Oct 14, 4:57 AM

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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

The Garden’s ABCs-- A-M, by M Fitzgerald

A fun look into the wonderful and illogical world of the garden and all the great things we can learn and do with our time there. This is just meant for fun, but maybe you can learn a little too.

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Head Over Heels in Burdock, by Sharon Brown
A child's imagination will take her a very long way. But when that imagination is combined with travels with Aunt Bett, said child would have been wise if she had carried a first aid kit with her.

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Unusual and Bizarre Plants - Fasciation Fascination, by LariAnn Garner
The beauty of our everyday plants is one reason why we garden and keep plants in our environments. However, sometimes Nature throws us a curve ball and we find an intriguing anomaly to add to our collection. Read on to learn more about a most unusual phenomenon . . .

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GO GARDENING:

Mike's Farm

well I have a 15 month old child and it was so much fun for her my husband and I have been many time here on church trip...
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GARDEN WATCHDOG:

Johnson Nursery

Review by gpritch:

I have purchased all my apple trees, raspberry, blueberry and figs from Johnson's Nursery for the past 15 years and am always...
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PLANTFILES:

Scarlet Flax

(Linum grandiflorum)

I found these growing in my garden, so they must have come in a 'wild flower mix' that I sort of tossed about in May or June....
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BUGFILES:

Lawn Ant

(Forelius pruinosus)

I've been observing this behavior for about 3 weeks now on the undersides of the leaves of this plant, (Nasturtium). A few...
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

Why Do I Garden?, by Paul Rodman

I’ve been asked that question many times in the 40 plus years that I’ve been gardening. Non gardeners don’t seem to understand what it is that attracts us to play in the soil and grow

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Garden Spells

Review by Kylaluaz:

I actually loved this book. As an avid fantasy reader I am delighted with any I find that are well written and whose themes...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

Green legged spider

I tried to get a better pix of him by placing black construction paper behind the web but he ran away. Look carefully just about center of the pix(sorry,it's blurry). Black tail end,tan head and bright green legs.
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We invite you to sign up and join our community, and share what you know! Here at Dave's Garden, you can create your own blog, upload photos for free, or use our tools to trade seeds and plants.

Since 2000, we've grown to be a comprehensive gardening community with discussion forums for every hobby, home and garden topic you can imagine. Our members are knowledgeable about soil, weather, watering, and just about every kind of plant and insect. On behalf of all our members, we are glad you came to visit, and we hope you will stop by again soon!