ARTICLES TO READ

Plant Care: Daffodils Check out our plant care and collection of varities of Daffodils. Plant Care: Aeoniums Check out our plant care and collection of varities of Aeoniums. Plant Care: Hibiscus Check out our plant care and collection of varities of Hibiscus. Inviting Bees to the City The city, with its overpopulation of skyscrapers, isn't exactly the most inviting place for bees to call home, yet it can be and it should be, especially in today's' bee-drought world. By activating your inner urban gardener, you can make a place for bees. Lead Contamination in Urban Gardens Since September is prime time for beginning to build gardens at schools and community organizations, now is a good time to address the issue of lead in urban gardening. Coloring the Garden With Spring Bulbs If you want to see early spring bulbs in your garden, you need to plant the bulbs in fall. This article will help you get the most success. Carl Walton: An Original Urban Gardener Urban gardening and sustainable gardening are "hot" right now. But some people have been practicing both for decades.

AWESOME NEW PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Pumpkin Pie ala Mode'), by dimson67: Cobweb Houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum), by BlueOddish: Hen and chicks (Sempervivum calcareum 'Maroon Queen'), by springcolor: Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Empress of Mars'), by ccgarden: American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), by greene: Japanese Persimmon (Diospyros kaki 'Mandarino'), by ediblelandscapingsc: Biznaga Piedra (Aztekium ritteri), by CactusZach: Landscape view by Fleur569: Landscape view by Paul2032: Landscape view by Gardenho: Landscape view by Paul2032:

NOTABLE DISCUSSIONS FROM OUR FORUMS

Subject	Area	Replies
Support for a Healthy Lifestyle in Autumn 2018	Sandbox forum	48
OT ~ The Porch Swing ~ Fall 2018	Daylilies forum	44
The winners of the Sep 2018 Raffle are revealed!	The September 2018 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	41
Weather In Your Garden ~ Fall 2018	Daylilies forum	34
Can you leave a negative review of a business in the green pages?	Site Talk forum	27
What signs of fall are happening in your yard?	All Things Gardening forum	25
wick-watering, either indefinitely or as a vacation technique	Houseplants forum	22
Digging and Moving a Peony Garden	Peonies forum	20
Yucca	Cactus and Tender Succulents forum	18

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK:

655 members joined. 4,388 posts written in our forums. 910 photos posted to the plant database. 1,332 plants added to personal inventory lists.