ARTICLES TO READ

Store and Prepare Winter Squash With the gardening season winding down, it's time to think about storing and cooking some of your prized harvest Make Use of Fallen Leaves in Your Garden Fall leaves are like a big load of free organic fertilizer strewn about your yard. If those nutrients were bagged and sold, you'd pay money for them. In your yard, they're free -- except for the labor of gathering them. Time to Think Compost The leaves have dropped from the trees, the summer vegetable and flower gardens are finished, and Mother Nature is providing an abundance of organic matter for you to make into compost. Prepare For Frost Dealing with frost can be a challenge. Let us give you some tips and tricks with this guide. Keep the Pests Off Your Houseplants

AWESOME NEW PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK

Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Blaukraut'), by plantmanager: Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Top Brass'), by dimson67: Dahlia 'Hillcrest Firecrest', by kniphofia: Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), by JHeirloomSeeds: Flat-flowered Aloe (Aloe marlothii), by peettee79: Starfish Plant (Ceropegia gigantea), by TexasPlumeria87: Dahlia 'Bahama Mama', by pirl: Landscape view by chickhill: Landscape view by Fleur569: Landscape view by Fleur569: Landscape view by Kansasqueen:

NOTABLE DISCUSSIONS FROM OUR FORUMS

Subject	Area	Replies
'Show Your Aloes Here'	Cactus and Tender Succulents forum	65
Sempervivum Dolomiticum (Jovibarba)	Sempervivum and Jovibarba forum	35
Aloeae hybrids	Cactus and Tender Succulents forum	27
Yikes	Site Talk forum	25
Identification help and is it a lost cause?	Cactus and Tender Succulents forum	23
Care of a Pot achung YoYo Little Goldfish Orchid	Orchids forum	23
Here is my "Baby, She is still Growing	Houseplants forum	23
Name your 3 favorite Orchids	Orchids forum	22
The Wild Boar are back	All Things Gardening forum	21

THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK:

574 members joined. 4,288 posts written in our forums. 729 photos posted to the plant database. 833 plants added to personal inventory lists.