JennyC wrote:
But being American based groups, they do tend to go on about racoons in the
corn...........:~))

But you know I like this ) I like when Madgardener post one of her
huuuuge post, describing everything around her from her remote garden
on the hills. It's wonderful. I had started to print her post to give
to a couple of americain friends, to make them feel less homesick. I
like when Farm1 gives her opinions from Oz - who knows where we will be
in the future? I keep in touch on a French forum too and just love
reading stuff from abroad. I think you pick up on what interest you and
it needs to be varied, especially in backgrounds, cultures and ages.
The latter is very much what has caused problems here I think.

Also it's important to not unjustifiably poke at people. We just don't
know who the other posters are, what they do etc. and poking at
people's lives is a sure way to start flames. I am probably guilty in
answering back if you try to hurt me, but that's my nature and on the
whole it is human nature. I don't like lies and I don't like people
assuming things about others. I am not a professional gardener, I am a
keen grower of anything which wants to grow, preferably edible, I work
with urban designers and landscapers and spend most of my free time on
my plot, on other's plots, in local groups building from yurts to
geodesic domes for local school to grow stuff under, care for other
people's garden and get involve with anything permaculture. I'm out
there and that's where I like to be )