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June 14, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave June 14, 2014 The June Soft Fruits and Vines and Climbers Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! This is it! Another raffle with 4 excellent prizes. Click to read more. (374 words - Read the full article)

By Cantillon June 14, 2014 Royal Horticultural Society - Award of Garden Merit Why not choose from among the best varieties of a plant? The RHS takes pride in trialling varieties in order to make recommendations, and it has a catalogue of those varieties that have been awarded the AGM. It is not perfect for all the many extra thousands of varieties around the world, but it can be a useful reference for us. (61 words - Read the full article)

By Sharon June 13, 2014 The Gooseberries Are Growing It happened every spring as I walked up the dusty one-lane road past Aunt Bett's house. She'd yell out the back door: "The gooseberries are growing! Hurry! I see the robins!" And I'd take off in a run, straight up the mountain to the gooseberry patch. (938 words - Read the full article)

By Sharon June 12, 2014 Grapes of Wrath, Wine or Raisins Grapes! These amazing little round balls of sweetness are also great for our health, no matter whether they are fresh off the vine, served dry and wrinkled, or sipped slowly and savored as wine. (1,004 words - Read the full article)

By dave June 11, 2014 ATP Podcast #60: Growing Blackberries and Strawberries In this week's podcast, we'll discuss everything you need to know to grow blackberries, and Trish will share her tips on success with strawberries.

By passiflora June 10, 2014 Protecting Pawpaws (and Other Fruits) from Pilfering Save nylon mesh produce bags to protect fruit as it begins to ripen. The bags expand as fruit grows and help protect it from predators. Also, since pawpaws often ripen and drop off the tree within a short period of time, you can retrieve your fallen fruit from the bag.

By SongofJoy June 9, 2014 Elderberries Living in Washington State for two years resulted in my first introduction to elderberries (Sambucus sp.). A friend took me on a hike into the woods and showed me where they were and how to identify them. The resulting jelly was wonderful. (347 words - Read the full article)

By greene June 8, 2014 Blackberries and Berries That Are Black It's impossible to walk barefoot in the yard. The brambles are everywhere. Even wearing shoes does not protect ankles from getting scratched. Ouch! (959 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Lavender Fair') by eclayne: Photo of Iris (Iris ensata 'Freckled Geisha') by poisondartfrog: Photo of Wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum) by dirtdorphins: Photo of Allamanda (Allamanda cathartica 'Chocolate Cream') by plantladylin: Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Cupcake') by JulieB: Photo of Iris (Iris ensata 'Freckled Peacock') by pardalinum:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by poisondartfrog: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by Skiekitty: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by ge1836: Multi-plant photo by Marilyn:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

8 people gave for the idea "Blackberries and Berries That Are Black" by greene 4 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Victorian Violet') by Bloombuddie 4 people gave for the idea "The Gooseberries Are Growing" by Sharon 4 people gave for the idea "Grapes of Wrath, Wine or Raisins" by Sharon 3 people gave for post #629805 in "Cloth and Cement" by Cinta 3 people gave for post #636721 in "OT - The Porch Swing" by lovemyhouse 2 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Majesty Finally') by EdBurton 2 people gave for post #636864 in "Banner for June 13, 2014 by abhege" by abhege 2 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Harvest Moth') by EdBurton 2 people gave for the Multi-Plant Photo #1435 by poisondartfrog

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	173
How to determine stats for a seedling?	beckygardener	Daylilies forum	41
Kwanso vs. Flore Pleno	Seedfork	Daylilies forum	31
Pucker	abhege	The Gooseberries Are Growing	30
Weed block and mulch	putitupmike	All Things Gardening forum	27
Black Iris	pugsmom76	Irises forum	26
Jade plant help!!	mmgsport	Ask a Question forum	25
Banner for June 11, 2014 by mcash70	mcash70	Site Banners forum	24
Peter Dieckmann	valleylynn	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	20

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

SongofJoy recommended Oakes Daylilies and wrote: I won the prize offered by Oakes Daylilies in the daylily not-a-raffle a few months ago. I chose the daylilies pictured below. They arrived very quickly and in beautiful condition. Some have already developed buds this year. I highly recommend this company.

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

• 275 members joined.
• 4,800 posts written.
• 1,665 images posted to the plant database.
• 799 plants added to personal inventory lists.