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for November 14, 2015

This Week's Gardening Ideas:

Announcing the 2015 All Things Plants Photo Contest!

By dave
November 14, 2015
Announcing the 2015 All Things Plants Photo Contest!

Today we begin the second of our annual photography contests, and the contest is open for entries now. Break out your best photos for this year's contest! (116 words - Read the full article)

Eliminate Blisters from Raking

By Anderwood
November 13, 2015
Eliminate Blisters from Raking

If you have a favorite rake that gives you blisters, check out this tip to eliminate blisters. (60 words - Read the full article)

Eliminate Slugs and Snails

By Rhapsody616
November 12, 2015
Eliminate Slugs and Snails

This cheap, easy, and very effective solution will keep your slugs and snails at bay. (183 words - Read the full article)

Plant Saucers Attract Bathing Birds

By Newyorkrita
November 11, 2015
Plant Saucers Attract Bathing Birds

Birds don't care if you keep it simple and don't spend money on fancy birdbaths. (60 words - Read the full article)

Observations on Daylily Hybridizing

By DogsNDaylilies
November 10, 2015
Observations on Daylily Hybridizing

Are you new to daylily hybridizing and looking for a few ideas? Or maybe you've hybridized before, but what you have isn't working as well as you wanted. I hope some of the things I've tried this year will work for you or give you ideas of your own to try. I'll be covering my experiences with different methods of labeling as well as my idea for harvesting and drying your seeds. (1,827 words - Read the full article)

A Wardian Case for Gardeners

By Dutchlady1
November 9, 2015
A Wardian Case for Gardeners

At an unplanned stop at a yard sale - I happened to just be driving by - I spotted this piece and immediately knew I wanted it, even though in our climate there is not much need for a Wardian Case. (213 words - Read the full article)

Chrysanthemums Rule! Mum's the Word!

By frankrichards16
November 8, 2015
Chrysanthemums Rule! Mum's the Word!

This past year I took a deep dive into Chrysanthemum rubellums (Heirloom or Old Fashioned Mums). In Michigan, we had a hard frost in mid-October as usual, but several of my new mums are still in bloom. What's not to like about that? (814 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

By kidfishing:
Image from plant ID 54888
By Ahead:
Image from plant ID 229278
By Lavanda:
Image from plant ID 71562
By spiderjoe:
Image from plant ID 665935
By lyle627:
Image from plant ID 643204
By Henhouse:
Image from plant ID 73587
By Davi:
Image from plant ID 552120
By cliftoncat:
Image from plant ID 228631
By Gleni:
Image from plant ID 57078

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week:

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Photo by birdsandbl9:
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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

7 people gave for the idea "Observations on Daylily Hybridizing" by DogsNDaylilies

6 people gave for the idea "A Wardian Case for Gardeners" by Dutchlady1

5 people gave for the idea "Eliminate Slugs and Snails" by Rhapsody616

5 people gave for the idea "Eliminate Blisters from Raking" by Anderwood

5 people gave for the idea "Hummingbirds, Beware the Yellow and Black Argiope Spiders!" by Gardenbees

4 people gave for the idea "Chrysanthemums Rule! Mum's the Word!" by frankrichards16

4 people gave for post #984949 in "Banner for November 8, 2015 by Fleur569" by Fleur569

4 people gave for the idea "Plant Saucers Attract Bathing Birds" by Newyorkrita

3 people gave for post #985652 in "Banner for November 9, 2015 by ge1836" by ge1836

3 people gave for the idea "Bungee Cords for Non-Jumping Containers" by critterologist

The most active threads this week:

Subject OP Area Replies
What to do if a bunch of your seeds are selected, but you don't want much?daveGroup Seed Swaps forum79
What seeds is everyone looking for?daveGroup Seed Swaps forum79
Thread #5: Important step everyone needs to takedaveGroup Seed Swaps forum51
My Thoughts...DogsNDayliliesGroup Seed Swaps forum44
Tall Bearded With Blue BeardsHemladyIrises forum39
Bonus in my Lilium planterMutisiaLilies forum31
Theme (/verbiage) ideas?DogsNDayliliesGroup Seed Swaps forum30
Seedling questiongargoyl52Daylilies forum29
Make the swap "more" fair.HorntoadGroup Seed Swaps forum28

Some new reviews from the ATP Green Pages:

Emquinn recommended Dancing Daylily Garden and wrote:

Becky Parr is the best. She grows a nice variety of Daylilies and is generous with the fans received.

valleylynn recommended Plant Me Green and wrote:

I won this Candice Red Grape vine here in one of the ATP raffles. This is my first time to receive something from Plant Me Green. I can't say enough good things about this nursery. They did an amazing job packaging the plant, and they sent a large, healthy specimen that is ready to take off growing. I would not hesitate to order other plants from this nursery. You get more than what you pay for. Thank you, Plant Me Green, for a great experience.

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