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June 21, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave June 21, 2014 The All Things Plants Most Popular Vines and Climbers Today we open Vines and Climbers week by giving a list of the top 25 vines in our database, judged by how many contributions have been made to the various plant entries. Enjoy the list! (5,459 words - Read the full article)

By HollyAnnS June 20, 2014 Chinese Takeout and Transplants Chopsticks make great gardening tools. So do many other kitchen utensils. (108 words - Read the full article)

By greene June 19, 2014 Let There Be Light Get inventive; re-purpose what you have on hand in a closet or in the shed, or hit the thrift stores and yard sales. Supplemental lighting doesn't have to be expensive or beautiful. (119 words - Read the full article)

By dave June 18, 2014 ATP Podcast #61: Edging Options to Border Your Garden Today we're going to talk about bordering your garden. What kinds of edges should you use? Or should you even use borders? If you do, what kinds of borders are out there? Trish has a lot of ideas on the subject and she'll share them with us today on this, our 61st episode of the All Things Plants podcast.

By Cat June 17, 2014 Recycle Those Shipping Boxes Use shipping boxes a second time to help prevent weeds. (85 words - Read the full article)

By Anderwood June 16, 2014 Compost Happens! Here are some nuts and bolts on basic composting. If you don't get it right, don't worry. It all turns into dirt in the end. (720 words - Read the full article)

By Eric4home June 15, 2014 Hoop it up! I was trying to think of an easier way to keep bloom-laden butterfly bushes from flopping over, and I came up with this idea. (174 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Iris (Iris ensata 'Pink Ringlets') by pardalinum: Photo of Echinopsis (Echinopsis subdenudata) by clintbrown: Photo of Iris (Iris ensata 'Thoroughbred') by pardalinum: Photo of Voodoo Lily (Amorphophallus bulbifer) by mjsponies: Photo of Peony Poppy (Papaver somniferum 'Bombast Rose') by poisondartfrog: Photo of Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) by Char:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by Chancegardner: Multi-plant photo by foraygardengirl: Multi-plant photo by foraygardengirl: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by KentPfeiffer: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

8 people gave for post #640327 in "Banner for June 18, 2014 by duane456" by duane456 7 people gave for post #638267 in "Banner for June 15, 2014 by 4susiesjoy" by 4susiesjoy 4 people gave for the idea "Compost Happens!" by Anderwood 4 people gave for post #641606 in "Banner for June 20, 2014 by dave" by dave 4 people gave for post #642452 in "Banner for June 21, 2014 by Horntoad" by Horntoad 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1458 by Chancegardner 3 people gave for a photo of Echinopsis (Echinopsis subdenudata) by clintbrown 3 people gave for a photo of False Chamomile (Boltonia asteroides var. latisquana Jim Crockett) by foraygardengirl 2 people gave for post #639611 in "June 2014 Backyard BIrds" by plantladylin 2 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Lavender Stardust') by Seedfork

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Announcing Plant Lists Events	dave	Site Talk forum	87
Announcing the winners!	dave	The June Soft Fruits and Vines and Climbers Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	40
Not Able To Add Plants Anymore	Marilyn	Site Talk forum	33
Featured Sempervivum Week 5 : Sempervivum arachnoideum 'Cebenense'	pardalinum	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	29
Roller fans?	markb	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	26
Plant database question	jvdubb	Site Talk forum	24
Banner for June 15, 2014 by 4susiesjoy	4susiesjoy	Site Banners forum	22
Just about the container	Cinta	Containers forum	22
Birdhouse location: risk to chicks and my plants	canadanna	Ask a Question forum	20

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

tgarden711 recommended Maryott's Gardens and wrote: I ordered from Maryott's for the first time this year. I received beautiful healthy double fans and 5 bonus plants. I am well pleased and I can't wait for them to bloom. I definitely will order from them again.

Celene recommended Steve's Leaves and wrote: I've ordered from Steve's Leaves several times, and I receive well-grown plants in 4" pots. They are absolutely beautiful for the price. They are well-packed and arrive in perfect condition.

pirl recommended Lynch Creek Dahlias and wrote: Last year, 2013, was the first time I ordered from Lynch Creek Dahlias. Two of the dahlias didn't sprout, but the owner, Andy Hunter, didn't simply send those this year. He went overboard in sending me many dahlias and these have all sprouted and most have been planted during the last week. One great feature, aside from the online detailed information on each plant, is the tag now provided for each of them. It's waterproof and has a slot to attach it to the dahlia stem. We gardeners really appreciate all the help we can get in keeping our plants identified. Andy and his staff try so hard to make every customer happy and I'm most fortunate to have found them. This is Pineland's Pam, from Lynch Creek, a star in the garden.

tgarden711 recommended Daylily World and wrote: I had the pleasure of spending the morning of June 11, 2014 with David Kirchhoff and Mort Morss and learning from these two well-known daylily hybridizers. They have a beautiful daylily garden, which is open to visitors during the blooming period for daylilies. I brought a wish list based on what was for sale on their website and they promptly went out and dug up several beautiful healthy plants for me to take home. Great selection of plants, reasonable prices.

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

• 215 members joined.
• 4,879 posts written.
• 1,689 images posted to the plant database.
• 1,242 plants added to personal inventory lists.