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Welcome to Dave's Garden, the website where friends share their triumphs and dilemmas in their home gardens and their lives. Dave's Garden is also a place for gardeners to share seeds or plants with other gardeners, and has so much to offer, you are certainly going to find something that will have you coming back daily, as well as making you proud to tell your friends and family about your new gardening home on the net. Here are some of the features you can access right away:

TODAY'S FEATURES

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Quest for the Black Rose, by Jan Recchio

The question is always out there. We who love roses hear it now and again. Is there a black rose? Where can I find one?

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Watermelon Rind Pickles and Rind Mini Recipes, by April Campbell

Three little girls watched with wide eyes. The knife chopped, chopped, chopped through the dark green rind. Rectangles of white watermelon rind capped with a tinge of pink remained. This part of the process was complete. However, some work and time remained before we could devour the wonderful Watermelon Rind Pickles. Mother knew the recipe by heart by now; these were a family favorite. It was great fun to surprise our friends and family with the pickles; it seemed no-one could believe the delicious specialty was made from the rind from watermelons. Don't waste another watermelon rind; read on for my family's "secret" recipe and for a few other mini watermelon rind recipes tossed in for good measure.

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Where are all the Butterflies? Butterfly Popluations in the United States, by Marna Towne

"Where are all my butterflies?" is the question repeated over and over on the Dave's Garden Hummingbird and Butterfly forum this summer. Theories are varied with no real answer, however there are clear steps to attracting butterflies to your garden.

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Freezing Corn: Easy as Child's Play, by Angie Carson

I fondly remember an August tradition from my childhood, when much of the family would converge at my grandmother’s home in rural Iowa. For an entire week, my cousins and I helped Grandma preserve the daily haul of sweet corn until we had frozen enough corn for all of our families to enjoy throughout the coming year. If you have never frozen your own vegetables, this would be an excellent first project!

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Map: Garden Centers, Garden Supplies

Roarks Garden Center

1 stars
This used to be my favorite place to go. Now it is more like a dump. Little or no help in site. Prices are hard to find....
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GARDEN WATCHDOG:

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Rick's Custom Nursery

Review by petrossp:

Absolutely one of the BEST nurseries I have ordered from -- hands down. Plants are large and healthy (or they'll usually...
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PLANTFILES:

PlantFiles: Clematis 'Multi Blue' (Clematis )

Clematis 'Multi Blue'

(Clematis )

This plant grows well in Norfolk England in full sun the flowers come in spring and July. The flowers are stunning....
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BUGFILES:

BugFiles: Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Bald-faced Hornet

(Dolichovespula maculata)

I am posting a neutral because, hey, every living thing has to "make a living". BUT, I have found these hornets to be EXTREMELY...
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

How to have a Fabby Cottage Garden!

How to have a Fabby Cottage Garden!, by Annie Hayes, Annie’s Annuals & Perennials

I adore cottage gardens because they’re so freeing in terms of design. You can change them around every year or every season if you want to.

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Gardening Book: Genus Echeveria, The

Genus Echeveria, The

Review by palmbob:

I wish I had this book when I was writing my silly article on Echeverias. Nice, all inclusive book on the non-hybird Echeverias,...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

Please help identify!

This was bought a while ago at HomeDepot out of the clearance section with no identification. We keep it here in the Lab at work and nobody knows what it is, but we love it, and have named it Spike.
Any info on how
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With close to 300,000 members, Dave's Garden is an amazing resource for beginning and experienced gardeners alike. Inside, you'll find over 200 forums dedicated to just about every type of gardening pursuit and plant issue you can think of. From annuals and bonsai trees to vegetable gardening and winter sowing; from tips on seeds and planting to advice on regional gardening - it's a gold mine for knowledge from experienced gardeners from around the world.

Enthusiasts of all types of gardening niches will find fertile soil here for growth as gardeners and as community members. Be it water gardens, vegetable gardens, hanging gardens, flower garden, container gardens, or raised bed gardens, there is a place here where you are going to fit right in!

Among our interactive forums, we have an amazing plant identification database with over 36,000 species of plants and 140,000-plus images. Another great resource is our bug identification database. It's essentially an insect encyclopedia with over 4,500 insects listed and showing over 3,000 insect images.

We invite you to sign up and stay awhile. Your participation is always encouraged and you gardening and plant knowledge is valuable.

We're glad you could stop by! Since 2000, we've strived to be a comprehensive gardening community with gardening forums for discussion on a wide variety of topics. We have members who are knowledgeable on soil, weather, watering, just about every kind of plant, and just about every kind of insect. Our special section on trading seeds and plants continues to grow in popularity as does our section on the home life and leisurely pursuits of our gardening enthusiasts (we can't always be with spade in hand, behind a rototiller, or out harvesting our ripe produce).

Glad to see you and hope you stop by again soon!


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