Your National Gardening Association weekly news for February 4, 2017

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By DomehomeDee February 2, 2017

How To Organize Your Seeds or Confessions of a Seedaholic When I first started “seeding” I kept my seeds in a shoebox, but then I read the seeds could benefit from being refrigerated, so the shoebox turned into a plastic box in the refrigerator. As my seed collection grew, so did the boxes, and then one Christmas I received a mini-frig from my chef husband. He wanted me out of the kitchen and the refrigerator. (363 words - Read the full article)

By lilmoose February 1, 2017

Waiting, Impatient, and I Want To Get Dirty The days are getting longer, but my last frost date is May 25. What do you do to keep from seeding too early? (115 words - Read the full article)

By maryjane January 28, 2017

Foxglove Babies Foxglove plants are delightful in the garden. I started mine from seeds. (What do you do with a thousand sprouts? - That's another story!) It was a pleasure to find that my plants had made babies, but what to do with them? This is how I split mine to make new plants. (281 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Going My Way')
By HemNorth:

Photo of Hen and chicks (Sempervivum Chick Charms® Gold Nugget)
By valleylynn:

Photo of Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Dainty White')
By bootandall:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Tuscawilla Tranquillity')
By Polymerous:

Photo of Torch Lily (Kniphofia rooperi)
By Totally_Amazing:

Photo of Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Devoted')
By Paul2032:

Photo of Aloe (Aloe dorotheae)
By Baja_Costero:

Photo of Orchid (Guaricatophila Elizabeth Barnes)
By sugarcane:

Photo of Roses (Rosa)
By SassyCat:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Marie Antoinette')
By Orsola:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

Photo by jmorth:

Photo by ge1836:

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Photo by HemNorth:

Photo by Paul2032:

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

4 people gave for post #1362138 in "Banner for February 1, 2017 by sunnyvalley" by sunnyvalley

4 people gave for post #1360563 in "Share Your Photos" by jmorth

4 people gave for post #1361676 in "Bird Photos, January 2017" by dirtdorphins

3 people gave for post #1360571 in "Share Your Photos" by luvsgrtdanes

3 people gave for the Landscape Photo #5758 by jmorth

3 people gave for the idea "How To Organize Your Seeds or Confessions of a Seedaholic" by DomehomeDee

2 people gave for post #1361101 in "Happy People 2017" by JB

2 people gave for post #1360622 in "How to grow Bromeliads?" by plantladylin

2 people gave for post #1359249 in "Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA" by csandt

The most active threads this week:

Check out these numbers from last week:

• 725 members joined.
• 4,551 posts written in our forums.
• 780 photos posted to the plant database.
• 615 plants added to personal inventory lists.

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