David,you are quite right about the forum. I've learnt so much since registering here,being able to upload pics of plants I can't name in my garden has enabled me to gather knowledge about their habits,characteristics etc. I can then take a course of action rather than repeatedly looking at an unknown plant and scratching my head.Of course the same applies to other people uploading pics,an expert member IDs it and we all learn a bit more.
I think there is another factor that makes these forums so friendly and that's a lack of competition. I'm a member on a poetry site where we post our own poems for others to comment on,but at the same time you have to comment on three poems by other people to every one you post. Without openly stating it,there is an element of competition.Who's poem is the best,who gets their poems 'spotlighted' the most etc. Yes I've made some good friends there,but that kind of 'edge' still exists. Here there is none of that and I find it refreshing and comforting
I've been introduced to a such lot of plants I would never have thought to grow. Pictures of other folks gardens/plants/allotments etc have been inspiring.
David K - I asked such a silly question - home grown it must be.
Hope I'm not too late. Have only just come in for a rest and of course the first thing I do is look at this forum. Hadn't even put the kettle on so I'm delighted that Dove has saved me the trouble - looks delicious
It has cost me a few quid and I've developed plant envy but I've got so many more plants now, not just sturdy shrubs, veg & flowers in pots It's been the "making" of my garden.
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David,you are quite right about the forum. I've learnt so much since registering here,being able to upload pics of plants I can't name in my garden has enabled me to gather knowledge about their habits,characteristics etc. I can then take a course of action rather than repeatedly looking at an unknown plant and scratching my head.Of course the same applies to other people uploading pics,an expert member IDs it and we all learn a bit more.
I think there is another factor that makes these forums so friendly and that's a lack of competition. I'm a member on a poetry site where we post our own poems for others to comment on,but at the same time you have to comment on three poems by other people to every one you post. Without openly stating it,there is an element of competition.Who's poem is the best,who gets their poems 'spotlighted' the most etc. Yes I've made some good friends there,but that kind of 'edge' still exists. Here there is none of that and I find it refreshing and comforting
Oh yes, Forester.....the only way!
Oooh yum! Save a piece for me please
Love it on here, everybody is so helpful with my questions and IDs, supportive and friendly. And a bit of fun along the way.
And fishys right,......... no competition or making you feel inferior.
Better late than never folks! I got sidetracked by some dead-heading
It's the friendliness that makes this such a good place to be
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ooo, lovely, thanks Dove
I've been introduced to a such lot of plants I would never have thought to grow. Pictures of other folks gardens/plants/allotments etc have been inspiring.
David K - I asked such a silly question - home grown it must be.
Hope I'm not too late. Have only just come in for a rest and of course the first thing I do is look at this forum. Hadn't even put the kettle on so I'm delighted that Dove has saved me the trouble - looks delicious
Yummy dove , thanks, yes I agree fee
ls like you' re among friends
It has cost me a few quid and I've developed plant envy
but I've got so many more plants now, not just sturdy shrubs, veg & flowers in pots 
It's been the "making" of my garden.