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Geeze Will you saved me a lot of typing, you could be me, or is it I could
be you?...lol......Im sure some of the old hands sometimes tutt tutt at my
posts but hopefully listening to us 'infant' gardeners will bring back
memories of how it felt " that first season".....such a nice feeling too!

Am I an 'old hand'? I've certainly never tut-tutted at any of your
posts! I may not have answered many (any?) of your questions, but you
are one of the people I make a point of reading.

My motivation for urg is two-fold:

a) I love plants and talking about them, and to be able to make
suggestions to less experienced gardeners and watch them gain confidence
and take off and fly is wonderful!

b) I learn such a lot! - a huge amount. OK, I don't ask many questions,
but seeing the answers to other questions has given me *so* much extra
knowledge. And of course the mere act of answering someone else's
question is a learning process too - you have to get the subject
straight in your own mind before answering, and think about why it all
fits together, and sometimes the questions makes you think of something
from a different angle, and sometimes you have to go and check your
facts in a book .. And sometimes someone corrects you and puts you
straight!

I see urg as a sort of organic learning body. It's not a group of
'experts' advising a group of new gardeners. Rather, as we all chat
together we *all* move forward together in our understanding and
knowledge.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm