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for April 25, 2015

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

A Week of Celebrating Roses

By dave
April 25, 2015
A Week of Celebrating Roses

It's Roses Celebration Week, a week we've been looking forward to all year! This week we'll encourage everyone to share their photos, comments and information about roses. Let's open the week with a look at the top cultivars, top comments, most thumbed images, and more! (2,694 words - Read the full article)

ATP Podcast #87: Dealing with Frost, and Hanging Baskets Inspirations

By dave
April 24, 2015
ATP Podcast #87: Dealing with Frost, and Hanging Baskets Inspirations

It's a double feature podcast. First Dave shares his tips on dealing with frost, followed by Trish giving her presentation on hanging baskets. If you're not dealing with frost, just skip about 25 minutes in to Trish's great talk about hanging baskets. You'll be inspired!

Grow Eggplants in Pots

By Newyorkrita
April 23, 2015
Grow Eggplants in Pots

Heat-loving eggplant thrives in containers. Take advantage of your sunniest location and use containers to grow eggplant. (120 words - Read the full article)

Grow Your Own Herbs for Mexican Cuisine

By pod
April 22, 2015
Grow Your Own Herbs for Mexican Cuisine

Some of the herbs commonly used in Mexican cuisine are bay, basil, rosemary, oregano, and sage. Most of us are familiar with these herbs and many grow them in their own herbal gardens. (748 words - Read the full article)

A Favorite Spot by the Pond in Spring

By Newyorkrita
April 21, 2015
A Favorite Spot by the Pond in Spring

Gardens are constantly changing. They need weeding and pruning, but every once in a while for a frozen moment in time, everything looks just perfect. (110 words - Read the full article)

Thinking Outside the Box! Re-Purposing Stock Tanks as Raised Garden Beds

By Ecograndma
April 20, 2015
Thinking Outside the Box! Re-Purposing Stock Tanks as Raised Garden Beds

Do you have limited gardening space? Do you have poor gardening soil? Would you like to limit water use? Is it necessary for you to garden in a seated position or are you tired of stooping over a garden bed? Re-purposing stock tanks as raised garden beds might work for you while avoiding the high cost of labor and materials in traditional construction. (278 words - Read the full article)

7 Gardening Tips for Spring

By PAgirl63
April 19, 2015
7 Gardening Tips for Spring

With springtime here now, here are seven gardening tips that might seem weird, but they actually do work! (228 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

By Henhouse:
Image from plant ID 72779
By DancingGenes:
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By HamiltonSquare:
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By Phillipb2:
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By lovemyhouse:
Image from plant ID 73175
By Muddymitts:
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By Moiris:
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By lovemyhouse:
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By Lestv:
Image from plant ID 566412

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week:

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Photo by Bloombuddie:
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Photo by Paul2032:
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Photo by bonitin:
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Photo by Moiris:
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Photo by jmorth:
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Photo by LynneHTx:
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Photo by Lestv:
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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

13 people gave for the idea "Thinking Outside the Box! Re-Purposing Stock Tanks as Raised Garden Beds" by Ecograndma

10 people gave for the idea "7 Gardening Tips for Spring" by PAgirl63

6 people gave for the idea "Grow Your Own Herbs for Mexican Cuisine" by pod

5 people gave for post #836505 in "Banner for April 24, 2015 by jon" by jon

3 people gave for the idea "A Favorite Spot by the Pond in Spring" by Newyorkrita

2 people gave for post #835400 in "Becoming a Master Gardener" by Bubbles

2 people gave for post #835043 in "And the winners are...!" by flaflwrgrl

2 people gave for the idea "Grow Eggplants in Pots" by Newyorkrita

2 people gave for post #834045 in "Banner for April 21, 2015 by mcash70" by mcash70

2 people gave for a photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'In the Loop') by Moiris

The most active threads this week:

Subject OP Area Replies
Becoming a Master GardenerGardenLizAll Things Gardening forum57
buying bagged iris'?BrendaVRIrises forum46
And the winners are...!daveThe April 2015 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Extravaganza!41
Season of the NOid'sHenhouseIrises forum40
Flourishing! The opposite of Goners!Misawa77Irises forum37
What is Your Favourite Lily?? would love to hear what people love the most......patwepplerLilies forum36
There are no wordsge1836Irises forum32
Wish List 2015shadytrakeOrchids forum29
Peacock Ginger: The flowers erupt first??karmatreeTropicals forum26

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

needrain recommended Daredevil Daylily and wrote:

It was a pleasure to order. This is the daylily site of Linda Michaels and she simply has a great sense of humor. She also sells on the LA, but I had so many of her own intros on my wish list I just went directly to her website in order to get it done once. They arrived and looked great, especially considering that she managed to get them dug and shipped between cold spells bringing snow. I appreciate that kind of effort. A third of the order ended up being bonus plants. It was a small order, but the bonus did reduce the old wish list a little :).

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