Thank you for the history of my favorite thread. I had never had much success at growing a garden till I joined the thread. I learned to sprout tomato seed and get them growing large enough to go into the ground. Now, I sprout tomato, peppers, squash, okra, for our garden plantings. I have learned the value of soil testing and learned about pests and diseases. Since learning basics on this thread, we now have a small productive garden yielding some of the tastiest tomatos that I have ever tasted, along with a really nice crop of various peppers.
My thanks to the thread posters and for all the people that reply. This is my very favorite place to be each week.
Yes I understand. I hated the thread not being posted for weeks at a time in the summer 2007. That is why I asked the gals if I could keep the thread up! I was a novice and had a lot of questions for the experts who were posting on the thread and I wanted it to continue. There has been a lot of good info and advice given by those in the know to those just starting out. What a great thread and community of FReepers that has been built up here over the years!