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June 7, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave June 7, 2014 Let's Share our Favorite Soft Fruits Welcome to Soft Fruits week! Blackerries, raspberries, strawberries and more. What are you growing, and which cultivars do you think everyone else should grow? (88 words - Read the full article)

By Gleni June 6, 2014 Satay Sticks I cannot imagine gardening without satay sticks or bamboo skewers. They are one of the most useful gardening tools. (103 words - Read the full article)

By Bubbles June 5, 2014 Caladiums -- Classy, Colorful, and Carefree If you're looking for a splash of color in a shady garden area, try Caladiums. Even the beginner gardener can grow these tubers with minimal skill. Dig a two-inch hole, drop in a tuber (eyes up), give it a little water and a slow release fertilizer, and cover it up. You're on your way to success! (686 words - Read the full article)

By dave June 4, 2014 ATP Podcast #59: Aquaponics, and Growing Outdoor Plants Indoors Aquaponics is an exciting innovation that blends vegetable gardening with fish farming. In today's podcast we'll discuss our aquaponics system, how it works, why it works, and why we're excited about it. We'll also talk about growing outdoor plants indoors. (802 words - Read the full article)

By rocklady June 3, 2014 Under-Deck Watering System We travel during the summer and need a watering system to take care of our hanging plants and small potted plants in our sunroom. (160 words - Read the full article)

By Bonehead June 2, 2014 Ring of Death When plants outgrow their bounds, use an empty plant pot to define their universe. (127 words - Read the full article)

By Seedfork June 1, 2014 Save Those Tree Containers Hate to roll the heavy wheelbarrow out when you need a large container for clean-up work? (263 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Iris (Iris ensata 'Thoroughbred') by pardalinum: Photo of Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Achalur') by Patty: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Coal Seams') by Snork: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Desert Icicle') by Heart2Heart: Photo of Peony Rose Gnome (Paeonia 'Rose Gnome') by EdBurton: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Dominic') by lovemyhouse:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by Bonehead: Multi-plant photo by TBGDN: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by Dinu:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

10 people gave for post #631988 in "Banner for June 6, 2014 by mcash70" by mcash70 5 people gave for the idea "Caladiums -- Classy, Colorful, and Carefree" by Bubbles 4 people gave for post #630427 in "Banner for June 4, 2014 by Natalie" by Natalie 4 people gave for post #628859 in "Banner for June 2, 2014 by mcash70" by mcash70 3 people gave for post #631321 in "thyme for (more) bees and other bugs on flowers" by dirtdorphins 3 people gave for post #631162 in "Banner for June 5, 2014 by fiwit" by fiwit 3 people gave for the idea "Save Those Tree Containers" by Seedfork 3 people gave for the idea "Ring of Death" by Bonehead 3 people gave for a photo of Foxglove Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red') by dirtdorphins 2 people gave for a photo of Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis) by bootandall

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
June 2014 Blooms	Seedfork	Daylilies forum	108
june seedlings	spunky1	Daylilies forum	62
June 2014 Butterflies, Moths & Larva	mellielong	Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum	54
Our Orchid blooms in June 2014	Ursula	Orchids forum	52
Iris Oddities	tveguy3	Irises forum	49
Do You Keep A Record?	Cat	Daylilies forum	48
Buying seeds	Seedfork	Daylilies forum	41
Mystery Iris!! Not what I ordered for sure..	MileHighGardner	Irises forum	35
Banner for June 2, 2014 by mcash70	mcash70	Site Banners forum	31

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

tgarden711 recommended Slightly Different Nursery and wrote: Paul Owen is a delight to deal with. The "Name a Daylily" program on his website is unique and special. The plants he sent me were very robust. I received them in April this year and they are already putting on scapes to bloom. I highly recommend " Slightly Different Nursery".

petruske recommended Solaris Farms and wrote: I started my "addiction" buying daylilies from Solaris Farms. I still order from them. Nice people - family run business. Picture of my mail order from Solaris. Lots of fans and lots of root.

chalyse recommended Dancing Daylily Garden and wrote: Large selection of dayliles in a wide range of prices, reasonable shipping and handling, a nice collection of hard-to-find cultivars, arrived very healthy.

chalyse recommended Crossview Gardens and wrote: A wide variety of daylilies, reasonable prices and shipping/handling, very healthy plants.

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

• 292 members joined.
• 5,531 posts written.
• 1,796 images posted to the plant database.
• 714 plants added to personal inventory lists.