added.
84 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description foxhead128 Comment Strawberry Begonia, Strawberry Geranium, Roving Sailor Saxifraga stolonifera foxhead128 Comment Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew 'Variegata' Tradescantia pallida marjorie737 Comment Pink Fuzzybean, Pink Wild Bean, Wild Bean Strophostyles umbellata heyamishgirl Comment Lesser Calamint 'Blue Cloud' Calamintha nepeta mehitabel45 Comment Common Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle, Flower-of-Death 'Illumination' Vinca minor Leesto Comment Water Primrose, Floating Primrose Willow, Yellow Water-weed, Clove-Strip Ludwigia peploides philmainstay42 Comment Canna Lily 'Tropicanna Gold' Canna weedsfree Comment Beard Tongue 'Riding Hood Lavender' Penstemon paizley Comment Bunching Onion 'Tokyo Long White' Allium fistulosum Aloelover Comment Aloe Aloe thorncroftii Aloelover Comment Aloe Aloe lettyae foxhead128 Comment African Violet Saintpaulia ionantha glennman Comment False Banana, Red Abyssinian Banana, Wild Banana 'Montbeliardii' Ensete ventricosum harlowj2 Comment Dasylirion Dasylirion serratifolium Ravens444 Comment Haworthia 'Hayashi' Haworthia IrisZ7 Comment Hybrid Tea Rose 'City of Newcastle' Rosa KyPlantPro Comment Soft Green-Eyes Berlandiera pumila JenDion Comment White Corydalis, Fumewort Corydalis ochroleuca Rhensrude Comment Butterfly Pea, Blue Pea Vine Clitoria ternatea Cville_Gardener Image Double Tiger Lily 'Flore Pleno' (Lilium lancifolium) Cville_Gardener Image Showy Stonecrop 'Munstead Dark Red' (Sedum telephium) Studley Image Sweetheart Peperomia, Dwarf Watermelon Peperomia, Mini Watermelon Peperomia (Peperomia verschaffeltii) scirpidiella Image Phureja, Chaucha (Solanum phureja) scirpidiella Image Pitiquiña 'Khuchi Khoochi TPS' (Solanum stenotomum) scirpidiella Image Pitiquiña 'Khuchi Khoochi TPS' (Solanum stenotomum) scirpidiella Image Andigena 'Huagalina TPS' (Solanum andigenum) scirpidiella Image Potato 'Salad Blue' (Solanum tuberosum) scirpidiella Image Melon-leaf nightshade (Solanum citrullifolium) scirpidiella Image Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa) scirpidiella Image Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa) scirpidiella Image Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa) CactusJordi Image Baja Organ Pipe Cactus, Pitaya, Xoconostle (Stenocereus stellatus) marsrover Image Cheddar Pink 'Raspberry Surprise' (Dianthus ) foxhead128 Image Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) DaylilySLP Image False Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Rhythm and Blues' (Astilbe x arendsii) DaylilySLP Image False Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Rhythm and Blues' (Astilbe x arendsii) DaylilySLP Image False Spirea, False Goat's Beard 'Rhythm and Blues' (Astilbe x arendsii) Aloelover Image Jewelled Aloe, Golden Tooth Aloe (Aloe perfoliata var. distans) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe thorncroftii) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe lettyae) ovrfncs Image Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber (Melothria pendula) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe reynoldsii) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe djiboutiensis) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe djiboutiensis) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe djiboutiensis) Aloelover Image Aloe (Aloe lettyae) clairehammer Image Hybrid Tea Rose 'Diana, Princess of Wales' (Rosa ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Sir Modred' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Franz Schubert' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Garden Phlox 'Franz Schubert' (Phlox paniculata) DaylilySLP Image Oriental Lily 'Aktiva' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Oriental Lily 'Aktiva' (Lilium ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Always Afternoon' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Always Afternoon' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Elegant Candy' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Daylily 'Elegant Candy' (Hemerocallis ) DaylilySLP Image Pink Wood Sorrel 'Rosea' (Oxalis crassipes) DaylilySLP Image Pink Wood Sorrel 'Rosea' (Oxalis crassipes) DaylilySLP Image Pink Wood Sorrel 'Rosea' (Oxalis crassipes)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description jaimelemon Positive California Carnivores Font Positive Amishland Heirloom Seeds Schumann Positive Trade Winds Fruit Nick7777tree Positive Grandpa's Orchard, LLC

Garden Bookworm Activity:

No new books were added to the database.
No new ratings/comments were added to the database.

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... August 20, 2013