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July 5, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave July 5, 2014 The ATP Top 50 Trees and Shrubs Let's open Trees and Shrubs week with a list of the most popular of these woody plants in our database. There are a lot of great plants in this list! (5,741 words - Read the full article)

By dave July 4, 2014 Celebrating 3 years of All Things Plants with an Acorn Drawing Today we're celebrating 3 years of All Things Plants, and many members have given a total of 2,300 acorns to be given away as prizes! Here is the video of our drawing. (54 words - Read the full article)

By chickhill July 4, 2014 How To Prevent Rusty/Stuck Jar Rings Wash the glass jars used for pressure-canning fruits and vegetables to remove salts and prevent rusty jar rings. (237 words - Read the full article)

By pirl July 3, 2014 Pretty Dahlia Stakes Many dahlias require staking, but there's a better look than rebar. (170 words - Read the full article)

By dave July 2, 2014 ATP Podcast #63: 3 Years of ATP, Misting Systems, and Tomato Buying Tips This week we're celebrating three years of All Things Plants! Yes, it was July of 2011 that we started this site. We'll reflect a bit on the past 3 years of running the site. Additionally, I'll talk about my new automated misting irrigation system in my greenhouse, along with my other plans to improve my propagation techniques. Trish will talk about how to select and buy tomatoes: shapes, sizes, uses and types.

By HollyAnnS July 1, 2014 Composting Hint Make composting easy for everyone in the family to participate. Put a small attractive compost bucket next to the kitchen sink. With a composting bucket close at hand, you can catch each banana peel and all the coffee grounds. (116 words - Read the full article)

By SongofJoy June 30, 2014 Vegetable Canning Safety It's always good to remember that vegetable-processing times should be followed exactly to ensure that your home-canned veggies (or other foods) are safe to eat. (68 words - Read the full article)

By midnight21 June 29, 2014 Bog Garden Do you have a spot in your garden that’s always damp? Well, if so, don’t despair. Use it to build a bog garden. (440 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Mia Bella of Gascone') by diggit: Photo of Petunia (Petunia x hybrida Black Magic) by pixie62560: Photo of Poker Primrose (Primula vialii) by Jewell: Photo of Poker Primrose (Primula vialii) by LynneHTx: Photo of African Daisy (Osteospermum 'Margarita White') by dave: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Reminds Me of Fireworks') by stilldew:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by dirtdorphins: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by dave: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

7 people gave for post #650689 in "Happy Anniversary All Things Plants!" by jon 6 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1590 by dirtdorphins 6 people gave for the idea "Pretty Dahlia Stakes" by pirl 5 people gave for post #650164 in "Happy Anniversary All Things Plants!" by valleylynn 5 people gave for post #649629 in "Happy Anniversary All Things Plants!" by chalyse 4 people gave for post #649267 in "Banner for July 1, 2014 by RobertB" by RobertB 4 people gave for post #648455 in "Banner for June 30, 2014 by Calif_Sue" by Calif_Sue 4 people gave for the idea "Composting Hint" by HollyAnnS 3 people gave for the idea "Bog Garden" by midnight21 3 people gave for post #647782 in "Banner for June 29, 2014 by Newyorkrita" by Newyorkrita

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Happy Anniversary All Things Plants!	chalyse	Sandbox forum	203
July 2014 Blooms	Hemlady	Daylilies forum	97
Anyway to bring daylilies back faster after rust?	Xenacrockett	Daylilies forum	79
Our Orchid blooms in July 2014	Ursula	Orchids forum	39
July Seedlings	Hemlady	Daylilies forum	38
Adventures with Lily in Recallers Training.	Newyorkrita	Sandbox forum	37
Rhizomes do NOT need exposure to air and sun?	caitlinsgarden	Irises forum	32
Re-bloom question ...	beckygardener	Daylilies forum	26
Congratulations!!!	terrafirma	Celebrating 3 years of All Things Plants with an Acorn Drawing	25

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

Betja recommended Flourishing Daylilies and wrote: Flourishing Daylilies is a wonderful place to purchase quality daylilies. Subhana Ansari is the hybridizer and her hybridizing focus is patterned eyes and blue tones, although she also has many other types of daylilies for sale also through her website and sometimes through the Lily Auction (Subhanaflourishing). Subhana is wonderful to deal with, both by telephone and email, and she will work with you to give you exactly what you are looking for. She has a discount program and also gives wonderful bonus plants. I highly recommend Flourishing Daylilies to anyone!

chickhill recommended Santa Rosa Gardens and wrote: First order from them arrived June 26, 2014, well packaged, healthy plants. Will buy from them again. I don't know how they sent 18 plants plus a bonus plant for $5.00 shipping. Makes me want to know why others charge so much for shipping. Excellent place to buy from.

stilldew recommended Brushwood Nursery and wrote: Brushwood Nursery was generous enough to let 3 of their clematises be part of one of the Not-A-Raffle Raffles. Since I didn't pay for the vines, I wasn't expecting much, but when they arrived I was very impressed with the size and health of all 3 vines. Packing was perfect. Thanks so much to Brushwood Nursery! I will be ordering in the Spring. Susan

Ecograndma recommended Brushwood Nursery and wrote: Love this mail order company. My six clematises were great size and packaged with such great care. They arrived a few months ago and already the vines have grown to the top of their trellis and have not stopped blooming. Great prices, great selection, and great quality. If I can find some more room, I will order more plants.

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

• 212 members joined.
• 5,145 posts written.
• 1,743 images posted to the plant database.
• 1,093 plants added to personal inventory lists.