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for October 31, 2015

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By MissyPenny October 31, 2015

Pumpkin-Face Fun for Halloween If you enjoy feeding squirrels, and you would like to have a delightful yard "ornament" for Halloween, then this easy pumpkin face is a perfect fit. Let your little critter-artists design and create a zombie-face jack-o-lantern. Oh, what fun! (181 words - Read the full article)

By dave October 30, 2015

ATP Podcast #99: Getting Gardening Done with Little Children We are frequently asked, "How do we get it all done and have so many little children to care for?" In today's podcast, Trish and Dave share their thoughts on how to find time to garden when you have the constant time demands that babies or toddlers bring.

By heartchild89 October 29, 2015

Winterizing Dahlias in Oregon I live in Oregon in zone 8 and I LOVE dahlias and have had them for many years. For years I tried to dig them and store them as I was instructed, yet nothing worked and I always lost them. One year I was given some information about the rain being more of an enemy to my tubers than the freeze was. (237 words - Read the full article)

By Suga October 28, 2015

Securing a Birdbath Some birdbaths are fairly light weight, and they can tip over during windy weather or when the ground is a bit soggy. Here is one idea on how to solve that frustrating dilemma. (77 words - Read the full article)

By Cookies4kids October 27, 2015

Recycle and Make Fun Yard Art The rusty garden art that was so popular a few years ago is making a big comeback. (116 words - Read the full article)

By Suga October 26, 2015

Paint Your Pinecones Have flowers that keep you smiling all winter long, and no water needed! (76 words - Read the full article)

By parttimegardener October 25, 2015

How To Use Gravel for Mulching Small Plants When I was getting tired of poking gravel with tweezers or toothpicks out of the rosettes of my sempervivums and jovibarbas after having applied fine gravel as a ground cover, I came up with a new method and applied plants to gravel rather than gravel to plants. (407 words - Read the full article)

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

5 people gave for the idea "Recycle and Make Fun Yard Art" by Cookies4kids

4 people gave for the idea "How To Use Gravel for Mulching Small Plants" by parttimegardener

4 people gave for post #976867 in "Banner for October 27, 2015 by Dinu" by Dinu

3 people gave for the idea "Securing a Birdbath" by Suga

3 people gave for the idea "Pumpkin-Face Fun for Halloween" by MissyPenny

3 people gave for post #979079 in "Houseplants now has a microbadge" by cb

3 people gave for a photo of New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome') by dirtdorphins

2 people gave for post #976815 in "Daylily of the Day: Red Volunteer" by Emquinn

2 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #3845 by plantladylin

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• 1,426 images posted to the plant database.
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