Let's Regroup! How About a Roll Call for GW Seed Exchangers?

katjaqu

9 years ago

We can stay in touch if we post our old GW username our new username if any and our email address.

If you think this is a good idea. Please post your info below.

I know it's like a band aid on a broken leg but sometimes you have to use what you have.

GW "Katjaqu". katjaqu@aol.com

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kilngod

9 years ago

I'm now posting at "kilngod z6b" to keep my zone showing.

Love, kilngod

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lady_alicia Zone 5/6 PA
9 years ago
The only thing I knew to do was confirm my GWeb membership, or whatever they call it. That seem to work, so now I DO exist. :) I'm trying very hard to learn my way around. I've managed to upload pictures, but I have much more to do in the way of figuring out where to put my seed exchange list and all of that stuff. It can get very frustrating learning new things. I hate change!!! We all have busy lives, and when things change on us, it really takes up a lot of time to re-do everything we've already done once! I was happy with GWeb the way it was, but I'll give it my all to make this work. I love trading with everyone and meeting other gardeners that share the same passion I do!!
aquawise
9 years ago
aquawise Lots of seeds for trade or postage.
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tergrov
9 years ago
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dang now I wish they hadn't trick me into something I didn't need ,they don't even send the magazine every month like there suppose to ,I'm so stupid for fallen for that .I joined it in 2007
ibartoo Zone 8 Linda
9 years ago
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9 years ago
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Just found this thread; Please count me in! :)I saw a post somewhere this weekend saying that the trade lists are now available...does anyone know how to find them (mine AND others)? I need to update mine after a great swap :)
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9 years ago
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mori1
9 years ago
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9 years ago
I'm here. Welcome all followers. You can get to your trade list by going to your Houzz page, edit profile then advanced settings I think. Mine was back. Then you can link to it at http://www.houzz.com/gardenWebTradeList/user/haremail (your username at the end instead of mine).

I was very upset at the change to Houzz. Too home oriented, like all things garden it seems to get taken over by home improvement stuff. They have been working to get us back up, but I would still like to see searching people's trade lists back and also the app they have does not link to the gardenweb forums at all except for seeing what posts those you are following have made. I've heard they will put the gw forums in the app, I hope that's true.
haremail Zone 6a
9 years ago
Sorry, it didn't show my link as words. I'll try again...

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cryptid
9 years ago
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Anymore, apparently, I'm "officially" cryptid_gw, but my posts still seem to register as simply "Cryptid". --shrug--
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I'm here, barely. I added some idea books (just pics); I thought it would make the site feel more home-y, but it didn't. I've mostly been trolling around checking out all the Houzz forum Nazis that are taking over the garden web forums. I really do believe most of them are speaking from Google, not experience. Oh well... as much as I've enjoyed my months on the GW, I think I'm about ready to 'keep it local' again, and just find some more like-minded plant lovers in my own area. And it's not that I'm discouraged by change, I'm just very disappointed by this pseudo Facebook that we were all sold to. ((Sorry, rant over:))
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I had to edit my public profile name. It kept wanting to display my actual name. I found myself yelling at my screen more than I should have.
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"And it's not that I'm discouraged by change, I'm just very disappointed by this pseudo Facebook that we were all sold to."

Terrigail, I totally agree with you!
LullabyF360
9 years ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one irritated by the social media platform of this site.
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9 years ago
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For one, I am grateful that GardenWeb still exists, and I hope all the regulars come back and play. They have built this wonderful community, and no other sites or groups come close to what GardenWeb offers.

I was annoyed that my old username on GW is taken, now I'm phylis_gw. Regardless, I've learned to accept it since I can still display my old user name as "First Name" on my profile and forum postings. I think it's cool to see a face behind the name of someone I know from GW.

I think houzz is doing a great job tweaking their infrastructure to retro-fit the old GardenWeb features we're requesting. They're trying, as evidenced by all the changes that have been on-goingly made in the past weeks' "GardenWeb Updates". Please help by adding your suggestions to this thread "Suggestions To Make This Forum Better".
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9 years ago
I am still gw nottougly

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9 years ago
I'm still GRADUATION zone 4, Mn.
lady_alicia Zone 5/6 PA
9 years ago
I hear you, Lullaby F360. Unfortunately, I'm not into the social media networking either, even though I managed to get my photos uploaded, etc. It's nice to see the photos, but to be honest, I just want to get on, do a trade, and that's it. E-mail the person directly suits me fine should we want to chat. I found two other sites that I think I'll be using more than Houzz and may just opt to leave this behind. I don't like FB, don't use it, and that's basically what they're doing here.
LullabyF360
9 years ago
I am noticing some gradual changes to the new place. I keep telling myself to forgive them, and everything will become a whole lot better soon enough. I run my own garden group on Facebook just for the fun of it. Lately my trading has been going on there, since it is nearly impossible to PM anyone here. I don't know if it is houzz/gardenweb servers or something going wrong on my end, but no one has gotten any emails from me since the switch. If information is what I want, I've almost always come to gardenweb forums. Saves me from having to sift through Google results.
lady_alicia Zone 5/6 PA
9 years ago
I actually have a FB page that's my gardens. I hardly post on it, though. I just don't have time for all of that, which is why I'm not caring for this. I work on a computer with my job, and the last thing I really want to do is spend two more hours sitting on my laptop when I can be doing my seed-starting, sewing, other hobbies, etc. It was so easy before to just post that I wanted to trade, people wrote, I checked my e-mail, and I was done. Now I have to figure out where to post, then I have to go view messages in a totally different place, and then try to find wherever else I need to go from there. It's just a lot of jumping around, which is very, very time consuming.
cryptid
9 years ago
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Phylis, point taken, but hey, Lady_Alicia,..there y'go as well. My overriding philosophy has always been "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" OTOH, proprietary formats abound and it's all up to who actually runs th' show (duh). If we're lucky, at times, the powers-that-be may actually accommodate our preferences and suggestions.
lady_alicia Zone 5/6 PA
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:-) Cryptid, my father used to say that all the time. You don't want to go around fixing things that aren't broke. I understand that with the times changing, they want to try something new. And that may be okay with the younger generation and a small percentage of seasoned traders, but for a lot of us that have been on GW for many years and are older (did I jsut say that?!) and like plain and simple, this is anything but. And there lies the frsutration for many of us unfortunately. I keep telling myself to hang in there. We'll see what happens on my end. ;-) Until then, I'll just keep trading and hanging around.
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I seem to have been transferred with the same name, madabouteu. I live literally on the line between zones 7 and 8 in Alabama. Even in this winter, there have been no single digit lows, though we HAVE been down to 10! My trade list is very meager but available.
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Chris Cousineau
9 years ago
I was late to start and I see that there is a trade list link on people profiles, although I think a few of you need to edit to open messaging. I was looking at different profiles, getting idea's for my garden at my new house, and saw several of you that will send seeds for postage, however most of you I cannot contact. I kinda like the home improvement part of the site, but only because I have just bought a very old home that needs some improvement and I can look at both gardens and homes in the same place. I am looking for seeds, but have nothing to trade at this point. I did some transplants and 13 days later we got snow, so I am not sure if they are ok or not. Unfortunately I dropped the ball saving seed from last year because we were in the middle of moving and closing on the house and the multitudes of things that go along with purchasing a home.
zzackey
9 years ago
Chris, how do I do that?
Chris Cousineau
9 years ago
PLEASE GO TO YOUR EDIT PROFILE PAGE AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS LISTED CORRECTLY.

Then go to ADVANCED SETTINGS

(located under “Account”on the left side of the “edit profile” page or athttps://www.houzz.com/settingsAdvanced )

Scroll down to "Privacy settings"

and select the option of “ALLOW ANYONE TO MESSAGE ME” under "Who can message me".
duane456
9 years ago
I'm here.
irishdescended
9 years ago
Im still irishdescended. Dont have my trade list up yet. Havent really attempted to figure it out to be honest.
AJD1221
9 years ago
Formerly "NKUSigEp"; now AJD1221.
mary grether
9 years ago
new ok here is mine.
mary grether
9 years ago
thanks y'all for the info!
realbusy
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Hi you guys... I'm realbusy on GW. (Gina from NJ)....Good to see some of your old names here and I've even traded with many of you... I've lost the addresses of many a gardening friend over the years now and I'm not happy about that. But oh well, what can you do? Hope everyone will come back on here...I know I was in a round robin exchange but I can't remember who the admin was *sigh*.....maybe ishareflowers ? Anyway, maybe when I have time I will go back over the old e-mails from over a year ago now I guess... Trade on!!! I've posted my new list under my profile.. I have no idea if that is where it is supposed to go but that's where I put it...LOL... gotta figure how to navigate this new site.....
realbusy
9 years ago
Hey zzackey(8b GA) ... we've traded before... I looked for the share your garden site you mentioned and I can't find it, can you send us all a link? realbusy on GW, Gina from NJ
margyrose
9 years ago
I've got tote containers filled with seed for exchange and feel completely lost

with this new system. I'm not computer literate so feel as though I'm drowning in a sea of technical stuff. Don't even know how to begin again here. How am I to do trades? Margyrose
jensyen ( z7 MD )
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Margyrose,

If you want people to contact you, please activate your 'Message' button.

Go to 'Edit Profile' at the 'Your Houzz' button at top of page.

Then, on the left side of the page, go to 'Advanced Settings'.

There, you can choose

'Allow anyone to message me' in 'Privacy Settings'.

Hit the 'Update' button to save.

Once they make contact with you privately you can exchange email and mailing addresses with them.

If you want to trade with me, click on my gw name and look at my lists, then message me.

Thanks & Good Luck, Jen
ldeardorff50
9 years ago
ldeardorff50(gw),still here. Haven't figured out how to do new stuff yet.
mychineseauntie11
9 years ago
now mychineseauntie11 before jadragnfly no calif east bay, san ramon valley, seeds, cuttings,plant exchanges. I agree with everyone this sux ..oh dear did I say THAT! ...HAPPY GARDENING 2015

LETS TRADE SEEDS
dizzydaffodil
9 years ago
dizzydaffodil is dizzydaffodil 5a
bbrick2
9 years ago
I'm still bbrick2 and just trying to go with the flow and glad that some of the old names and experienced gardeners are still on the site as well as new names. Still enjoy checking in an peeping at some seed lists both 'have and 'wants. Lets get past this awful winter and move on to a warmer seed-sprouting Spring.
gramsharon
9 years ago
Gramsharon zone 3

Let's Regroup! How About a Roll Call for GW Seed Exchangers?

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