A MESSAGE FROM NGA

We're giving away a $100 Amazon gift card, plus 10 other prizes. All you have to do is enter our 5 minute survey to be entered for a chance to win! Our friends at Jobe's Organics have asked us to help them gather some research from gardeners around the country, and they sweetened the pot with some prizes. They want to know about gardeners' use of fertilizers, potting soil, and stuff like that. It's a 27 question multiple choice survey that takes about 5 minutes to complete. At the end it'll ask for your email address, which will then go into the drawing that we (NGA) will do on March 28th. Ten participants will get a nice collection of various products that Jobe's sells. Additionally, one secondary winner will get a $100 Amazon gift certificate. Woo Hoo! (Prizes only available to US addresses only.) Survey must be completed by March 26th in order to be entered, so fill it out right now lest you forget! » Click here to fill out our survey «

Q&A

How Does An Aloe Vera Plant Reproduce?

"How does an aloe vera plant reproduce? I need to repot mine and I need some advice on how to go about it??? It has outgrown its container & I must do it soon!!! " - Read the answer

ARTICLES TO READ

Spinach Essentials Tasty, nutritious spinach is one of the first crops planted in spring. It's higher in iron, calcium and vitamins than most cultivated greens, and it's one of the best vegetable sources of vitamins A, B and C. Tips for Gardening in Clay Soil If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. Then, when the sun finally comes out and the soil dries, it forms a hard, cracked surface. Winter Squash No vegetable is more linked to the fall, winter and holidays than winter squash. "Squash" is actually taken from a Massachusetts Indian word, askutasquash, meaning "eaten raw". Although native Americas may have eaten some winter squashes raw, we enjoy cooking them in pies, cakes, curries, casseroles, cookies and soups. The variety of winter squashes available to cook with can be staggering. From huge pumpkins (technically a winter squash) to diminutive delicata squashes, there's a shape, size, color, flavor, and texture of winter squash for just about every dish. Growing Gardenia Gardenia is best known for their fragrant white flowers, gardenias are heat-loving evergreen shrubs that have become a gardening symbol in the Southeast. Another common name is cape jasmine. Lamb's Ear: Growing and Caring For Lamb's Ears is a very hardy and strong-growing perennial, with thick white-wooly foliage, valued as a dense, low growing, spreading bedding plant in the landscape. Growing Peonies Peonies are renowned for their large, colorful, bowl-shaped, flowers and dark green foliage. Once established, these beauties are some of the longest-lived and most reliable garden plants.

AWESOME NEW PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK

Quiver Tree (Aloidendron dichotomum), by Orsola: Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Little Blue-Eyes'), by lovemyhouse: Checkered Lily (Fritillaria meleagris), by cliftoncat: Dwarf Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Chief Joseph'), by evermorelawnless: Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), by Cakeholemoon: Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Thundermaker'), by dimson67: Florist's Cineraria (Pericallis x hybrida), by csandt: Landscape view by valleylynn: Landscape view by gardengorilla97306: Landscape view by Caruso: Landscape view by frankrichards16:

NOTABLE DISCUSSIONS FROM OUR FORUMS

Subject	Area	Replies
Quick survey with a chance for prizes	Site Talk forum	80
OT ~ The Porch Swing ~ Spring 2018	Daylilies forum	76
Bonnie's Bloomers 2018	Irises forum	57
Weather In Your Garden ~ Spring 2018	Daylilies forum	46
Mountain Crest Gardens Visit	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	37
Support for a Healthy Lifestyle in Spring 2018	Sandbox forum	31
my botrytis journey -- (and struggle)	Irises forum	25
Where Can I Find Rugged Womens' Garden Workwear at Reasonable Prices?	All Things Gardening forum	24
How to manage seedlings and beds	Daylilies forum	22

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK:

1,012 members joined. 5,174 posts written in our forums. 2,391 photos posted to the plant database. 1,144 plants added to personal inventory lists.