I have lurked here for years. I have learned a lot from reading. I do have questions from time to time and I use the search function to try to get answers. I am on the west coast of Canada so the climate, although similar to the UK, is different. I believe you had a warm winter and spring this year while we had a colder than usual winter and spring this year. The soil is different. We grow blueberries galore in the acidic soils around here but must add lime to get our brassicas to do well. I especially like the photos and the garden design ideas. I'll try posting a question and see if I get friendly responses. I just have to get it into the proper category.
I have lurked here for years. I have learned a lot from reading. I do have questions from time to time and I use the search function to try to get answers. I am on the west coast of Canada so the climate, although similar to the UK, is different. I believe you had a warm winter and spring this year while we had a colder than usual winter and spring this year. The soil is different. We grow blueberries galore in @BeeCee idic soils around here but must add lime to get our brassicas to do well. I especially like the photos and the garden design ideas. I'll try posting a question and see if I get friendly responses. I just have to get it into the proper category.
Welcome @Beece - I guess you are in BC. I used to garden in Victoria.
I'll try posting a question and see if I get friendly responses.
☺️ Don't worry about categories. The forum isn't meaningfully organised that way.
Don’t worry about the category if you have difficulty with it @BeeCee (pleased to meet you 😊). I think most folk access the forum via Recent Posts which ignores the categories … so just go for it … 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’m a lurker and love reading the most recent threads. I’ve learnt so much more here than from books or tv shows. I have a lot of gardening questions but I try not to flood the forum with them! I often find the answers by browsing through old threads.
I have lurked here for years. I have learned a lot from reading. I do have questions from time to time and I use the search function to try to get answers. I am on the west coast of Canada so the climate, although similar to the UK, is different. I believe you had a warm winter and spring this year while we had a colder than usual winter and spring this year. The soil is different. We grow blueberries galore in the acidic soils around here but must add lime to get our brassicas to do well. I especially like the photos and the garden design ideas. I'll try posting a question and see if I get friendly responses. I just have to get it into the proper category.
It would be good to hear about your gardening trials and tribulations @BeeCee, coming from a different part of the world. I sometimes feel a little envious hearing about gardening from members in warmer climes too and think that it must be easier but I guess it isn't that simple and would like to hear about it.
I think people will comment/pose a query/offer advice as and when they see fit. There are so many forums available these days and not everyone has the time, or indeed the inclination to be a "live" member on every one of them. If people browse this forum and gain something from it, it's doing it's job. If the idea is to encourage people to garden in whatever form there is no need to try and persuade them to post until they are ready. Most people will "join in" when they feel the need and apart from the rare exception, they are assured of a kind, polite and useful welcome. Treat people like adults with the ability to make up their own minds and forget the inference that you have to be "active" to gain any benefit.
@phillipasmith2 Yes I do agree with what you say. I would just add that when I joined a Gardening Club over 25 years ago, most of it's members who totalled over 100 at the time were older than me and retired some had gardened all there lives. When we had a speaker there was an opportunity to ask questions. I rarely asked anything just 'lurked' and picked up information as and where I could, didn't want to ask what I believed might be a silly question, when experienced gardeners in the room knew the answers.
This became even more apparent when Gardener's Question Time recorded at the club. We were asked to submit questions for the team to answer, at this point the membership topped 250 but so many said 'sorry not doing it , probably a silly question' .
So many people enjoy gardening but will hold back when it comes to asking questions, it doesn't just apply to people sitting in a room but also to those posting on a forum. You can feel embarrassed staring at a computer screen too. If you are just starting out in Gardening you will need to ask and there are so many people who want to help and share their knowledge.
We have tried to encourage new gardener's at our club which is now nearly 30 years old but with out alot of success. Young gardener's have less time than retirees like me. Most find their answers like I do on forums like this one.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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☺️ Don't worry about categories. The forum isn't meaningfully organised that way.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I usually go through "recent discussions", why would I think other care about catagories. (I can't seem to get the emojis to work).
I sometimes feel a little envious hearing about gardening from members in warmer climes too and think that it must be easier but I guess it isn't that simple and would like to hear about it.
If people browse this forum and gain something from it, it's doing it's job. If the idea is to encourage people to garden in whatever form there is no need to try and persuade them to post until they are ready. Most people will "join in" when they feel the need and apart from the rare exception, they are assured of a kind, polite and useful welcome. Treat people like adults with the ability to make up their own minds and forget the inference that you have to be "active" to gain any benefit.
This became even more apparent when Gardener's Question Time recorded at the club. We were asked to submit questions for the team to answer, at this point the membership topped 250 but so many said 'sorry not doing it , probably a silly question' .
So many people enjoy gardening but will hold back when it comes to asking questions, it doesn't just apply to people sitting in a room but also to those posting on a forum. You can feel embarrassed staring at a computer screen too. If you are just starting out in Gardening you will need to ask and there are so many people who want to help and share their knowledge.
We have tried to encourage new gardener's at our club which is now nearly 30 years old but with out alot of success. Young gardener's have less time than retirees like me. Most find their answers like I do on forums like this one.