Your All Things Plants weekly news
August 30, 2014

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By Cat August 30, 2014 Great Way To Save Pollen and Seeds It's great to find inexpensive and easy things to help around the garden! (266 words - Read the full article)

By rocklady August 29, 2014 Don't Forget Your Eye Protection As you are working in the garden, don’t forget your eye protection. (136 words - Read the full article)

By beckygardener August 28, 2014 Concrete Hardscaping for the Garden Concrete hardscaping is functional and long-lasting, and it can also be a beautiful addition to any garden. (1,420 words - Read the full article)

By dave August 27, 2014 ATP Podcast #70: Short on Time Gardening We're heading fast into fall, which is the best time to plant perennials, so today we'll talk about some timely tips on easy landscaping ideas for the fall, including adding perennials to your garden. Also, Trish will share some of her ideas on squeezing gardening into a busy lifestyle.

By HollyAnnS August 26, 2014 Portable Potting Bench Take your potting bench to the work site, wherever that is. (229 words - Read the full article)

By UtahMike August 25, 2014 Best Aphid Control These are pictures I took this morning of the stages of the lady beetle life cycle. (53 words - Read the full article)

By paulgrow August 24, 2014 Recycled Plant Labels Don't throw away those canning lids after you empty the jars. (97 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Stenciled Infusion') by lyle627: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'White Eyes Pink Dragon') by floota: Photo of Cascade Beardtongue (Penstemon serrulatus) by chelle: Photo of Plumeria (Plumeria rubra 'Gloria Schmidt') by Dutchlady1: Photo of Wax Plant (Hoya ciliata) by mjsponies: Photo of African Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) by Dinu:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by Anderwood: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by typwc: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

9 people gave for the idea "Portable Potting Bench" by HollyAnnS 8 people gave for the idea "Concrete Hardscaping for the Garden" by beckygardener 6 people gave for the idea "Recycled Plant Labels" by paulgrow 6 people gave for post #686499 in "Banner for August 25, 2014 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins 5 people gave for the idea "Don't Forget Your Eye Protection" by rocklady 4 people gave for the idea "Best Aphid Control" by UtahMike 4 people gave for the idea "Great Way To Save Pollen and Seeds" by Cat 4 people gave for post #687909 in "Banner for August 27, 2014 by bootandall" by bootandall 2 people gave for a photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Omega Supreme') by Char 2 people gave for post #685992 in "August 2014 Backyard Birds" by Gleni

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Final Tallies!	tveguy3	Irises forum	139
Let's do the drawing for the August Comments Contest!	dave	Plant Database forum	40
gingin's friend Brenda....AKA..SeedSprout	gingin	Sandbox forum	38
All shook up!	Calif_Sue	Pacific Coast Gardening forum	37
I've Posted A Comment Twice And Lost It Both Times	Marilyn	Plant Database forum	32
Tomatoes are coming on now.	tveguy3	Edibles and Preserving forum	30
Logout	springcolor	Site Talk forum	28
Common errors in data proposals	zuzu	Plant Database forum	27
Palatine's site is being updated for the new season	zuzu	Roses forum	27

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

• 121 members joined.
• 4,733 posts written.
• 3,031 images posted to the plant database.
• 712 plants added to personal inventory lists.