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July 12, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave July 12, 2014 The July 2014 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! Time for another raffle! Four nice prizes, plus extra acorns for runner up prizes. Come on in and take a look. (430 words - Read the full article)

By jeri11 July 11, 2014 Use Netting for Fruit Trees Cover your fruit trees with netting to keep the birds from stealing all of your fruit.

By dave July 10, 2014 Most Popular Trees in the South Which trees are the most popular in the Southern regions of the United States? Let's find out! (1,093 words - Read the full article)

By dave July 10, 2014 Most Popular Trees in the North Which trees are the most popular in the Northern regions of the United States? Let's find out! (1,173 words - Read the full article)

By dave July 9, 2014 ATP Podcast #64: Fruit Tree Guilds In this week's podcast, we will talk about planning orchards as complete gardens, rather than as single trees surrounded by grass. What are the various needs that fruit trees have, and are there plants that can actually fulfill those needs? Can an orchard be beautiful, and provide year-round benefits? You'll find out by listening to today's episode. (304 words - Read the full article)

By drdawg July 8, 2014 Fiddle Leaf Ficus Have you ever wondered why Ficus lyrata, aka Fiddle Leaf Ficus, is so hard to find? Well, here's the scoop. (656 words - Read the full article)

By passiflora July 7, 2014 Dig Planting Holes Ahead of Time! There are many times when you are planning to place a tree or shrub, but you don't have the specimen you want or it is not the best time of year to plant. At other times, you may have ideal conditions for digging a hole for your plant: nice cool weather or moist earth after a rain. Maybe you have extra help for digging, or you are just in the mood for a workout. Planting time and hole-digging time do not have to coincide! (266 words - Read the full article)

By SongofJoy July 6, 2014 Bagworms and the Damage They Can Cause In the South as in other places, bagworms can be a serious problem. Every year they defoliate and destroy many valuable evergreens and other landscape plants. (464 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Arno's Bow Tie') by mainstreet: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Edge of Heaven') by EdBurton: Photo of Lily (Lilium 'Flashpoint') by Claudia: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pink Super Spider') by stilldew: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Kiss of Darkness') by tink3472: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Raspberries in Cream') by tveguy3:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by clintbrown: Multi-plant photo by Oberon46: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by KentPfeiffer: Multi-plant photo by wildflowers: Multi-plant photo by 4susiesjoy:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

6 people gave for the idea "Dig Planting Holes Ahead of Time!" by passiflora 4 people gave for the idea "Fiddle Leaf Ficus" by drdawg 4 people gave for post #655415 in "What's Blooming- - 2014 - - Photo's please!" by stilldew 3 people gave for post #655931 in "July 2014 Butterflies, Moths & Larva" by mellielong 3 people gave for post #653332 in "What's Blooming- - 2014 - - Photo's please!" by jvdubb 3 people gave for post #655659 in "Banner for July 10, 2014 by eclayne" by eclayne 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1645 by Meredith79 3 people gave for the idea "Bagworms and the Damage They Can Cause" by SongofJoy 3 people gave for post #656110 in "Alfalfa Pellets" by Sharon 3 people gave for post #657032 in "Banner for July 12, 2014 by mcash70" by mcash70

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	131
Iris Bed	Cat	Irises forum	46
Our experience with seedlings	Terrynj	Plumeria forum	38
Sedum polytrichoides 'Chocolate Ball'	valleylynn	Sedum forum	32
Nursery Cloth Question. Help needed	farawayfarmer	Daylilies forum	26
Maryott's summer specials are Here!	kimkats	Daylilies forum	26
Name the iris that you will always grow?	bluegrassmom	Irises forum	26
Rhizomes arrived - very pleased	janwax	Irises forum	23
What type of pepper is this?	JudyHaldeman	Ask a Question forum	21

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

crazyk recommended Harmon Hill Farm and wrote: Very nice to deal with. Big plants, extra fans, good communication.

holity recommended Agrecol and wrote: Agrecol specializes in native Midwest species and has several package deals for supporting pollinators, Monarch butterflies, etc. I bought a six-pack of Asclepias tuberosa. They came packaged very well and in great shape. All I had to do was to follow the planting instructions and they are thriving.

We keep growing, because ATP is where all the excitement is these days! Check out these numbers from last week:

• 234 members joined.
• 4,655 posts written.
• 1,756 images posted to the plant database.
• 857 plants added to personal inventory lists.