Your All Things Plants weekly news: August 31, 2013

There were 7 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By nolo August 31, 2013 Cheap and Easy Seedling Protection with a Chickenwire Tent In my garden, protection from birds and rabbits for a few days gives seedlings a better survival rate. The tents fold flat for storage. (3 comments)

By prairiegirl August 30, 2013 Composting with Worms, It's Easier Than You Think! Red Wigglers are my garden's secret weapon, and it is easy to get started. (97 words - Read the full article) (one comment)

By dave August 29, 2013 ATP Podcast #32: Apples for the South, Rose Hips, Fall Chores and More In today's episode it's a blitz of various gardening thoughts, ideas and suggestions. Dave discusses apple varieties for Texas and Trish shares all her recent herb and rose drying projects. We also wrap up wildflowers week by talking about our favorite articles from last week. (54 words - Read the full article) (4 comments)

By goldfinch4 August 28, 2013 Glossary Tip - Panicle A loose cluster of flowers growing on the end of a stem and made up of small stems with one or more flowers each. Some examples are hydrangeas, lilacs, oats, and many grasses. (no comments)

By Skiekitty August 27, 2013 Plant Marigolds as an Ant Deterrent Do you struggle with sugar ants in the house? Line your walkway with marigolds. Also, when you deadhead the marigolds, crush the spent flowers along the outside of your window sills. Works great as a natural deterrent on ants of all sizes. (4 comments)

By vic August 26, 2013 Watering Containers While on Vacation If you have to be away from home for an extended period of time and you have a lot of hanging baskets and/or container plants, put them all in a child's swimming pool or other large container. (6 comments)

By Paul2032 August 25, 2013 Cooking Sweet Corn The microwave is a great way to quickly fix an ear of corn. (70 words - Read the full article) (21 comments)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Green Rainbow') by floota: Photo of Dahlia (Dahlia 'Promise') by frankrichards16: Photo of (Orostachys spinosa) by goldfinch4: Photo of Ball Dahlia (Dahlia 'Stolze von Berlin') by robertduval14: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Van Gogh's Ear') by Char: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'The Wonder Emporium') by Char:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by 4susiesjoy: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by webesemps: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by extranjera: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

4 people gave for the idea "Cheap and Easy Seedling Protection with a Chickenwire Tent" by nolo 3 people gave for the idea "ATP Podcast #32: Apples for the South, Rose Hips, Fall Chores and More" by dave 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #315 by ge1836 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #325 by webesemps 3 people gave for the idea "Watering Containers While on Vacation" by vic 3 people gave for a post in "Some August containers" by ge1836 2 people gave for a post in "Is that way viable ?" by farmwind 2 people gave for the idea "Composting with Worms, It's Easier Than You Think!" by prairiegirl 2 people gave for a post in "HELP! Thistle and other weeds taking over LARGE daylily bed!" by Bonehead 2 people gave for the idea "Plant Marigolds as an Ant Deterrent" by Skiekitty

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Cleaning Showy Milkweed Seeds	Natalie	Seeds forum	38
happy people open thread - aug-sept	JB	Sandbox forum	36
New badges awarded?	Sharon	Site Talk forum	29
Do you garden with Wildflowers? Tell us all about it.	frostweed	Wildflowers forum	22
Gaillardia 'Oranges & Lemons' versus 'Arizona Apricot' - help needed in IDing	Polymerous	Perennials forum	21
New home, adopted plants...	Saradl	Plant ID forum	21
Show us photos of rain on Semps	springcolor	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	19
Hello!	treehugger	Ask a Question forum	19
Thought I'd Share ....	HoosierHarvester	Containers forum	18

Some new recommendations from our members:

SongofJoy recommended Monarch Watch and wrote: Wonderful resource for things related to Monarch butterflies, their conservation and restoration, establishing Monarch habitats, as well as a source for educational materials.

SongofJoy recommended The Xerces Society and wrote: If you are interested in invertebrate conservation, restoration, and endangered species, this is an excellent organization with many good programs and publications. http://www.xerces.org/publications/

Some numbers from last week:

• 40 new members.
• 184 new threads.
• 4,263 new posts.
• 1,235 new images to the plant database.
• 68 new comments in the plant database.
• 37 new Multi-Plant photos.