Hi My two cents. A definition of terms as related to this forum. Botany particularly in contrast to other sciences such as horticulture,Agriculture,landscaping.Microbiology. Clear definition of a plant.Would assume most interest would lie in vascular plants?? So a definition of this along with a note of the exceptions.Fungi,Lichens Commensuls molds mildews and microscopic.Obviously these could be a forum in themselves lol A guideline for a question within botany rather than Horticulture ,My assumption is that Botany is natural events within the plant world?? Not say manmade hybrids.or culture?? Maybe the basics on how a plant survives and reproduces? Maybe only vascular plants?? Maybe some references to books?? Since there are so many other forums dealing with many subjects a guideline on what type of question to post here?? Gary

okay, I can put together a list of topics for the FAQ and then set them loose to build for 3 weeks in Feb. while I am in India. When I return, I should have very good info waiting for me. :) I'll work on the list and post it this weekend. FAQ is one stop shopping for basic useful info so you don't have to search the forum. Florida is a unique and tough gardening environment and good information can make the difference for a new Florida gardener. I know it would have for me. I tried my first veggie garden in May!

Thanks PG, I think you are right about Naz and the FAQ's. I remember when I joined GW that they were very helpful. Not all Hoya's are treated equally. Which still makes me wonder where they are and why are they gone? Welcome aboard Carol, I hope we are able to help you with your questions. Just post them and we'll try our best! Diane

It took me a bit to figure out "MNF" too... and still trying to figure out "OBF" -- what's that one? Here are some more. Some of these I've seen around GW; others I know from chat rooms and other message boards. There are tons out there, but it's probably easier to figure most out in context, rather than list them all--even just all of these! UWYL&TTR - Use what you like, and toss the rest. (If a person really wants to, they could do a search for "internet shorthand" and come up with all kinds of lists!) SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope - but what this really means is to send return postage and your address label (and anything else requested) in a bubble envelope, with the flap of the envelope TAPED (not sealed) shut, so that the same bubble envelope can be reused to send the seeds back to you. (Hope that makes sense!) BE - bubble envelope KWIM? - know what I mean? IYKWIM - if you know what I mean IMO - in my opinion IMHO - in my humble opinion IMNSHO - in my not-so-humble opinion IME - in my experience FYI - for your information TMI - too much information! b/c - because TTYL - talk to you later TTFN - ta-ta for now IRL - in real life ds or DS - dear son (April listed dd already) yob or yog - year old boy or year old girl (used with numbers, such as my 13yob) u/l - upload (such as "I need to u/l pics of my garden") d/l - download (FYI: you upload TO, and download FROM - usually to/from a server) LOL - laughing out loud (or "lots of laughs") LMBO - laughing my butt off (from here, if you can't guess what LMAO means, too bad; I'm not saying! LOL) OOH - on one hand OTOH - on the other hand GMTA - great minds think alike PO - post office AFAIK - as far as I know IDK - I don't know LMK - let me know BTW - by the way AAMOF - as a matter of fact ATM - at the moment FWIW - for what it's worth HTH - hope that helps WS - winter sowing MG - (morning glories? marigolds? not sure on this one) That might be TMI, but I HTH! ;-) --Amy