Your All Things Plants weekly news: August 17, 2013

There were 7 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By Sharon August 17, 2013 Wildflowers Through the Ages "None can have a healthy love for flowers unless he loves the wild ones." ~ Forbes Watson, art critic and writer, 1879 - 1960 (1,031 words - Read the full article) (12 comments)

By Sashagirl August 16, 2013 Chop and Drop Rhubarb Mulch Don't pitch those freshly cut rhubarb leaves into the compost bin/pile. Instead, tuck those leaves up, under and around your rhubarb plants. They provide excellent mulch as well as extra nutrients for your plants. (4 comments)

By dave August 15, 2013 ATP Podcast #31: All Things Trees In this week's episode, we dive straight into talking all about trees, how to buy them, plant them, care for them, and yes, how to kill them! We don't want you to kill your trees, though, so learn from our lessons and keep your trees happy and healthy with our time honored tips and ideas. (3 comments)

By LarryR August 14, 2013 Bindweed Unbound I just spent the better part of an afternoon extricating the perennials in one of my flower beds from the death grip of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). Weeds don’t come much nastier than this thug. It’s considered one of the most noxious weeds in the world. (935 words - Read the full article) (18 comments)

By Xeramtheum August 13, 2013 How To Make Embossed Plant Tags Among the most frustrating things about gardening are the mystery plants remaining when their tags fade away from sun and rain. The fix is embossable tags, but the cost of buying them is prohibitive if you use a lot, as I do... (345 words - Read the full article) (23 comments)

By ShadyGreenThumb August 12, 2013 Plant Shippers Save the Earth Idea I know many plant shippers use boxes to shop their plants around the world. Here is a way to reuse a shipping carton that has print on the outside, or maybe has one too many labels on it. (144 words - Read the full article) (7 comments)

By PiaLouiseSourvi August 11, 2013 Add Interest to Potted Plants Use various decorative items around the base of your plants to make them more unique and interesting to look at. You can also match these decorative items to your interior design colors for an extra special personal look. (617 words - Read the full article) (5 comments)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth') by RavenCroft: Photo of Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii 'Nanho Blue') by TBGDN: Photo of Zinnia (Zinnia) by sarahbugw: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Jane Hizwife') by mainstreet: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Karin Cooke') by nh4me: Photo of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus 'Mammoth') by RavenCroft:

The most popular image sets from last week: Image Set by 4susiesjoy: Image Set by ge1836: Image Set by pixie62560: Image Set by ge1836: Image Set by eclayne: Image Set by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

7 people gave for a post by dave under "This is my first visit" 5 people gave for Bindweed Unbound 4 people gave for Wildflowers Through the Ages 3 people gave for Add Interest to Potted Plants 3 people gave for How To Make Embossed Plant Tags 2 people gave for Plant Shippers Save the Earth Idea 2 people gave for a post by farmwind under "Summer vacation" 2 people gave for ATP Podcast #31: All Things Trees 2 people gave for the image set #299 by 4susiesjoy 2 people gave for a photo of Mint (Mentha) in the plant database by dave

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
This is my first visit	Susan249PA	Sandbox forum	165
Bug Bite/Sting Really Hurts!	Xeramtheum	Sandbox forum	30
A great work from a farmer ,he is my idol!	farmwind	Roses forum	22
2013 Dykes medal awarded	Misawa77	Irises forum	22
Planting Morning Glories	Arookieinplanting	Ask a Question forum	22
What is this flower?	greene	Plant ID forum	21
Roses in our wet climate	Bonehead	Pacific Northwest Gardening forum	19
Sun or shade ??	gingin	Containers forum	19
bush beans	steve	Edibles and Preserving forum	19

Some new recommendations from our members:

TennesseeDave recommended Everwilde Farms, Inc. and wrote: I ordered seed and received it in less than a week. Excellent instructions provided for successful planting. Very friendly people and excellent customer service.

cheryl10 recommended Country Boy Gardens and wrote: This past spring was my second year ordering from Country Boy Gardens. Beautiful, healthy plants, and excellent packing. All the hostas I ordered are growing beautifully. Their website is now the first place I go when ordering hosta plants.

Some numbers from last week:

• 70 new members.
• 180 new threads.
• 3,820 new posts.
• 1,736 new images to the plant database.
• 19 new comments in the plant database.
• 18 new image sets.