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Bloomin’Chick (Jo) aka The Eclectic Spoonie
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Dec 20, 2013 04:51PM
Welcome Jeanette! Make yourself at home in the threads :-)
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Greetings from Minnesota to the new members. Glad to have you with us.
Whatever bug it was that caused threads with nothing new on them to appear when I hit 'unread threads' is back. This thread is showing up all the time and is rather annoying. Is it happening to anyone else or is it only me seeing it? If it is happening to other people, is there anything as mod you can do about it, Jo?
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Bloomin’Chick (Jo) aka The Eclectic Spoonie
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I can't do anything about it, that's a tech/goodreads thing!Try clicking on "newest" which appears to the right of "date" at the very first comment in the thread and then don't use the back page in your browser to get to the homepage, just click on our group name at the top of the page and see if that clears them up for you.
You could also try clicking on "(1 new)" (number is an example) on the home page which appears in read near the # of comments in a give topic but again, don't use your back page direction in your browser or that # will remain as new, go to the top of the page and click on our group name to go back to our home page.
Also, if you never visit a certain topic, it will remain like that with the new comments showing in red/as unread unless you visit the threads. This also happens if there are roughly 5 or more comments after you comment in a thread and don't visit the the thread once that many comments appear after yours.
Aside from that if neither of those suggestions work for you, contact goodreads in the feedback group and see if they can figure out what's going on.
I'm a Master Gardener and sometimes burn out in garden / horticulture books but usually get my bearings and dig into new territory.. Should be fun
Jo wrote: "I can't do anything about it, that's a tech/goodreads thing!Try clicking on "newest" which appears to the right of "date" at the very first comment in the thread and then don't use the back page ..."
Thanks for your reply. I read all new messages every day. I just don't have much to say, but I do read. Anyway, there are now two threads showing as new without anything new in them. I shall just have to control my OCD!
Paul wrote: "I'm a Master Gardener and sometimes burn out in garden / horticulture books but usually get my bearings and dig into new territory.. Should be fun"Welcome Paul! Make yourself at home in the threads!
Hi there, I thought I would join this group and introduce myself since it fits me perfectly. My boyfriend calls me a seed hoarder lol. We started out with a 4 x 8 garden with cucumbers and tomatoes. The next year I changed it to a 12 x 20 garden with tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, peas, and cantaloupe. This year however I have gained an obsession with gardening. I have upgraded to a 40 x 85 veggie garden and on the side have 3 pallet gardens, I dug out the mess in the front garden around the house and I plan to landscape both of our ponds with medicinal herbs. I currently have a list with 200+ different veggies, flowers, fruits, herbs, and medicinals. I plan to winter sow so I don't have to start 200 + plants in the house. I already have about 40 containers finished and many more to go. As a matter of fact I was sitting on the porch in 20 degree weather yesterday filling up 15 more jugs. To make matters worse it was pouring the snow. I should have waited until next week when we are supposed to have half way decent weather, but nope I had to get them out already. I think I will fit in here lol...
Welcome Elizabeth! Make yourself at home in the threads :-)
Hello to new members! Not exactly growing season here in Minnesota but love hearing what others are up to this time of year.
A hearty welcome, Elizabeth. Insane gardeners serve delicious meals and are surrounded by floral beauty. Sure beats padded walls any day.
Hello Goodreads,I've just joined up although it is more my profession than my passion, as I am both a bloom grower and a property/landscape care individual. I've been taking care of plants on people's property ever since I was 16 and moving irrigation pipes in the strawberry fields of Oregon.
I'm also a writer who has done a lot of publishing in the field and yes, have just put out a new book called "A Symphony of Color." The book is based on a poem by the same name. The poem is how to grow blooms throughout the year on your property.
Okay, I'm done with my shameless plugging. They said I was supposed to do things like this at the kindle publishing thing, but really, I've spent my whole life doing the plant thing and, as I like to say, "There is nothing I haven't killed." It is a passion certainly, but one well spent these days.
So, kind of new to this sort of thing, but I'm happy to discuss and I do have my own questions from time to time.
Thanks for this forum
Robert wrote: "There is nothing I haven't killed."Welcome Robert :)
I understand, when it come to plants it is difficult for me to keep them alive.
Even my felt plants have perished due to my neglect :)
Robert, you may be interested in the Authors in Bloom blog hop I just saw. Check it out: http://diannevenetta.com/events/autho... It combines both your interests: gardening and writing.Welcome to our group.
Robert wrote: "Hello Goodreads,I've just joined up although it is more my profession than my passion, as I am both a bloom grower and a property/landscape care individual. I've been taking care of plants on peo..."
Welcome and make yourself at home in the threads!!!
What a wonderful group! I now know that I am not alone!
You are definitely not alone, Lorna. A great, warm welcome!
Thanks for the wonderful welcome, Kimberly!
Hello and welcome to a very friendly and supportive group.
MissJessie--former librarian wrote: "Hello and welcome to a very friendly and supportive group."Thank you!
Welcome Lorna! Make yourself at home in the threads :-)
Hi everyone! My name is Debbie, I live in a small town in NSW, Australia. I love my garden and I love to read. Looking forward to meeting some new friends.
Great to meet you Debbie. What fun to have an Australian gardener in our midst!
Debbie wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Debbie, I live in a small town in NSW, Australia. I love my garden and I love to read. Looking forward to meeting some new friends."
Welcome Debbie! Make yourself at home in the threads and if you need any help, my in-box is always open :-)
Debbie wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Debbie, I live in a small town in NSW, Australia. I love my garden and I love to read. Looking forward to meeting some new friends."
Welcome, Debbie, nice to have you with us!
Hi, just joined. I love to garden, it is therapeutic for me. Just got into raised beds for vegetables and I also have a perennial garden and am trying a prairie restoration. I could use lots of tips on that if anyone has done it!Donna Shehane
Welcome Donna.Sorry I have no experience with prairies, unless they use Kentucky Bluegrass or a Perennial Rye grass.
Donna wrote: "Hi, just joined. I love to garden, it is therapeutic for me. Just got into raised beds for vegetables and I also have a perennial garden and am trying a prairie restoration. I could use lots of ..."Welcome Donna! I have a link for a blog by Benjamin Vogt and it may be a great reference to you re prairies: http://deepmiddle.blogspot.com/
Make yourself at home in the threads :-)
Hi folks, just joining here, glad to meet others with my symptoms which are fairly new. My other addiction is books and I'm looking forward to exploring where the two madnesses meet! Katie
Welcome Katie! Make yourself at home in the threads :-)
Hi, my name is Debbie. I am a garden slave. I used to live in Arizona and Texas, but now I live in Mexico in the house that used to belong to my husband's grandmother. Things are very different here for this desert rat...everything is so green and I swear you can plant a rock and grow a brick wall! =))We have a small but packed garden. I am not an expert by any means but I have discovered during the past four years that I love working with plants and trees. I always worked with animals before and used to think my Mom was crazy for getting all excited when it was time to visit the garden centers, but now I completely understand.
There is a picture of this year's corn patch on this link if anyone would like to visit...it's the blog menu page on our website so I am not sure if I am self-promoting already or simply want to show off our pretty corn. We planted exclusively red corn this year, given to us by a farmer friend who developed his own strain and won a prize for it.
http://agreenproject.org/MenuBlogs/in...
I am looking forward to being a part of this group and learning from everyone. Thanks much!!
Welcome to the new members. Love to hear what members from others parts of the world are up to. Minnesota here--season is winding down but lots of work ahead of me before the snow flies.
Welcome Debbie! Glad to see you making yourself at home in the threads.
Hello my name is Obiora Embry and I am an avid gardener who also does gardening consulting locally in Central Kentucky. In addition I am working with a family member on designing and implementing an edible forest garden in Western Kentucky on my maternal family farm.Over the years I have written a lot about gardening in local publications, taken a lot of pictures of my gardens, and have used it also for self-healing and to become more grounded in/with Mother Nature. I will be adding additional gardening books in another post to add to the book list that has already begun.
Lastly gardening is one of my passions and I have been encouraging single women and their children to grow food, eat healthier, and heal themselves. I look forward to participating in discussions and being an active part of this group.
Obiora wrote: "Hello my name is Obiora Embry and I am an avid gardener who also does gardening consulting locally in Central Kentucky. In addition I am working with a family member on designing and implementing ..."Welcome, I recently saw a Ted.com podcast on creating such small forest in like less than five years that seems very interesting.
Mickey wrote: "Obiora wrote: "Hello my name is Obiora Embry and I am an avid gardener who also does gardening consulting locally in Central Kentucky. In addition I am working with a family member on designing an..."Thank you. Creating a forest garden is more common practice outside of the West but there has been a resurgence in it and there are many good resources on it if you want to learn more about it. I will be adding additional resources to the bookshelf and some of them will will cover forest gardening (or agroforestry).
Hello Obiora! My mom was from Paducah, KY and I remember going there to my aunt's farm/garden. I don't know if that's near you. Both mom and aunt were avid flower gardeners but my aunt's farm was beautiful, not just rows of veggies. Of course, back then, we only thought of it as a lot of work! My fondest memories are of all the fresh food--animal and vegetable! :-D
Debbie wrote: "Hi Obiora!! Welcome!!"Debbie thank you!
Hello Lorna. Paducah is probably about another 2 hours west from my maternal farm. The farm was a fully functioning farm with various animals, fruit trees, bramble, strawberries, vegetables, and other fruits until the hogs were removed in the 1980s followed by some of the fruit trees and strawberry patches.I know the feeling and nothing beats the taste of fresh (and local) food! And so even though there's a slow resurgence on the farm I have been actively growing food annually since 2004 and I enjoy every minute of it! :)
Welcome Obiora! Sounds like you will be a very interesting addition to our group.
Hi everyone,I wanted to join because I am obsessed with gardening, gardening literature, and garden writing--and I have been for many years. I fell in love with plants as a child but didn't get to have my own garden until I was almost thirty. I've been gardening for a couple of decades here in Colorado.
When I took a master gardener class in 1997 (to learn the nuts and bolts--as I knew NOTHING about gardening) I announced to the class that I wanted to one day be a garden writer.
I've accomplished that and I've become a better gardener over the years, too (after an incredible amount of trial and error and so many plant deaths!) so I'm pretty happy. Gardening makes one happy, don't you think? Maybe even happier, dare I say it, than reading?
I'm very pleased to meet everyone and if you're curious about my garden writing you can check out my blog, Flora's Forum.
Mickey wrote: "Welcome Sandra :)"Thanks, Mickey!
Welcome newcomers! Make yourselves at home in the threads :-)
Jo wrote: "Welcome newcomers! Make yourselves at home in the threads :-)"Thanks, Jo!
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