Gardening Ideas contributions by dave

By dave June 17, 2013 A Huge Perennials Week Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Our biggest raffle ever! Eight different companies have provided prizes for this month's raffle. How exciting! Come on in and take a look, and buy your tickets. (686 words - Full article) (44 comments) (17)

By dave June 13, 2013 ATP Podcast #22: Just Some Garden Talk In this episode, Dave and Trish talk about the new features added to ATP this week, and hold the drawing for the recent contest. They also discuss a good variety of gardening topics, including a rant about some specific pins on pinterest. (110 words - Full article) (24 comments) (7)

By dave June 6, 2013 ATP Podcast #21: All Things Tomatoes We're having a contest for our new listeners! Additionally, we discuss everything you need to know about tomatoes, how to grow them, how to care for them, and how to deal with their problems. (50 words - Full article) (12 comments) (6)

By dave June 4, 2013 When Is the Right Time To Harvest Garlic? When the bottom few leaves are dried and brown, the garlic is ready for harvest. I will show you photos of the ready plants, along with tips on how to lift them from the ground and how to cure them for long term storage. (394 words - Full article) (32 comments) (30)

By dave May 29, 2013 ATP Podcast #20: Heading into Summer In this week's podcast, Dave and Trish cover a lot of ground with a huge variety of miscellaneous gardening thoughts. We discuss harvesting, curing, and storing onions, dealing with problems with roses, praises for the daylilies, and Trish gives a presentation on boston ferns. (116 words - Full article) (9 comments) (11)

By dave May 22, 2013 ATP Podcast #19: Vines and Climbers with Dan Long of Brushwood Nursery In today's podcast we are joined with everyone's favorite vines and climber guy: Dan Long! You are in for a real treat as Dan shares his favorite tips and ideas for growing these great plants. (65 words - Full article) (3 comments) (9)

By dave May 20, 2013 A Vines and Climbers Themed Not-A-Raffle-Raffle This month's raffle is, of course, all about vines and climbers, sponsored by our friends at Brushwood Nursery. (146 words - Full article) (57 comments) (17)

By dave May 15, 2013 ATP Podcast #18: A Checklist of May Gardening Chores It's mid May and most of the country is hopefully in the middle of springtime, and that means it's time to review what's happened so far and contemplate those important springtime tasks that need doing. (12 words - Full article) (2 comments) (5)

By dave May 8, 2013 ATP Podcast #17: An Introduction to Permaculture, featuring Terra Perma Design In this special edition of the ATP podcast, we are so excited to be joined today by Jonathan Teller-Elsberg. Who's that? Well, he's a permaculture designer in Vermont, and he is a permaculture expert. What's permaculture? Well, it's hard to describe in a sentence or two, but I promise you're going to find it fascinating and educational. (55 words - Full article) (4 comments) (2)

By dave May 1, 2013 ATP Podcast #16: Gardening With Children In this week's episode, Dave and Trish discuss gardening with children, including the how's and the why's. (15 words - Full article) (10 comments) (6)

By dave April 27, 2013 Harden Off Your Vegetable Starts Before Transplanting Harden your vegetable transplants before installing them in the garden. Do this by giving them a little bit more time outside in the sunshine every day until they are finally ready to be outside 24/7. (one comment) (11)

By dave April 24, 2013 ATP Podcast #15: Edible Wild Plants In this episode, Dave and Trish talk about their favorite wild edible plants, the kinds of plants you might come across as you walk through the woods. Many of the plants on this list are sure to surprise you! (401 words - Full article) (11 comments) (9)

By dave April 23, 2013 Hugelkultur with Margaret Roach of AWayToGarden.com The highly popular gardening author, radio personality, and blogger at AWayToGarden.com interviewed Dave recently about hugelkultur, the raised bed technique that involves using whole logs of wood in your beds. (127 words - Full article) (10 comments) (10)

By dave April 17, 2013 ATP Podcast #14: All Things Irises In today's episode we discuss the usual updates from our farm, including an impromptu discussion about Vidalia and Noonday Onions. Our main topic is irises, where Trish tells us what she knows about these beautiful perennial flowers. (99 words - Full article) (10 comments) (5)

By dave April 15, 2013 The Iris Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Irises are favorites for most of us. These stunningly beautiful blooms deserve a place in any garden. Come join us in our raffle and compete for a chance to win some great cultivars! (239 words - Full article) (72 comments) (15)

By dave April 10, 2013 ATP Podcast #13: Easy Peasy Culinary Herbs for Everyone In this week's episode, Trish and Dave share their favorite culinary herbs, how to grow them, and what uses they have in the kitchen. Even experienced gardeners will enjoy the interesting anecdotes about the old favorites. (11 words - Full article) (21 comments) (7)

By dave April 3, 2013 ATP Podcast #12: Gardening for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies Join us for an exciting episode where we talk all about birds, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. We discuss how to attract and take care of these wonderful creatures, including what plants to grow. We also include a collection of tips and ideas for your flying friends. (502 words - Full article) (5 comments) (11)

By dave March 27, 2013 ATP Podcast #11: Coping with Late Season Frost It seems like the whole country is currently dealing with an extremely long winter and late frosts and freezes, and we in Texas are not being spared. Today's episode we discuss ideas, tips and techniques for dealing with frost. (77 words - Full article) (9 comments) (8)

By dave March 20, 2013 ATP Podcast #10: Top Ten New Gardener Mistakes This week Dave and Trish give their usual reports: news about All Things Plants and what's going on in our gardens. For our main feature we discuss common new gardener mistakes. As an added bonus, Trish rants against people who refuse to grow ornamental plants. (35 words - Full article) (7 comments) (11)

By dave March 13, 2013 ATP Podcast #9: Sempervivum Week This week Dave and Trish give their usual reports: Dave's favorite idea, Trish's report from around the forums, and we discuss the lengthy winter we're having in Texas. Our main feature is a double feature: two special interviews with people in the Sempervivum world. (72 words - Full article) (25 comments) (12)

By dave March 11, 2013 The Sempervivum Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Such a diminutively cute plant needs to have an equally gigantic raffle, and that is exactly what we have for you this week. Come and view the table set out with prizes galore for a whole group of lucky winners! (486 words - Full article) (203 comments) (17)

By dave March 6, 2013 ATP Podcast #8: Perennial Vegetables This week Dave and Trish give their usual reports: Dave's favorite idea, Trish's report from around the forums and some stories about our gardening adventures this week. Our main feature is a discussion about perennial vegetables you can grow. (45 words - Full article) (17 comments) (10)

By dave February 27, 2013 ATP Podcast #7: Listener Questions This week Dave and Trish give their usual reports: Dave's favorite idea, Trish's report from around the forums and some stories about our gardening adventures this week. Our main feature is a question and answer session with ATP members. (45 words - Full article) (10 comments) (13)

By dave February 13, 2013 ATP Podcast #6: Roses Week with Mike Shoup This week Dave and Trish give their usual reports: Dave's favorite idea, Trish's report from around the forums, and Dave shares an interesting tip on how to take down huge trees without a chain saw. Our main feature is a special interview with Mike Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium! (119 words - Full article) (14 comments) (11)

By dave February 11, 2013 A Huge Roses Not-A-Raffle-Raffle-Ganza! This is our biggest raffle we've ever done, with not 1, not 2, not even 3, but FOUR huge prizes for 4 lucky winners! (345 words - Full article) (82 comments) (15)

By dave February 6, 2013 ATP Podcast #5: A February Gardening Checklist of Chores Come hear Dave and Trish discuss all the news about ATP, gardening updates from Texas, and the main feature of today's show: late winter chores for the garden. (118 words - Full article) (18 comments) (8)

By dave January 30, 2013 ATP Podcast #4: Seed Starting and More Come hear Dave and Trish discuss all the news about ATP, gardening updates from Texas, and the main feature of today's show: our favorite tips and ideas about seed starting. (51 words - Full article) (17 comments) (11)

By dave January 23, 2013 ATP Podcast #3: Margaret Roach's "The Backyard Parables" Come listen as Dave and Trish discuss the news about what's happening in ATP Land, and Dave interviews Margaret Roach about her brand new book. (121 words - Full article) (10 comments) (9)

By dave January 16, 2013 ATP Podcast #2: Our Favorite Vegetables and Annuals Come listen to Dave and Trish discuss their favorite vegetables and annuals, and find out the news about what's happening in ATP Land. (110 words - Full article) (43 comments) (7)

By dave January 14, 2013 The January Not-A-Raffle-Raffle: The Behemoth Collection of Vegetable and Annual Seeds For this month's raffle, in honor of Veggies and Annuals week, Chelle has shocked and thrilled us by putting forward the largest collection of seeds I've ever imagined. (1,040 words - Full article) (130 comments) (15)

By dave January 12, 2013 Planning, Designing and Growing a Vegetable Garden It's that time of year, when freezing temperatures suddenly fade away into our distant memory and we start getting that vegetable garden itch. Let's talk about vegetables - how to grow them and how to design your vegetable gardens. (3,123 words - Full article) (39 comments) (17)

By dave January 12, 2013 Welcome to Veggies and Annuals Week! For 2013 we are going to be running special Plant Weeks each month, and to start off we have selected this week as Vegetables and Annuals week! (316 words - Full article) (2 comments) (12)

By dave January 4, 2013 ATP Podcast #1: Our First Podcast A new podcast for a new year! Join us as we begin with our first of many podcasts about All Things Plants, and more. (46 words - Full article) (40 comments) (12)

By dave November 5, 2012 The November Not-A-Raffle Raffle, Hosted by Sharon This month's raffle is another beautiful painting by our own Sharon! (348 words - Full article) (127 comments) (15)

By dave October 8, 2012 Announcing a Special Daylilies Week Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! Juli and Char are teaming up to provide prizes for a raffle this week. Come on in and read all about it! (385 words - Full article) (32 comments) (6)

By dave October 8, 2012 Welcome to Daylilies Week at All Things Plants In honor of our 50,000 photos posted to our daylilies database, this week is Daylilies Week at All Things Plants! (182 words - Full article) (12 comments) (14)

By dave September 26, 2012 ATP Podcast #0.5: Spring Blooming Bulbs It's fall and that means it is time to plant bulbs for spring blooms. I'm joined by Jay Hutchins, grin-eral manager of Brent & Becky Bulbs and he's going to give us a primer on these cheerful spring blooming plants. (194 words - Full article) (10 comments) (7)

By dave September 14, 2012 Announcing a September Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! This month's raffle, brought to you by Joannabanana, is a beautiful and highly useful book on roses! (307 words - Full article) (58 comments) (9)

By dave September 8, 2012 ATP Podcast #0.4: All About Lavender Join us for our 4th podcast, where we interview wholesale nursery grower and lavender expert, Cathy Slaughter from Gabriel Valley Farms. (174 words - Full article) (11 comments) (8)

By dave August 20, 2012 ATP Podcast #0.3: Interview with Author Chris McLaughlin Chris is a gardener and hobby farmer, and the author of many gardening books in the "Idiot's Guide" series. In this podcast, she joined me to talk all about gardening: heirloom vegetables, compost, worms, containers, small plants, and much more! (234 words - Full article) (15 comments) (11)

By dave August 13, 2012 ATP Podcast #0.2: Interview with Margaret Roach of AWayToGarden.com A gardener, author, blogger and much more, Margaret Roach is highly popular with everyone who learns about her. Come listen to our audio interview and find out why! (362 words - Full article) (13 comments) (9)

By dave August 6, 2012 ATP Podcast #0.1: Interview with Jane Gates, Author of "All The Garden's a Stage" Jane Gates, the author of a new gardening book, has a long history in art, music and gardening. She has studied horticulture and worked in the green industry for over 30 years, propagating, hybridizing, running nurseries, designing gardens, building landscapes and managing plant stores. Come and listen to my 30 minute conversation with this fascinating personality. (316 words - Full article) (27 comments) (14)

By dave July 23, 2012 A July Not-A-Raffle-Raffle, Hosted by Trish Trish is hosting this month's raffle. Come on in and take a look at the box of goodies that she has prepared for one lucky winner. (184 words - Full article) (87 comments) (10)

By dave June 7, 2012 Let 'em Grow: Lamb's Quarters This is one in a series of very short articles that will hopefully change your mind about some surprisingly good weeds. And even if your mind isn't changed, you'll still be well informed. (338 words - Full article) (23 comments) (15)

By dave May 12, 2012 Are You Getting Your Weekly Ideas in Your E-Mail? Subscribe to the ATP newsletter so that you can receive these tips, articles and other ideas in your email inbox! (5 comments) (7)

By dave October 14, 2011 Making Stepping Stones At the Whitinger Farm, we are busy making stepping stones for a walkway between our driveway and the house. It's an ambitious project and we've already made dozens of stones. By popular request, here is the tutorial on how we're making them. (1,011 words - Full article) (59 comments) (14)

By dave September 29, 2011 Let's Learn About Botanical Names for Plants Genera, species, cultivars, synonyms, common names... what does it all mean? If this subject has you a little confused, allow me to cut through the confusion and show you the light. (759 words - Full article) (35 comments) (13)

By dave August 22, 2011 Vermicomposting: Easy and Efficient Composting with Worms Whether you live on a self-sufficient homestead or an apartment in the city, you should consider keeping a bin of worms to turn your kitchen scraps into the best compost available. Here's how to get started. (1,575 words - Full article) (84 comments) (18)

By dave July 18, 2011 Building a Hugelkultur Raised Bed Sheet mulching is a technique of laying organic material in layers on the ground to build up a raised bed of rich soil for your plants. Hugelkultur is an extension of this technique, where a gardener builds quite tall raised beds using logs and dead branches as the first layer in this bed. (1,305 words - Full article) (73 comments) (13)

By dave July 11, 2011 Announcing All Things Plants, a New Site by Dave Whitinger Combining his passion for gardening with his love of web-based software development, Dave Whitinger today launched a new next-generation gardening website for the gardeners of the world. (249 words - Full article) (50 comments) (2)

By dave April 6, 2011 Introducing Plant Guilds The concept of plants guilds is an extension of the companion plants thought process. Different plants do different things and bring different benefits. (553 words - Full article) (17 comments) (2)

By dave April 6, 2011 All About Sunroots Easily grown and impossible to kill, the sunroot is an amazingly useful and beautiful plant that belongs in every garden. (400 words - Full article) (45 comments) (9)

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