Your All Things Plants newsletter for August 27, 2012

• 23 new members.
• 121 new threads.
• 2,244 new posts.
• 1,057 new images to the plant database.
• 64 new comments in the plant database.

The most popular images this week from our database: Photo of Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana') by kaleem: Photo of Apple Cactus (Cereus repandus) by plantladylin: Photo of Apple Cactus (Cereus repandus) by plantladylin: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Frilly Bliss') by Calif_Sue: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Double Daffy') by mbouman:

There were 7 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By threegardeners August 27, 2012 Protect your developing seeds If you want to save some of your sunflower seeds before letting the birds get them, cover them with the mesh bags that onions come in. (no comments)

By plantladylin August 26, 2012 A quick tip: garden tools Keep a pair of pruning shears handy for those times when you think you are just going to take a short stroll around the garden; there's always something that needs snipped or pruned! (no comments)

By LarryR August 25, 2012 What's blooming in August August has turned out to be a good month here at Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens. Having suffered substantially from heat, drought, Japanese beetles, and moles during June and July, many of our flowering plants are bouncing back with amazing rapidity and vigor. Come on in and see what's blooming and who our lucky winner is in July's mystery blossom contest. (1,198 words - Read the full article) (5 comments)

By chelle August 24, 2012 Tulle in the garden Tulle is a useful asset in the garden. It easily outperforms expensive and short-lived row cover material by allowing more essential elements to reach your plants. (209 words - Read the full article) (31 comments)

By CDsSister August 23, 2012 Glossary tip: Sport What is a botanical sport? There are different ways of phrasing it but it amounts to a plant suddenly putting off a variant of the original plant; sometimes this process is referred to as a mutation. (257 words - Read the full article) (5 comments)

By ShadyGreenThumb August 22, 2012 Deep watering tip Use plastic/milk cartons for deep watering by heating a Phillips head screwdriver (I use the gas stove and a hot mitt) and punching several holes in the bottom and sides (3" from the bottom) of a plastic jug or milk bottle. Bury the jug around the tree line or around the base of a shrub. Bury it so that the opening is just above the soil level. Bury as many jugs as you wish around the tree/shrub line. Fill the jugs with water for a slow deep watering. Add liquid fertilizer as needed for deep feeding. (6 comments)

By Sharon August 21, 2012 Review: "Garden Up" a book by Susan Morrison and Rebecca Sweet 'Garden Up' is an excellent book for gardening vertically in spaces large, small or anything in between. It's filled with everything from instructions, directions, and colorful images to lists of plants that will grow in the spaces that are portrayed. This is a must read for gardeners, one that you'll take outside with you. (603 words - Read the full article) (7 comments)