well, I think cj got banned under spike's rule. The other thing is that on-line "communities" are very transitory. Some got nailed by this last iVillage thing (Val included), and others just lost interest. This is sort of the site which has more new growers than others, so if you want more specific/advanced information, you tend to gravitate out. I still like the friendliness of this particular forum (although I can't say the same about other GW forums), and have stayed here.

Yippee-ki-yah to all that signed the petition!!! Wow, I didn't think we'd get it.....but we did it gang! Do you think we'd be asking for too much if we ask for an Exchange now too ;) LOL (Just kidding) Sharon

I think he posted here as well, and someone answered his question. You are a kind person, Sylvia.

DtD: The New England gallery is not set up for direct upload, so you still would have to upload at some other hosting site and then link to that. I looked at the Hosta Gallery and at least one photo was on Photobucket (I only checked one to see). If you want to use Garden Web as a hosting site, then you would have to upload to Garden Galleries. Their FAQ is here. I checked one photo and the image location was at Garden Web. You would then link to the Galleries instead of Picasa. I'm still mulling this over. I may try transferring the older "Birds and other mobile features..." threads to the Gallery as a test to see how it works and whether people like that. Hopefully GW won't object to these threads as being somewhat on the fringe of gardening (actually, they are, but the regional forums, IMO, should have more leeway in what they're interested in). The test should show whether transfer is worth the effort. For me, the 'Mobile' threads have been going on long enough that bookkeeping is getting to be a real pain so it may be worth it. I would suggest that pixie_lou hang back and see how this works in practice. She has a good routine set up now that works well. Claire