Your All Things Plants weekly news

for January 31, 2015

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

By dave January 31, 2015

Celebrating the All Things Plants Database...with a contest! Almost every feature of All Things Plants taps into the database in one way or another, and this week we are celebrating this aspect of ATP! Come in and read what activities we have planned for the week, and to learn about our contest with prizes offered by Victory Seed Company! (963 words - Read the full article)

By abhege January 30, 2015

Brassicas for Early Spring Planting As we start planning our spring vegetable gardens, one of the first crops we plant may include members of the brassica family, such as cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli. (304 words - Read the full article)

By dave January 29, 2015

ATP Podcast #76: Composting in the Winter In today's podcast, Trish and Dave share their thoughts on composting in winter. What to do to keep it alive, when there are no grass clippings or weeds? We also talk about the Green Pages feature at All Things Plants, and give miscellaneous thoughts on the goings-on around our farm.

By valleylynn January 28, 2015

Moving a Young Tree or Bush If you soak the ground the day before, really well, it will be that much easier to dig up a young tree or bush that you want to move to a different area of the garden.

By beckygardener January 27, 2015

Create Your Own Grow-Light Shelving Unit Need an indoor grow-light shelving unit to sow and grow your plants during the winter months? This is how I made one. (583 words - Read the full article)

By Dinu January 26, 2015

Don't Throw Broken Pots Away! Once a pot breaks, many people throw it away. I am going to share what I do with a pot that is broken at the top while the rest of it is still good. (185 words - Read the full article)

By drdawg January 25, 2015

Are Vermiculite and Perlite the Same? It seems that many people believe that vermiculite and perlite are similar products used for similar purposes. This is not true. (506 words - Read the full article)

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

7 people gave for the idea "Create Your Own Grow-Light Shelving Unit" by beckygardener

5 people gave for the idea "Don't Throw Broken Pots Away!" by Dinu

4 people gave for the idea "Brassicas for Early Spring Planting" by abhege

3 people gave for post #775624 in "First Wave of WS Seeds" by jvdubb

3 people gave for post #775360 in "First Wave of WS Seeds" by chelle

3 people gave for post #775315 in "Banner for January 29, 2015 by Dutchlady1" by Dutchlady1

3 people gave for the idea "Getting Your Amaryllis To Rebloom Year After Year After Year" by vbprog

2 people gave for post #776178 in "ID'ing liliums .." by FleudeLisCanna

2 people gave for post #775191 in "What is this?" by JRsbugs

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

• 219 members joined.
• 4,906 posts written.
• 1,590 images posted to the plant database.
• 651 plants added to personal inventory lists.