Mary McHugh wrote:

I'd have to look up the date but yes, originally there was one enormous
group rec.gardens. After the requisite vote, it was split into the
subcategories we have now. Actually, there was probably more than one
vote. I remember that originally there was a lot of opposition to the
split and the first few votes probably failed.

rec.gardens.edible got through on the first try, after it got renamed from
rec.gardens.vegetable. I remember being quite happy about the split, as
rec.gardens had been getting rather unwieldy.

I voted for, of course. 1996. My, doesn't time fly:
http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/...gardens.edible

Henriette

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