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Dave's Garden is the hands-down favorite website of gardeners around the world. Our articles and videos show you how to start seeds and learn how to have your best garden ever. Members can chat with other gardeners in our 250 forums, and identify your plants, pests, birds and butterflies. Heres what is happening right now in Daves Garden:

TODAY'S FEATURES

Indian Tobacco - Verbesina virginica, by M Fitzgerald

Indian Tobacco, otherwise called Frostweed, is a simple and forgotten plant in the garden. This plant is the first native plant that I added to my garden. The gift I received was nine rooted cuttings that became an odyssey into the world of native plants.

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About Root Cellars, by Sharon Brown
In the beginning we dried fruit and vegetables, eventually we canned them for winter storage, then we froze them so that they could be enjoyed throughout several seasons. "Putting up" food was another term for winter storage, and for me it was the most troublesome of all the processes. I was the one who had to put all the food in the smelly, dark root cellar.

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GO GARDENING:

Orchard Nursery & Florist

This is my favorite Nursery ever! Its like a fairytale so beautiful and filled with every plant you could think of....
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GARDEN WATCHDOG:

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Brent & Becky's Bulbs

Review by TJettner:

2nd session I have ordered from Brent & Becky. The largest lily bulbs I have found. Great customer service and packaging....
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PLANTFILES:

Bachelor's Button

(Centaurea cyanus)

Of all the different kinds of mixed seeds, this plant will grow the most frequently from those mixed seeds. And that's in...
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BUGFILES:

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter

(Megachile xylocopoides)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/23995 by Patrick Coin -Additional contributions by Lynette Size Circa 13 mm Identification...
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

Creating A Plumeria Collection, by Clare Corre

Creating your own plumeria collection can be fun and exciting! You can start plumerias from seeds, cuttings, and grafts, and you can buy plumerias as established trees, but you don't

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques

Review by julias:

I have found this book very helpful. The author does a great job having before and after pictures ( or you could say pruned...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

unknown Thai vegetable green

Try this one: given some cuttings from a Thai friend that do very well in our garden. It is a small vine-like plant that seems to thrive in partial shade and moist soil. In the sun it gets light red chevron markings on
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