The people responsible for approving memberships and adding the ability to join certain forums have very busy lives outside of HT. They get to it as quickly as possible. Members don't have to be logged in to read, only to respond. I don't bother logging in unless I have something to say. There's a big difference between HT and GW. HT is privately owned. Two very busy people do the best they can and don't earn a penny for their efforts. GW is owned by iVillage where people are paid to run this forum. They both provide great services to us for free.

I live between Greenville, SC and Hendersonville and I am only about 20 minutes away from both. I don't know what I may have that you might want and I haven't updated my Trade list recently. I have extras of Yvonne's Tall Red Salvia and also a Celosia (cockscomb) with burgundy blooms and foliage that I really love. I noticed that I also have many little Monarda from seeds that has a red bloom - don't know which one it might be. It was given to me and I can find out if you would like some of it. in the spring I will probably have bulbs. You could also think about coming the the Spring Plant Swap in Greenville. It is small but I go home with lots of goodies!

I have left feedback, all positive but only one shows up so I may have been hitting the wrong button. The trader that fixed my wagon got money for postage. Was to be a heavy box of peony tubers and as the offer stated you could get double, I paid double. Then I get the sad story of a divorce and kicked out and no way to get the tubers. Money was already spent! I reported to GW as a few months later, there is Jerry from SC posting different plants for postage. He disappeared. I just can't afford losing money like that. Sooo that did it for me. I don't post anymore. I may respond but only if it's a name I recognize. Really sad that what began as such a pleasant pasttime in trading turned into a nighmare of being taken advantage of. Lynn

HT= homesteading today It might be that the moderators are slow lately at approving new members- some IIRC are out of town/ not at the computer daily. As RN says one can not post on GC until proving one is actually a participant elsewhere in the forum. They have in past had problems with some trolls registering with new names so maybe they are being slower and more careful at new members. It is even possible (no offense intended presmudjo; anything is possible right?) that the OP is a troll there on HT angry they can not get back on the site, or that the moderators fear they might be! Anyway those of you with troubles starting there try giving it a week, repeat your requests to them weekly or so, even reapply before giving up if what you see as a guest appeals as much as it does to me as a member. To be unbiased I sometimes get rude responses from a few folks- I venture into many forums that discuss more sensitive issues than gardening such as religion politics or how to raise your kids! - and once had what I felt was inadequate support when a slighty crazy member began sending me and many others poison PMs. While they didn't do as I asked I have to hope my complaints about that member added to influence their later decision to bar them from the forum for further more egregious sins. And despite occasional arguments between folks on those more sensitive topics they all seem to forget their differences when giving garden or other homesteading or family raising or life advice in other threads. Only once have I decided not to take the consruction type advice from a fellow I know votes directly opposite to me (and occasionally attacked my political opinions) since the advice seemed bad and I feared he was either as dumb as I believed him from his expressed political opinions or actually trying to do me harm.