On 07/11/2013 16:31, Ophelia wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2013-11-07 14:27:30 +0000, Ophelia said:

"Jake" wrote in message
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We've enticed one lurker into the open. Any more out there? Please say
hello. We only really bite each other.

I lurk but I don't have experience and having read the comments in
this thread, it has been stated that people without experience are
not welcome, so I think it better I continue to lurk.

I haven't seen that statement but it's certainly not the case at all.
We've had lots of new gardeners coming to urg, often to ask one
question, then go away. But they rarely go empty-handed, so to speak!
One or two people can be a bit snarky with newcomers or those posting
through Gardenbanter but they're not the normal urgler, ime. I would
say that the majority of those of us who are left are on the helpful
and welcoming side, or so I would hope! It's often been stated here
that there's no such thing as a silly question but there may be a few
daft answers!

I rarely ask a question but when I have, people have been kind enough to
help. I was just concerned in this thread to read that the regulars are
fed up with new people asking what are (to them) simple questions but
to a newby things they really need to know if they are to learn.
Especially if several new people ask the same questions as they
arrive. If you want to make new people welcome, you are going to get
a lot of those simple questions from beginners. I suspect that is what
is happening with folk from that Banter group. Beginners cannot
possibly join in with a discussion which is beyond their ken. (and which
is one reason I lurk). As someone commented:

"You know that most of the older members know all there is to know about
gardening and have no interest in bringing in youngsters who are going
to ask dam fool questions and who may one day know more than we do."

Well by no means are all the inexperienced people who post asking
questions youngsters! Especially me!!


That comment was mine and was Sarcastic, A genuine problem is always
welcome as far as I am concerned, or a question that has given
conflicting answers.
But I don't have time for people who ask a question that they can look
up on google but would rather have someone else look it up for them.
They remind me of the person who called in one night at around 9.30pm
when I was making up the flowers for a wedding the next morning,
"I just wanted to ask you how I should plant these azaleas I bought in
Woolworth s today"
I told them to go back to Woollies and ask,
David @ a still almost precipitation free side of Swansea Bay.