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[Reinbeau]

Wow, Reinbeau, great stuff up above! Thanks for compiling that into such a nice list!!!

Another idea is something similar to what is on BYC for "where am I, where are you" but instead of by state or city, do it by region? That way all the people in similar climates could discuss what they have success planting and when they plant it.

What do you think?

I think it's a great idea! Revised list:

Website & Forum Feedback & Announcements
New Gardeners Start here! (this would be a FAQ section once we have a few FAQs smile )
Edible Gardening:
subforum: Growing Vegetables and Herbs
subforum: Growing Fruits (small and large)
subforum: Preserving the harvest
Flower Gardening:
Roses (I wonder if there will be enough of a demand for this sub? There are lots of good rose forums out there....
Growing Trees and shrubs
Landscape care
subforum: Lawn care
subforum: Trees & Shrubs
subforum: Native Plant Gardening
Garden Pests
Composting & Soil Building
Organic Gardening
Indoor & Greenhouse Gardening
Everything Else Gardening
Me, My Garden, My Family
Where am I? Where are You?
The Exchange: Buy, Sell, Trade, Giveaway

Edited to add: These are just my suggestions, please don't think I'll be totally bummed if you don't choose to take them. I am looking forward to this forum growing like BYC!

 

[patandchickens]

Another idea is something similar to what is on BYC for "where am I, where are you" but instead of by state or city, do it by region? That way all the people in similar climates could discuss what they have success planting and when they plant it.
What do you think?

I think that sounds great! And make "zone 4 and colder" its own region irrespective of geography. please??

Pat

 

[Rio_Lindo_AZ]

how about a recipe topic

 

[Reinbeau]

how about a recipe topic

Ooh, that's a good one!

Revised list:

Website & Forum Feedback & Announcements
New Gardeners Start here! (this would be a FAQ section once we have a few FAQs smile )
Edible Gardening:
subforum: Growing Vegetables and Herbs
subforum: Growing Fruits (small and large)
subforum: Preserving the harvest
subforum: Harvest Recipes
Flower Gardening:
Roses (I wonder if there will be enough of a demand for this sub? There are lots of good rose forums out there....
Growing Trees and shrubs
Landscape care
subforum: Lawn care
subforum: Trees & Shrubs
subforum: Native Plant Gardening
Garden Pests
Composting & Soil Building
Organic Gardening
Indoor & Greenhouse Gardening
Everything Else Gardening
Me, My Garden, My Family
Where am I? Where are You?
The Exchange: Buy, Sell, Trade, Giveaway

 

[okiechick57]

How about a Zone guide @ what you can and cannot attempt to grow in your zone?

 

[Rio_Lindo_AZ]

How about a Zone guide @ what you can and cannot attempt to grow in your zone?

I was thinking about that just right now......

 

[Reinbeau]

How about a Zone guide @ what you can and cannot attempt to grow in your zone?

I was thinking about that just right now......

That would be a FAQ - probably the first one!

 

[poppycat]

Perhaps a plant ID section?

 

[Nifty]

Good suggestions! I'm taking the feedback along with our research and adding that to Reinbeau's great list and hope to be able to come up with a good organization soon. It will be hard to make it perfect, but the goal is to not have too many or too few (I personally don't like forums with hundreds of categories... makes my head spin).

 

[Reinbeau]

I agree! Logical categories make things so much easier to navigate. Like I said before, I'm not going to cry if you don't use my suggestions, I was just trying to keep things in a bit of order, hopefully it'll make your job a bit easier.