Dave's Garden Newsletter for August 4, 2015

Covering the events of August 4, 2015

... in which ...
352 posts were made.
4 plants were added to PlantFiles.
11 comments were added to PlantFiles.
88 checkboxes were added to PlantFiles.
8 snapshots were added to PlantFiles.
0 entries were added to Botanary.
0 companies were added to the Garden Watchdog.
5 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

"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

( -- Steven Wright, American comedian)

Forum Activity

A grand total of 352 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts Plant Identification 98 posts Mid-Atlantic Gardening 28 posts Games 24 posts Mid-South Gardening 15 posts Insect and Spider Identification 14 posts Vegetable Gardening 11 posts Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener 11 posts Morning Glories 10 posts Cacti and Succulents 10 posts Tomatoes 9 posts PlantFiles Pictures 8 posts Voting Booth 8 posts Central Midwest Gardening 7 posts Garden Pests and Diseases 7 posts Weather 7 posts Northeast Gardening 5 posts Happy Birthday 5 posts Sewing and Quilting 4 posts Dahlias 4 posts Daylilies 4 posts Accessible Gardening 4 posts Florida Gardening 3 posts Bird Identification 3 posts Bird Watching 3 posts Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening 3 posts Native Plants and Wild Plants 3 posts Clean and Clutter-free 3 posts Propagation 3 posts Beginner Flowers 3 posts Beginner Gardening Questions 3 posts PlantFiles How-to's 2 posts Group Trades, Swaps and Round Robins 2 posts Beginner Fruit 2 posts Equine Forum 2 posts Lilies 2 posts Cottage Gardening 2 posts Fruits and Nuts 2 posts Garden Art 2 posts Wildlife 2 posts Recipes 2 posts Ohio River Valley Gardening 1 post Orchid Cactus 1 post Beginner Houseplants 1 post Hybridizers 1 post Farm Life 1 post Peonies 1 post Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 1 post Bloom of the Day Photos 1 post Australian and New Zealand Gardening 1 post Texas Gardening 1 post Herbs 1 post Rhododendrons and Relatives 1 post

New Botanary Words

PlantFiles Activity:

4 new plants.
11 new descriptions were added.
8 new images were added.
88 new content were checked off.

PlantFiles Additions:

Member Addition Description Callum_B Comment Angel's Fishing Rod, Fairy Wand, Wandflower Dierama pulcherrimum Callum_B Comment Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Tritoma Kniphofia caulescens Rickwebb Comment Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Coccinea' Spiraea x bumalda Rickwebb Comment Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Shirobana' Spiraea japonica Chillybean Comment Longflower Beeblossom Gaura longiflora teresalt01 Comment Giant Star Potato Tree Solanum macranthum Tiffit65 Comment Garlic Mustard, Hedge Garlic, Jack by the Hedge Alliaria petiolata hanakoi Comment Purpletop Vervain, Brazilian Verbena, Upright Verbena Verbena bonariensis mastiffgirl Comment Smoke Tree 'Golden Spirit' Cotinus coggygria Joan Comment Agapanthus, Lily of the Nile 'Croft's Pearl' Agapanthus praecox BevL Comment Baby Sunrose, Dew Plant, Heartleaf Ice Plant, Heart Leaf Ice Plant Aptenia cordifolia Mark_B Image Silver Dollar Prickly Pear, Dinner Plate Cactus (Opuntia robusta) Minime8484 Image Tavaresia (Tavaresia barklyi) Rickwebb Image Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Shirobana' (Spiraea japonica) Rickwebb Image Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet, Maybush 'Shirobana' (Spiraea japonica) Ted_B Image Queen's Delight, Queen's Root, Silver Leaf, Yaw Root (Stillingia sylvatica) pat236 Image Daylily 'Red Rooster' (Hemerocallis ) pat236 Image Daylily 'Red Rooster' (Hemerocallis ) seedtraderr Image Tomato 'African Togo' (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)

Garden Watchdog Activity:

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

Member Addition Description user3838 Negative Horizon Herbs, LLC flowerbuzz Negative Crape Myrtles Inc. (also dba Crape Myrtle Farms and Lagerstroemia.com) gvargo Positive Accents for Home and Garden (Pepper's Greenhouse) GrannyPeck Positive Hazzard's Greenhouse

Garden Bookworm Activity:

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

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... August 4, 2015