Looking again at the Forums page, I think the Subject Areas should be left for use by occasional visitors who need to know what's available on Garden Web. For frequent users who want to get to a forum quickly, you need a comprehensive list that doesn't involve a lengthy scroll. In my case I check "Building a Home", "New England Gardening" and "Soil, Compost and Mulch" every day, so these appear on my bookmarks menu along with the "Garden Webs Forum" page (and some non-GW sites). If there's something interesting going on in a particular forum I'll keep a tab open for that forum. I avoid using the main Forums page because it's annoying to have to scroll down. Claire

I prefer seeing the more popular forums evolve and change rather than have new ones on specific topics ; a paint forum was added but there are still tons of posts on paint in the decorating forum. Rather than dilute the popular forums, I personally prefer enjoying the shifts and changes within the existing ones, craigslist is another type of retail venue now, imo, same as pottery barn, it also reflects lesser spending and recycling. The conversations side is very welcoming to personal situations which include venting about the current downslide in the economy. I guess I'm just lazy, I prefer having an "all inclusive" menu within the same forums I'm used to, I pick and choose what suits me within the boundaries of the existing forums. Brownysmom, I still think you should pitch your idea to IVillage ; the advantage of a new forum is that it would draw other new members at large who would want to form a community of like-minded individuals, not bound by a decorating or kitchen interest necessarily- it would shake things up and get us out of our "comfort" level. I'm full of contradictions but I just expressed my views on the topic at hand, fwiw.

Check everyday KT Computer forum Computer forum - Conversations play games there Circle Theater Music Room Garden Party Crochet/knitting Forum Crafts Holiday Forum it has changed into a table setting forum but nice Quilting Sewing Retirement Forum Org the Home Money saving tips Forum Garden Junk Test Forum to see what is being tested The other craft forums but they haven't been as active since before th pay thing and Hot Topics - just to look who dares to post there and come out unscathed dare to disagree IMHO

Hey, Kay, yes, the million bells are still in the "swimming pool garden" but all the roses are gone. When my husband had so many health problems in 2014 I was doing all the work because he was physically incapacitated for months. I had to prune all the roses, do all the cleanup plus everything else inside and outside. Last year, we decided to do away with the roses there and we came up with a different idea. First. we were going to put in a gazebo, but decided it's too hot there in the summertime, so here are some pictures taken last year when we first started the changes. We used a cattle fencing panel bent into a "Gothic" shape and planted moonflower vines on it. The plants you see to the left are cuphea "Starfire Pink" which we really like, bloom all summer with small pink flowers, great for pollinators. The other shrubs you see are butterfly bushes. Now to the million bells. This picture was taken a few days ago. You will see there are no flowers on the arch, but the moonflowers have been planted and will look great in summer. Strangely enough, the cupheas we had on the west side did not survive--we can't figure why they didn't make it since the ones on the east are all coming up now. But, the replacement plants will be here in May, ordered from Annie's in Ca. Naturally, in a few months when everything is in full bloom, I will post pics, but the million bells will probably be bloomed out by then. They do return briefly in the fall for us.