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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:

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Colorado Demonstration Gardens: Monument Valley Gardens, by Susanne Talbert

The Pike's Peak Region of Colorado is a difficult place to garden. With erratic weather patterns coming over the Front Range, one cannot predict much more than the skies being unpredictable. A drought-filled summer and a cold, wet winter one year could be followed by a cool, rainy summer and a desperately dry winter. In a climate like this, experimentation in the garden is a must. What better way to see what can thrive in this changing climate than visiting a demonstration garden? The Horticultural Art Society of Colorado Springs maintains a sumptuous demonstration garden for the public to enjoy and evaluate plants. Here is a brief tour and history of the beautiful grounds.

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Plant Perennials in the Fall, Instead of the Spring, by Carrie Lamont

This autumn, consider planting perennials. There is no reason to wait for spring - fall is a perfect time for planting!

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Cypress Flower Farm

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My new daughter in law rented this space for her wedding with my son. The person in charge was very loud and abrasive and...
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Murray McMurray Hatchery

Review by jajkafarms:

I have ordered many times for McMurray and have always had great experiences, although I have lost a few chicks along the...
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PLANTFILES:

PlantFiles: Cherokee Bean (Erythrina herbacea)

Cherokee Bean

(Erythrina herbacea)

I am in western NY state so my plant that was grown from seed is growing in a container. Here at Dave's Garden it is rated...
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BUGFILES:

BugFiles: Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius)

Brazilian Skipper

(Calpodes ethlius)

I was delighted to find the Brazilian Skipper chrysalids on my daughters cannas. I carefully cut the leaves they were rolled...
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GARDENING ARTICLES:

Back to Basics Composting

Back to Basics Composting, by Kathy LaLiberte, Gardener's Supply

Over the past decade or so, compost-making has become a serious endeavor.

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GARDEN BOOKWORM:

Gardening Book: Crockett's Flower Garden

Crockett's Flower Garden

Review by woodspirit1:

I bought this book at an American Association of University Women's booksale for $2. I must admit just the name James Crockett...
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TODAY IN THE FORUMS

I found the PVC tractor plans!

I knew I had this somewhere...

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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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