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This forum has died

19 years ago

The whole of GW/THS seems to be very slow. Are message boards going to die off?

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Wings2W
19 years ago
I sure hope not Bunnyman.

Maybe everyone ran off and got married! :P

Wing
fishead
19 years ago
Seems like this forum goes through slow periods, a lot of them.
As far as the GW forums, people should be busy harvesting and dealng with the harvest, takes a lot o time.
Instead of mostly lurking on this forum, I'm gonna start posting more - espescially since I'm committed to being single for a while. Gotta think about myself for a change.
Fish
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I have been around Garden Web for many, many years but only off and on. Reason being I never felt comfortable with any of the groups. That is until I found this group last december. I saw you were doing a christmas swap and i asked if I could join and Kirk being the generous gentlemen he is said of course I could join in the fun. Well it has been uphill every since. I check in here daily and sometime i post and sometimes I don't. I do however smile alot. I love that I have found a *true* group of junk lovers. I dumpster dived and trash picked long before it was the thing to do so I am a recycler from way back plus I belong to several freecycle groups. I was always taught *waste not...want not!. This group has even helped convert my dh into a junker. Instead of saying why did you............he now says.........hmmmmmmmmmm I think I can use that in a project. :) I used to go to auctions every weekend and I have accumlated a lot of *junk*. I have tons of dishes, glasses, vases, and a lot of odd ball stuff i don't know what I am going to do with it but............ I am also a crafter, doing stained glass, jewerly, mosaics, gardening and woodburning. From these crafts I always have leftovers. If anybody needs some left over stained glass or beads or patterns please let me know i am more then happy to share. I do have one item I have tons of and hope someone can use some..............Rx bottles. They make great storage for seeds, beads, etc.but I have a ton so if anybody would like some pllllllllllllease let me know. My thoughts and prayers goes out to our members who are having trouble, whether it's medicals, emotional or just need a shoulder to lean on. We all need a shoulder once in awhile. I love this group, Thanks Kirk, Carol and all the members. Hugs, Chelcass
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Hi everyone, that you for weighing in on my very long post! j4c11 Not only are there climate differences (NC has coastal, piedmont and mountains) but there are different requirements for warm and cool season turfs. You did a good job of highlighting this point (although I believe you made a typo when you stated, Charlotte is warm season grass territory.) In our area, almost everyone has fescue (cool season). The occasional yard with zoysia (warm season) stays brown for six months. As you know, fescue looks terrible in July and August and then we all have to re-seed in September/October. Going south, it quickly switches over to warm season grasses, just as you stated. Although I am sure you are correct, I am going to gamble and forgo the pre-emergent at this time because I want to do some spot seeding and plugging in February. I did try to round up the common bermuda in the beginning but I did not allow enough time to complete the task before reseeding, so then I just started manually removing it. I realize there are still plenty of rhizomes, stolons and seeds laying in wait for me to go on vacation. dchall Thank you for clarifying several points and for providing me with more accurate search terms. I watch both the NC State and Clemson gardening programs and they are always harping on only following research based practices. I always find your advice to be extremely well-reasoned and you are generous with your time. The university turf sites are not particularly helpful to me because they tend to give a thumbnail description, followed by three pages of chemicals to try. They also do not take risks because they are appealing to the masses. For instance, if they tell Joe Smow to water 1" a week, all at once, Joe will probably blindly leave his sprinkler on, the water will run off the compacted, clay soil and into the storm drain. My next challenge is to get a better understanding of our irrigation system in order to split the watering sessions, so I can jump on the deep and infrequent watering bandwagon. :) I have always composted and have gone to great lengths to improve the soil for all the other areas of my property. I even have a small vermi-composter. For some reason, I never really thought the front yard turf was "compost worthy". I now think of it as a very challenging intensive garden and I believe I will follow your advice and do more feed stock runs and less leaf bag collections/mulching. I am tiring of my property looking like Sanford and Son's because I am madly processing leaves. Due to your sound advice, the change in the health of the soil has been remarkable, in a period of only five months. Mike A spark chart is one of those laminated study guides that outlines the basics of a subject, such as chemistry. Thank you for the link to MSU Turf weeds.net. It appears to be a very well organized site with clear photos. I especially appreciate the "Look Alike" tab feature. If there are any grad students reading this, it would be a very worthwhile project to start cataloging all the new and improved fescue varieties, compare them to look-a-like weeds, and then laminate it. :) It seems fescue is undergoing the same explosion of varieties as coleus or heuchera. Renee You sound very logical and sane :) In closure, I am still wondering when fescue blooms? We have enjoyed a very warm January (despite what the white house says). There are some cherry trees, forsythia, daffodils and Poa Anna/and or fescue in bloom! Thank you very much for your help.
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Looks like first person-personal to me. I do it ALL. I do not want help or maid service or anything else - yet. I’ve been at it for 9 3/4 years - uh- I do believe I know what I’m doing. I have the full support and approval of all our children. More than you might believe. Support that is; only 5 kids (Age 53 to 65). I think. Ages that is. The original post was intended to be humorous. I didn’t expect to get my bung hole enlarged. I was thinking in terms of not being able to maintain my desired level of sanitation due to the overwhelming magnitude of a given problem. It’s impossible to keep track of and clean everything I touch to say nothing of the floors/ carpets etc. I use my elbows, back of my hands and little fingers etc plus some doors are fixed to not latch so I can kick them open or shut. And of course my PSW’s (poor sweet wife)’s perception of same wavers in and out of reality. Sometimes I just have to let the old immune system do its thing. But she’s worth it. :-) Can’t imagine life without her. That’s always on my mind. I do know who I am; that I am the OP. Aren’t I? Thought I was. Or maybe I AM somebody else. What a relief that would be. But then if I really AM somebody else where would she be without me, whoever I am. Does all that make sense? Hope not because if it does you are in trouble. Not me. And now while you all engage in a nice session of hair splitting semantics I have to see a doctor about my housemaids knee - uh - care givers knee - uh - oh dear what……..?
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Tinmantu
19 years ago
Man it has gotten awfully quiet....can't I leave you kids alone for even a few days??....JK....I'll see what I can do to do my part to keep things going....just don't make me talk to myself or Captain Morgan might pull into port again
Wings2W
19 years ago
You can't do that to us TM. It's early here.

Just a newbie here but have been in the shadows for a while.
Still learning. I was thinking of starting a conversation with myself and I haven't even had anything. Now that is sad.

Things could be really bad. At least our only "honey-do" lists are those we've created ourselves. Actually, it's too hot here to do much of anything.

Wing
jessiecarole
19 years ago
I am working more than I like and sleeping too much. I do like reading and I am always disappointed to come in and find no one has posted.

This brings up one of the reasons that I like being single. I can concentrate on work and sleep and eat (or not) whenever I need to. No one here to complain.
Tinmantu
19 years ago
Welcome to the board Wing...hope to see more posts out of ya lady.....jc, don't work too hard....I've already determined that I can't take it with me and nobody is going to put up a statue of me if I do leave it to them....have fun and enjoy your life, please
marilou
19 years ago
Sounds like some CPR is needed. I agree with jc:

"I do like reading and I am always disappointed to come in and find no one has posted."

The games have breathed a bit of life into the forum. I really like those. I've been around less due to cat nursing duties and spending more time in my garden this time of year. I still think of your posts though, even when I'm not here.

Welcome, Wing!
walksalone
19 years ago
We are alive, it just gets hard to come around during the week because, I have to do yard, laundry, errands, vet visits, eat, sleep. work, repairman, pull weeds, vacuum, grocery store, vet visit, damn toilet runs go to box store for parts, fix toilet, pay bills, new project at work, of course I have the time...:0). What I need is....
marilou
19 years ago
Walks?

I think she fell over dead from all that work. :-(
kayjones
19 years ago
What happened to whats-her-name - the gal that got mad at you, Michael. Did she get married?
Tinmantu
19 years ago
Heck, they all get mad at me, one time or another kay...heh....drawing a blank about who you are referring to...expand a bit please.
Wings2W
19 years ago
There were THAT many TM?

^w^
Tinmantu
19 years ago
No, that is the part that is baffling me by Kays question....haven't had anyone in my life since around xmas...hoping she will elaborate for me...lol
kayjones
19 years ago
OK, Michael - I am talking about Ms. Carrie. I am old and her name just escaped my weak memory. I hope she is doing ok, and I thought if she was keeping in touch with anyone on this forum, it would be you - she LOVED you!!
Tinmantu
19 years ago
Oh ok....I am assuming that she is deeply involved in her relationship and hopefully she is on her way to wedlock if that is what she desires.....I know as much as anyone that has read the board...I never sensed the love, I guess...all our emails were in a disagreement, not standard communication.
kayjones
19 years ago
Michael, isn't that the definition of love - when one cares enough about another to give them honest opinions?
centralcacyclist
19 years ago
I have been around quite a few forums and find that almost all of them tend to quiet down during the summer, especially on weekends. Then, come September, they pick up again as people come inside more and kids go back to school.

BarnMom
jessiecarole
19 years ago
well, if it was not dead before, the gossip just killed it for me
kayjones
19 years ago
Gossip? Gossip? Where - I musta missed it! What are you referring to, Jessiecarole?
walksalone
19 years ago
JC, get back here!

E-mail someone if you dont want to repeat it here.
bunnyman
Original Author
19 years ago
It seems the forum still has a heartbeat!

: )
michael... the other michael that is.

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