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September 20, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave September 20, 2014 The All Things Plants Top 25 Salvias and Agastaches Let's open Salvias and Agastaches week with a look at the most popular plants in the database. 'Black and Blue', 'Golden Jubilee', and 'Hot Lips' top the list, of course. (2,567 words - Read the full article)

By frankrichards16 September 19, 2014 On-Line Applications That I Use for Gardening I am a somewhat pseudo-serious gardener. My major interests are dahlias, daylilies, dwarf conifers, shrubs, and peonies (actually, trees are OK too). However, I am also a computer geek, and because my head is usually in the clouds, I have some favorite on-line applications that I find useful for "whatever" gardening. (694 words - Read the full article)

By cycadjungle September 18, 2014 How Hot IS That Pepper? How do you know whether pepper is seriously hot or not if you don't know what it is just by looking at it? Here is a tutorial for people who have never seen these peppers and don't know their names. Also a little bit about how they vary in heat. (654 words - Read the full article)

By kosk0025 September 17, 2014 Make a Boring Garage Prettier Prominent, boring garages are a mainstay in newer American homes. This is how I made mine prettier. (108 words - Read the full article)

By kylaluaz September 16, 2014 Lazy Gardener's Lasagna Lasagna garden bed creation is the way to go, I've decided. I've made many lasagna beds, and I find they are a quick and effective way of expanding garden space. It's also a great way to use what you have on hand and to make changes to an existing garden shape more easily than with other methods. (843 words - Read the full article)

By ZenMan September 15, 2014 A Better View of Pictures at All Thing Plants You already know that you can click on the pictures at All Things Plants to see a larger version of them. There is a simple trick to improve that experience. (167 words - Read the full article)

By klc September 14, 2014 Recycled Fan "Cage" for Baby Staghorn Fern I reused an old broken fan to make a sturdy, stylish mounting for my new staghorn simply by removing the motor, separating the halves, and filling with sphagnum and potting soil mix. (265 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Dahlia (Dahlia 'Wowie') by 4susiesjoy: Photo of Monkey Flower (Mimulus 'Magic Blotch Mix') by woofie: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Hot Danish') by ARUBA1334: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Get Jiggy') by mainstreet: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Little Mucha Minto') by lyle627: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pink Party Confection') by floota:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by 4susiesjoy: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by Catmint20906: Multi-plant photo by Njiris: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

6 people gave for the idea "Lazy Gardener's Lasagna" by kylaluaz 6 people gave for the idea "On-Line Applications That I Use for Gardening" by frankrichards16 5 people gave for the idea "How Hot IS That Pepper?" by cycadjungle 4 people gave for post #698568 in "Banner for September 14, 2014 by greene" by greene 4 people gave for the idea "Recycled Fan "Cage" for Baby Staghorn Fern" by klc 3 people gave for the idea "A Better View of Pictures at All Thing Plants" by ZenMan 3 people gave for the idea "Make a Boring Garage Prettier" by kosk0025 3 people gave for the idea "Paver Method for Sinking Small Round Preformed Ponds in Ground" by Newyorkrita 3 people gave for a photo of Dahlia (Dahlia 'Zoey Rey') by 4susiesjoy 3 people gave for post #701231 in "Banner for September 18, 2014 by rocklady" by rocklady

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Let's see your new iris beds	tveguy3	Irises forum	119
I started a blog	crittergarden	Sandbox forum	89
Could we have a garden photography forum	CDsSister	Photography forum	74
Hawk Trapped in Barn	porkpal	Ask a Question forum	50
Ferns, who loves em'? Come share ...	plantladylin	Ferns forum	39
And the winners are...!	dave	The September Spring Bulbs, Agastache and Salvias Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	36
Xenox	Cinta	Sedum forum	33
Soil moisture detector	valleylynn	Tools and Stuff forum	27
Macro settings	CDsSister	Photography forum	24

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

mcmanusd56 recommended Superstition Iris Gardens and wrote: I have been an iris person for years -- not any type of expert; they are just my favorite flower. I had been aware of Superstition for a long time but only recently made my first purchase with them. I received amazing rhizomes: huge, healthy, clean, and many sporting a nice show of increases. Generous bonus iris and my approved substitution came right off the wishlist I provided. So, I plan to buy again in spring 2015 -- earlier this time so I don`t miss out on anything:-)

mcmanusd56 recommended Shady Rest Gardens and wrote: Happened upon their classified ad here and posted my order. In no time, I received a tree mail and the shipping and payment were taken care of. Quickly received nicely packed, healthy, fresh plants. I was consulted regarding a substitution and was offered a refund as an option as well (took the substitution). Very pleased and couldn`t be happier with everything.

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

• 197 members joined.
• 4,656 posts written.
• 977 images posted to the plant database.
• 619 plants added to personal inventory lists.