Your All Things Plants weekly news: April 19, 2014

There were 6 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By dave April 19, 2014 The Top 25 Variegated Plants! Let's open Variegated Plants week with a list of the most active variegated plants in our database. Among the thousands present, which ones have the most pictures, comments and other details added? Let's find out! (2,426 words - Read the full article) (no comments)

By dave April 18, 2014 ATP Podcast #53: No-Till Gardening In today's episode we have a long conversation about no-till. What are the benefits of tilling your garden, and what are the downsides? How can you garden without ever tilling, and why should you consider that? Listen to find out! (6 comments)

By david_reaves April 17, 2014 Self-Watering Containers, an Earthbox Photo Tutorial Don't have space for a garden? Don't have the strength or energy for digging, raking, hoeing, and weeding? A self-watering container may be for you. Here's how I set up my self-watering containers, Earthboxes, for this year's tomatoes. (982 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By Eric4home April 16, 2014 Flooring for Greenhouse We poured a concrete floor for our structure. After leveling the space by digging down a bit, we put up 8" forms. For the next step we put down recycled 3" closed-cell foam and covered it with poly. We left the center open for drainage and brick so we could access the power and water if repairs are needed. The pipe next to the shovel is the hydrant.The floor tilts to center 1"/3' to keep water from freezing the walls loose from the base. (202 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By rocklady April 15, 2014 Making a Backdrop for Indoor Plant Photos When my indoor plants bloom, DH and I like to take photos of them. Sometimes it is difficult to obtain a good photograph of them without a proper backdrop. (384 words - Read the full article) (13 comments)

By Newyorkrita April 14, 2014 Above-Ground Ponds Are Easy: No Digging Required You can easily have a small decorative pond by using a preformed ready-made patio pond. (108 words - Read the full article) (20 comments)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Tulips by fixpix: Photo of Double Hellebore (Helleborus Winter Jewels™ Peppermint Ice) by Onewish1: Photo of Chinese Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Festiva Maxima') by chickhill: Photo of Clematis (Clematis 'Ernest Markham') by jerseyridgearts: Photo of Common Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Yellow Garden') by luvsgrtdanes: Photo of Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) by frostweed:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by webesemps: Multi-plant photo by pirl: Multi-plant photo by Skiekitty: Multi-plant photo by Skiekitty: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by pirl:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

5 people gave for a post in "Banner for April 15, 2014 by chelle" by chelle 5 people gave for a post in "Banner for April 13, 2014 by mcash70" by mcash70 4 people gave for the idea "Self-Watering Containers, an Earthbox Photo Tutorial" by david_reaves 4 people gave for the idea "Making a Backdrop for Indoor Plant Photos" by rocklady 3 people gave for the idea "Grow Your Cucumbers Vertically and Save Space." by Newyorkrita 3 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1227 by webesemps 2 people gave for a post in "Banner for April 14, 2014 by Calif_Sue" by Calif_Sue 2 people gave for the idea "Above-Ground Ponds Are Easy: No Digging Required" by Newyorkrita 2 people gave for the idea "Another Recycling Idea for a Gallon Jug" by pod 2 people gave for the idea "Flooring for Greenhouse" by Eric4home

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	295
What did YOU do outside today?	crittergarden	Perennials forum	180
Cayeux Introduction pictures	Misawa77	Irises forum	67
Announcing the winners!	dave	The April 2014 Daylilies Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	60
Good luck all, and a little something extra	robertduval14	The April 2014 Daylilies Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	54
Banner for April 15, 2014 by chelle	chelle	Site Banners forum	31
Hosta Problem!	Cat	Hostas forum	27
Need help getting my photos to my plants.	JB	Welcome and Help Center forum	25
my poor tomatoes!	texaskitty111	Edibles and Preserving forum	24

Some new recommendations from our members:

jerseyridgearts recommended Hornbaker Gardens and wrote: Hornbaker Gardens is a destination nursery known for its display gardens as much as for plant selections. In addition to a vast, healthy, and extensive plant list on offer, Hornbaker has initiated many free workshops and an artisan's fair in autumn. Staff is very helpful and experienced with different plant types. Tools, accessories, and garden ornaments (gorgeous pots) are available as well. Plan on spending a morning here at least. The photo above is one I took of the Hornbaker ravine in May 2009

Some numbers from last week:

• 44 new members.
• 216 new threads.
• 5,173 new posts.
• 1,357 new images to the plant database.
• 81 new comments in the plant database.
• 14 new Multi-Plant photos.