Your All Things Plants weekly news: February 22, 2014

There were 9 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By bitbit February 22, 2014 Cover Your Plants To Extend the Season For plants that are a little too tender to survive the winter in your climate, you can still grow them with a little protection. (73 words - Read the full article) (no comments)

By dave February 21, 2014 ATP Podcast #47: Our Top Culinary and Medicinal Herbs In today's podcast we finish off herbs week by talking about our own favorite herbs, how we grow them, how we cook with them, and how we use them for medicinal purposes. (5 comments)

By CarolineScott February 21, 2014 Caraway Caraway is an easy herb to grow in temperate zone gardens, and it has many culinary and medicinal applications. (417 words - Read the full article) (8 comments)

By Bonehead February 20, 2014 Herbs - Demystifying the Lingo When reading up on the use of herbs, one often runs into terms that sound similar but have slightly different meanings. (93 words - Read the full article) (6 comments)

By Bonehead February 19, 2014 Herbs - Beyond the Soup Pot Explore the fun of using herbs in your daily life. In addition to their culinary uses, they may also be used for medicinal purposes and added to cosmetics, can serve as insect repellents, and reportedly have magical properties. (1,103 words - Read the full article) (10 comments)

By SongofJoy February 18, 2014 The Bitter Herbs Bitter herbs (also known as bitters) have been used for thousands of years. They are frequently used in cooking, in herbal and alternative medicine, and in the religious ceremonies of numerous cultures around the world. These herbs can be powerful enough to cause physiological reactions within the body. So, what are the bitter herbs? (325 words - Read the full article) (8 comments)

By Sharon February 17, 2014 Here a Mint, There a Mint Everywhere a mint mint! With apologies to Old MacDonald, let's dig a little deeper into the invasive tactics of a delightful herb named Mentha. (1,483 words - Read the full article) (33 comments)

By Newyorkrita February 17, 2014 Parsley and Dill Do Double Duty These two common garden herbs are useful both for adding flavor to our cooking and for attracting butterflies to our gardens as host plants. (208 words - Read the full article) (24 comments)

By bitbit February 16, 2014 Herbs in Winter Herbs can be a important part of your winter garden, lending plenty of flavor to the dishes you make with your winter veggies. (91 words - Read the full article) (13 comments)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Blue Ribbon Roundup') by floota: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Highland Lord') by MissMimie: Photo of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus 'Alaska Mixed') by mcash70: Photo of Catnip (Nepeta cataria) by Hemlady: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Blue Legend') by floota: Photo of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Basinga') by NisiNJ:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by jmorth: Multi-plant photo by pirl: Multi-plant photo by pirl: Multi-plant photo by clintbrown: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by HamiltonSquare:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

9 people gave for the idea "Herbs - Beyond the Soup Pot" by Bonehead 8 people gave for a post in "Banner for February 18, 2014 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins 7 people gave for the idea "Here a Mint, There a Mint" by Sharon 6 people gave for the idea "The Bitter Herbs" by SongofJoy 5 people gave for the idea "Caraway" by CarolineScott 4 people gave for the idea "Herbs - Demystifying the Lingo" by Bonehead 3 people gave for the idea "Parsley and Dill Do Double Duty" by Newyorkrita 3 people gave for the idea "Cinder Block Raised Beds" by plantladylin 3 people gave for a post in "Banner for February 20, 2014 by terrafirma" by terrafirma 3 people gave for the idea "Cover Your Plants To Extend the Season" by bitbit

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	255
good information	abhege	Here a Mint, There a Mint	32
Cecile Brunner - thornless?	dave	Roses forum	26
Interest Pecans for sale	ilovejesus99	Co-ops, Group Buys and Classifieds forum	20
Love the butterflies that are attracted to Parsley and Dill!	beckygardener	Parsley and Dill Do Double Duty	20
Banner for February 17, 2014 by Char	Char	Site Banners forum	18
Apartment/small space planting?	Zorki	Site Talk forum	17
Cam Alpha	gwhizz	Lilies forum	17
A couple more from my home garden....	MissMimie	Daylilies forum	17

Some new recommendations from our members:

Toni recommended Fertile Valley Seeds and wrote: Fertile Valley Seeds is a small seed company that Carol Deppe, author of “The Resilient Gardener” and “Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties,” has created. I have been ordering her seed for several years and I have been very pleased. Her seed stock is open pollinated and bred primarily for taste and secondarily for high yield and vigor. You can download her seed list and order form by going to http://www.caroldeppe.com

Some numbers from last week:

• 44 new members.
• 166 new threads.
• 3,707 new posts.
• 826 new images to the plant database.
• 42 new comments in the plant database.
• 28 new Multi-Plant photos.