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:
My favorite part of the summer is harvest time. There’s nothing more wonderful than being able to pick ripe vegetables and fresh herbs and bring them right into the kitchen for cooking. However, if your counter starts to resemble a fully-stocked grocery produce section, you may need some new ideas for what to do with all of those wonderful veggies.
This fun project of breathing new life into my garden critters all started with a recent purchase, which after I got it home, looked rather "cheesy" afterall. It was a huge plastic frog in blaring green that I'd purchased at Goodwill for 49 cents. It has a mechanism in it that when you walk past it, lets out a cute "Ribbit". When I got it, I thought it would be cute for the grand babies to walk past. I couldn't wait to see their expressions as the frog "ribbited" when they walked past. The only problem was, when I placed it in my yard, it stood out like a sore thumb. I got out my cans of spray paint and covered that rascal up. He went from being "cheesy" to being beautiful! One thing led to another, and the next thing I knew, all of my "ratty" looking critters and statues were in line to be painted!
There is a lot to be said about sick & dying plants. Sometimes we have to be ruthless & waste no time removing stricken individuals; especially in cases of pest or disease. Occasionally though, dormant vegetation is mistakenly sent to compost oblivion. And in other instances, seemingly expired plants may still be at death's door; awaiting a miraculous resurrection by way of correct love & care. The Plant Hospital series will look at different situations that threaten the lives of our plants & how we can help them cheat death. Drawing from personal experience & the wealth of knowledge contributed by DG members, various writers will show how to nurse sick plants, recover from gardening disasters & salvage life from discards.
On Saturdays, the Writer's Group would like to say thanks by presenting a "You Supply The Caption" photo. A gardening related photo will be presented, and you the Readers will provide humorous captions. The wit available on Dave's is some of the best around, so please join in the fun! This feature is not a "for compensation" article - just our way of saying Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy...now let's hear some funny stuff!
Gardening requires lots of hard work all year round, but Summer is one of my favorite seasons because you really see the results of all your efforts. Read through this article for tips
Northeast corner of a Victorian had a large clump of something taken over by what I am fairly sure is Oriental Bittersweet. Days after cutting everything down and before starting to dig the roots out, these blooms emerged. View Responses (3 replies)
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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).
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