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Rocky Mountain Gardening

Are we in Kansas or the Rockies?

digit (ID/WA, border)

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

The recent changes to Houzz are confusing to some of us.

I weathered the change from GardenWeb to Houzz just a few seasons ago ... altho I grew impatient to sign in. Houzz allowed me to keep the old username but I'm something like "StevesDigits" officially. Yes, I opened a new account before the dust had settled during those stormy times.

'SOkay. I'm willing to take the risk in starting a new thread and making a fool outta my olde self. If you have a garden, you take a risk every time you drop a seed in the ground. Yeah.

Now ... I mean Next ... I will click "Next."

Simple enuf オ. I decided not to click any other "topics." Gonna leave this right here in the Rockies.

ツ Steve

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digit (ID/WA, border)
Original Author
5 years ago
Wherever I am,

is exactly where I need to be,

in order to get to where I am going.
treebarb Z5 Denver
5 years ago
It felt like Kansas, mid-July here yesterday. 105 degrees!

I hear you on the changes. For a while, every time I opened a thread it opened a new tab in Google Chrome. I didn't notice till I went to sign out that I had 8 or 10 tabs open. Crazy! It isn't doing that anymore, thank goodness.

I hate to see people post that they're out a here when they make changes. Change is frustrating, for sure. But I value the conversations here and still learn something every time I visit Houzz, be it plant wise or technology wise. A lot of people have migrated to Facebook's gardening sites, which I visit, but rarely as those posts on FB are more quick statements than conversations.

I come here for more in depth communication and to catch up with my gardening buddies. Thanks for keeping the faith, Steve!

Barb
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Maribeth z5 CO
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I want to thank the two of you and others that have stayed with this forum. I have been a lurker for a couple of years and learned a tremendous amount. The changes are difficult but as Barb said there is great value to be had.

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gjcore
5 years ago
I've looked at the facebook groups. Mostly a waste of time and I don't have enough time as it is. As far as Houzz changes I accept that things will always change on the internet.

Steve, wherever you go there you are.
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
5 years ago
" We arrive at this moment by the unswerving punctuality of chance."

I've never been on Facebook so I don't know what their groups are like. I've been on Gardenweb for a long, long time and I'm not quitting now! I'm just glad it is still here. Even with the changes, there just isn't anything like this place.

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