| Author | Content |
dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 August 31, 2009
05:50 AM Post #7007511
| There are a total of 496 votes:
| Less than a year.
(85 votes, 17%) |  |
| Between one and two years.
(80 votes, 16%) | |
| Between two and four years.
(146 votes, 29%) | |
| Between four and six years.
(125 votes, 25%) | |
| Between six and eight years.
(33 votes, 6%) | |
| More than eight years!
(27 votes, 5%) | |
|
Previous Polls |
onewish1
Denville, NJ
(Zone 6a)
August 31, 2009
06:28 AM Post #7007554
| 4 years 1 month! |
DeeS
Ladoga, IN
(Zone 6a)
August 31, 2009
07:00 AM Post #7007584
| 8 years 9 months |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
07:00 AM Post #7007585
| 4.5 years |
Kathleen
Panama, NY
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
07:24 AM Post #7007617
| 8 years 7 months (but who's counting!) |
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
August 31, 2009
07:47 AM Post #7007675
| 3 years 1 month |
WaterCan2
Suffolk County, NY
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
07:51 AM Post #7007688
| I refuse to answer on the grounds... |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
07:55 AM Post #7007698
| 3 years 3 months |
Debsroots
Northwest, MO
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
08:43 AM Post #7007828
| 5 years 5 months...this is the first site I go to of a morning and the last site I go to at night.
I have canceled several of my magazine subscriptions since joining Dave's as I get so much of my information from this site. |
henryr10
Cincinnati, OH
(Zone 6b)
August 31, 2009
08:44 AM Post #7007829
| 6 and 10/12ths years. |
staceysmom
(GayLynn) Appleton, WI
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
09:16 AM Post #7007939
| 4 Years 1 month and 26 days |
henryr10
Cincinnati, OH
(Zone 6b)
August 31, 2009
09:18 AM Post #7007946
| LOL sm!
How many hours, minutes and seconds... |
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
August 31, 2009
09:22 AM Post #7007955
| 1 year, 2 months |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
August 31, 2009
09:42 AM Post #7008031
| It will be 3 years for me on September 27, which reminds me ... I need to go renew my subscription! |
staceysmom
(GayLynn) Appleton, WI
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
09:43 AM Post #7008034
| henryr10 that's too much figuring this early in the day! |
yardqueen1948
Emory, TX
(Zone 8a)
August 31, 2009
09:52 AM Post #7008073
| 3yrs 3 mo |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
09:55 AM Post #7008088
| 1 year 1 month luvin it! |
Dann_L
San Tan Valley, AZ
(Zone 9b)
August 31, 2009
10:02 AM Post #7008132
| 3 years, 1 month and change |
CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
10:32 AM Post #7008265
| Three years and two months as a subscriber. Best $$ I ever spent on anything related to gardening! |
WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
11:02 AM Post #7008405
|
Whoops!
9 years this October, and have enjoyed every single day of it!
WUVIE signed up on Oct 13, 2000
This message was edited Sep 1, 2009 7:35 AM |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
11:16 AM Post #7008456
| Less than a year...but please Forgive Me--- I didn't know about it sooner! =) |
flowerjen
central, NJ
(Zone 6b)
August 31, 2009
11:24 AM Post #7008490
| 2 ½ years |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
August 31, 2009
11:28 AM Post #7008513
| Just had my 4th anniversary as a subscriber. I hung out with the gang longer -- maybe 6 months before that. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
11:33 AM Post #7008533
| It's 3 years on my birthday to come a few weeks away. One of my best birthday presents to myself , ever! |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
August 31, 2009
11:52 AM Post #7008641
| Happy Birthday in advance Sally |
woofie
Chewelah, WA
(Zone 5a)
August 31, 2009
12:06 PM Post #7008697
| 3 years 10 months.
DG is the greatest thing since seeds! |
LindaCA
Concord, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
12:08 PM Post #7008702
| 4 years 1 month |
Calalily
South Padre Island, TX
(Zone 10a)
August 31, 2009
12:21 PM Post #7008739
| 8 years 7 months. If I'd signed up when I first found the site, it would be longer. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
August 31, 2009
12:53 PM Post #7008856
| same as petalpants. It is now my homepage... my go-to... my everything gardening. nothing can compare2u, oh Dave's Garden. Thank you Dave! |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
12:54 PM Post #7008860
| 4 years, 8 months. :-) |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7008861
| 8 years, 7 months and 25 days!
Seems like yesterday! |
GardenSox
Sacramento, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
12:58 PM Post #7008868
| Just 1 year and 3 months, but I think I was lurking around the free parts of the site for a couple years before I actually signed up. |
Joan
Belfield, ND
(Zone 4a)
 August 31, 2009
01:00 PM Post #7008877
| 8 years and 29 days. |
SoCal
Huntington Beach, CA
(Zone 10a)
August 31, 2009
01:00 PM Post #7008880
| 8 years, 8 months.
This site has changed my whole life for the better. I have met some of the nicest and friendliest garden people around the whole world.
My garden shows all the diversity that I have learned here too.
Thanks Dave for starting this wonderful site,
Donna |
GardenSox
Sacramento, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
01:05 PM Post #7008888
| That's a nice post, Donna. And I agree with you! This site definitely enriches my life as well as my garden. |
LavinaMae
Grantsboro, NC
(Zone 8b)
August 31, 2009
01:25 PM Post #7008945
| I think it was Feb 2001 when I discovered Dave's and I have never looked back. Have enjoyed every minute spent on here and met lots of friends in state and out of state, and got lots of plants and seeds and even met neighbors because of Dave's.
Lavina |
Ginger_H
Fountain, FL
(Zone 8a)
August 31, 2009
01:42 PM Post #7008985
| 8 years on Sept. 12 |
dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
August 31, 2009
03:16 PM Post #7009215
| Where's the 9+ years? :-) |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
03:24 PM Post #7009241
| Should have added that too, huh Dave??
DG had birthday #9 just this month. (almost last month now)
19th of August, 2000...Dave went on line with his trade list. No forums, no GWD, no PlantFiles, no BugFiles or BirdFiles. I think when I joined on Jan 7, 2001 that he had just launched the 4th forum or so, and there were less than 400 members.
We now have 476,052 members world-wide. |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
04:13 PM Post #7009401
| Was going to say 'where's the "I can't remember" option?', but then saw the thing which says which day I signed up on ;-)
Nearly half a million members is good going – any idea how many are active?
Resin
|
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
August 31, 2009
05:15 PM Post #7009601
| I'm a newbie: 1 year and 6 months. There I was happily hanging out in PFs when one day I discovered there was a Dahlia Forum. Now I'm a Forum Floozie. |
Indy
Alexandria, IN
(Zone 5b)
August 31, 2009
05:54 PM Post #7009798
| 7 years and 7 months |
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
August 31, 2009
07:36 PM Post #7010149
| 7 years 2 months for me.
8 Roundups & many visits to other members of Dave's.
See some of you in KY in a couple of weeks!
WUVIE, I think you better go back & recount.
Bernie |
3gardeners
Mableton, GA
(Zone 7a)
August 31, 2009
07:38 PM Post #7010154
| 3 years 3 days... WOW! Glad you asked. I didn't realize it was so close to my DG "birthday"! I LOVE it here! I've learned so much. Thanks! |
MaryE
Baker City, OR
(Zone 5b)
August 31, 2009
07:49 PM Post #7010187
| I joined the day after Melody, Jan 8, 2001. For about a nickel a day, I have lots of fun, have made friends, learned, had things id'd, helped a bit here and there, and just had a great time! I met a few people too, including Melody! |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 31, 2009
09:51 PM Post #7010771
| The very best part of the 3 years is being able to share the successes and failures in growing with other plant lovers! Wouldn't trade DG for any site on the internet and that includes any site with any subject!!!
Thanks to all the staff!
gail |
beclu727
Dacula, GA
(Zone 7b)
August 31, 2009
10:08 PM Post #7010844
| 5 years 4 months and my favorite website... |
joycerogers0713
Poplarville, MS
(Zone 8b)
August 31, 2009
10:19 PM Post #7010901
| July 15, 2009 Nubie here and learning so much. Joining DG is the smartest thing this gardeners done in a while. Thanks bunches Dave! |
cando1
Ozone, AR
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
12:19 AM Post #7011450
| Just 1 year and 1 month. This is my favorite site too. I don't do so much gardening anymore but try to pass on what little knowledge i've learned. Of course i always learn more here also. |
kathymac
Citrus Heights, CA
(Zone 9b)
September 01, 2009
12:45 AM Post #7011531
| i have been an off and on lurker since June 17, 2004...mostly to look up the care of plants that i bought in the PlantFiles...now that i'm getting more into container gardening i thought it was time to become a subscriber as of June 5th of this year...DG is now my favorite website and my home page! |
DianaT
Mullins, SC
(Zone 8a)
September 01, 2009
01:11 AM Post #7011587
| 4 years 10 months and lovin' every minute of it. |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 01, 2009
02:05 AM Post #7011725
| I think Dave's getting an ego trip here!  |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
06:54 AM Post #7011994
| Pa - For all the angst he gets this is the least we can do for him! |
DeeS
Ladoga, IN
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
07:17 AM Post #7012036
| Whenever anyone asks how I learned so much about plants, or where I got this one or that one, I tell them about Dave's.I tell them that it's like an on-line garden club.
Thanks, Dave! It is definately the best gardening site on-line!
DeeS |
Jianhua
Shangshui, Henan
China
(Zone 7b)
September 01, 2009
09:30 AM Post #7012390
| Eight years is the time I have been here .
Eight years, I grow up with DG both in gardening and in my English study.
And more importantly, I have made many friends.
It is DG that makes my life meaningful, wonderful.
DG is unique.
Especially thank Diana G. aka WantabeGardener from MI,
who in the beginning introduced me to this friendly gardening community.
Jianhua
|
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
10:12 AM Post #7012539
| AWW missingrosie- thank you! See how nice this place is??
(Next survey--How many Swaps have you been to?) |
Rusty56
Jasper Co., MO
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
11:40 AM Post #7012860
| going be 6 yrs on 13th of this month... |
JJsgarden
Northern Piedmont, NC
(Zone 7b)
September 01, 2009
11:43 AM Post #7012872
| Just a few days short of 8 years 8 months, when DG was but an infant.
Jan. 4, 2001
Jean
|
LeBug
Greenville, IN
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
12:16 PM Post #7013009
| I have been a member for five and a half years now and don’t know what I ever did before I joined here! It was like life just began when I joined Dave’s lol It’s been so long I can’t even remember how I stumbled across Dave’s probably had something to do with the PlantFiles I wish I could remember! lol
Thank you Dave for all of your hard work! Did you ever in your dreams think your site would be this big! To have such a wonderful caring person with a LOT of patients is just the icing on the cake there is no place else that I could ever even think of being ;-)
My gardens are just full of smiles all because of you, thank you for that too!
Lea
|
sharonf1
Lake in the Hills, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 01, 2009
12:25 PM Post #7013043
| Due to google search results and to the quality of content in Plant Files, I've been visiting that area for a few years. Checked out the rest of the site on a rainy day in June 2009 and signed up for a trial within hours. It was a no brainer to extend membership at the end of the 60 days!
Thanks for DG site! It's now a regular part of my day and have learned so much from it this summer. Looking forward to continued enjoyment and enlightenment here.
~Sharon |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
September 01, 2009
12:42 PM Post #7013121
| just 2 months, and I LOVE IT!!! I am on the tropical gardening forum, it suits me great! Dave, thank you for this wonderful site, its the best i know. and thank you all members for articles, pictures, and threads. i have learned a lot.
Isaac |
zonkel
Florence, MS
(Zone 7b)
September 01, 2009
01:33 PM Post #7013320
| Less than a year and now it's my biggest addiction ;-) |
OutsidePlaying
Laceys Spring, AL
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
02:16 PM Post #7013475
| I had to go to my info page and see when I joined. I can't believe it's been almost 5 years!! What a great family here! Thanks to Dave and all the DG Admin staff who keep this a great place to be. |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
02:22 PM Post #7013486
| Just hover your mouse over your name or any name and it will tell you when you joined - Jan. 16, 2006 for you. |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
September 01, 2009
03:29 PM Post #7013706
| 4 years and 22 days. My how time has flown! I would have guessed 2 years, but found the actual date on "my info".
I kept doing searches on the plants I wanted to buy and kept landing on Dave's Garden with the picture of the plant and the comments of those who grew it and a list of areas where it grew. Pretty soon I looked for the home page. In no time I joined and not long after that the Rocky Mountain Forum was started. Now it is hard to get my housework and dishes done. Too much fun to be had on DG and in the garden. |
3gardeners
Mableton, GA
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
03:38 PM Post #7013749
| Neat pirl! I love getting tips like that. I learn something new all the time on daves!! (Like that from Dave himself!)
This message was edited Sep 1, 2009 3:39 PM |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
September 01, 2009
03:43 PM Post #7013780
| Cool! Thanks pirl. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
04:19 PM Post #7013908
| PlantFiles is what got me her too!
Thanks pirl |
JudyinGA
Newnan, GA
(Zone 7b)
September 01, 2009
08:34 PM Post #7014993
| I'm so new I still squeak. Less than 2 months. Joined July 4, 2009. Usually hang out on Cottage Gardening, Roses, Beginning Landscaping, and "watch" several others. People have been so helpful and friendly. Thank you, Dave, for the site and all the wonderful forums. And thank you to all who have given their advice and encouragement. Hope to have some "real" gardens to show off next year.
Pirl, I didn't know about holding the mouse over a name and seeing info. That's really neat. |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 01, 2009
08:46 PM Post #7015053
| Neither did I cheers pirl.
Judy, welcome aboard! I'm still squeeky after over a year, LOL |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 01, 2009
09:29 PM Post #7015264
| How do you say squeeky in French? |
bluekat76
Ijamsville, MD
(Zone 6b)
September 01, 2009
09:34 PM Post #7015291
| I will have 5 years on the 24th of this month! I found Dave's 7 months after I moved from FL to Maryland and knew NOTHING about gardening. I mean nothing - in zone 9/10 FL plants don't die and come back next year, leaves don't fall and there is no last frost date. Thanks to Dave's and the friendly people on here willing to share their heaps of knowledge I can speak "garden" and am actually the go to person at work with all gardening questions! I have even met in person, eaten with, been to their house, become friends and traveled with people I met on Dave's.
Where else can you say all that about "just" a website? Many thanks to all who contribute to my life through DG!
-Kim |
Karrie20x
Spokane, WA
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
09:54 PM Post #7015407
| Since November, 2003 - too tired to do the math! (I think I may have clicked the wrong button when I voted!) |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 01, 2009
10:04 PM Post #7015455
| grinçant = squeaky French, Kiikii Japanese.
Jon |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 01, 2009
10:35 PM Post #7015646
| Jon, Ha! You were reading my mind! Since you had said you were 'squeaky', and you're from Japan, I was about to ask you what 'squeaky' is in Japanese,...and you already wrote it! Kiikii... is that it? That's so cool! Well, I'm kinda squeaky too, I mean, I'm Kiikii ! |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY
(Zone 6a)
September 01, 2009
11:01 PM Post #7015761
| Two years, four months. Yep, PlantFiles reeled me in, too! |
JudyinGA
Newnan, GA
(Zone 7b)
September 01, 2009
11:58 PM Post #7015949
| Thanks for the welcome, Pajonica. As I said, the people I have met here are great. But I really said something stupid ... I said "put the mouse over the name ... " and I meant put the "cursor" over the name. Duh! Sorry. (I tried putting the mouse over the name and it didn't work LOL) |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:52 AM Post #7016125
| JudyinGa,
I knew what you meant, It's the mouse that's stupid! LOL! He he.Perhaps not as stupid as me!
I like you already!
Jon |
momcat
northeast, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
07:58 AM Post #7016551
| It'll be 9 years in December for me.
|
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 02, 2009
09:04 AM Post #7016694
| ROFL- all of you |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH
(Zone 6a)
September 02, 2009
09:21 AM Post #7016741
|
Five years and four months for me.
I can't remember what inspired me to plunk my money down and sign up, but I'm so happy I did!
I wonder how those who have been members for 8 or 9 years found out about DG??
Those early sign-ups must have a good story...?
|
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
September 02, 2009
09:46 AM Post #7016811
| Word of mouth...or 'net'
'Hey, there's a new gardening site. Go over and check it out!' |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
10:32 AM Post #7016954
| Ginger_H and I signed on the same day...Sept. 12th, 2001. It was the day after the Twin Towers shocker and I was just "surfing"...Best "surfing" I ever did!!
Saturday will be my 75th Birthday...and my daughters are giving me a big BASH...I wish all of you could come!! I have made SOOO many friends here that I feel so lucky. Jo |
Calalily
South Padre Island, TX
(Zone 10a)
September 02, 2009
10:47 AM Post #7017032
| Jo, if we weren't in the middle of installing a massive irrigation system, I'd be tempted to come!
Jianhua, I was thinking of you the other day and wondered if you were still here at DG. I think you were my first foreign trade. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 02, 2009
11:17 AM Post #7017158
| what got me signed up? PlantFiles, chocolate asparagus, WNGD...so a mix of great information and entertaining 'conversation'! |
kwanjin
West Valley City, UT
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
11:26 AM Post #7017186
| 2 years, 2 months. And never looked back! |
Nan
SW, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
12:09 PM Post #7017336
| I originally 'signed up' shortly after Dave's Gardens' inception, then had gone back to the 'other site' (GW).
Came back here in 2004, I think, and have been a paid member ever since! |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:18 PM Post #7017365
| Happy Birthday, Nan! |
JudyinGA
Newnan, GA
(Zone 7b)
September 02, 2009
12:49 PM Post #7017462
| Why, Jon. Made me blush. I'm kind of a nut. If I can make someone smile, it makes my day. It still amazes me how we can sit here and converse with someone in Japan and it's like he's right next door.
And Nan (Happy Birthday, by the way), I still hang out on the "other" site (GW) but this is usually my final stop and I stay here longer. I am a newbie gardener, as well as a DG newbie and have learned more lurking here in the past two months than I have reading garden magazines for the past 10 years. I joined when the annoying drop-down ad was running. Had just about made up my mind to join but then encountered that monstrosity and had to inquire of the administration whether that was typical. I was told it was not and that we could even control the ads with a paid membership. That got me and here I am.
The other thing that got me (and this may matter to Dave) was the ease of adding photos. On the "other" site, many forums require html format, which means you have to have another website from which to export your photos. Here, we can use just plain old jpegs. Download them from your digital camera to your computer, upload to Dave's and there you are. Simple even for non-computer-savvy people (like me).
I do have a Facebook page with several albums, one of them my "garden," such as it is, that will successfully upload to the "other" site. But this is soooo much easier.
I am so glad to be here and I look forward to one day being able to say I've been on DG for 10 years (or more).
Judy |
DMgardener
Mount Orab, OH
(Zone 6b)
September 02, 2009
01:18 PM Post #7017586
| 2 years&3 months:) Very happy!! |
DracoVolans
Valley Village, CA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:55 PM Post #7017721
| I'm a new critter to the Garden (about a month). You can find me hiding in the cacti with the lizards. :) If you're patient, you can spot a freckled back, wide rump, short dark-brown and purple mane and twinkly eyes poking about the thorny bits in my container-garden.
I love anything that flowers, produces fruit, or has unusual foliage. I know very little about most of my acquisitions, but Plant-Files really helps this newbie figure out just what she's gotten herself into!
I've managed to rescue part of the Hoya I nearly killed (YAY!), learned about some of the cacti I got from the Mother-In-Law's yard, and I can finally put names to a few plants I've had for years but didn't know the names of because the folks who'd given them to me didn't know either (Haworthias are COOL)...
I haven't bought a subscription yet, but I likely will!
This message was edited Sep 2, 2009 10:58 AM
This message was edited Sep 2, 2009 10:59 AM |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:56 PM Post #7017727
| Roadrunner: Happy, Happy 75th Birthday! I hope you have a one-of-a-kind Birthday Party!! =) |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
02:04 PM Post #7017762
| Welcome, Draco! Glad you came out from hiding for awhile; watch out for pricklies, since you tend to hang-out around the cactus! =) |
Todd_Boland
St. John's, NL
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:06 PM Post #7017766
| 5 years, 6 months...where has the time flown? |
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
September 02, 2009
04:03 PM Post #7018161
| Whatever partying she,(roadrunner), doesn't get done Saturday, we can continue at KY.
I'll toast you Sat. with something chocolate!
Bernie |
OutsidePlaying
Laceys Spring, AL
(Zone 7a)
September 02, 2009
05:46 PM Post #7018500
| Thanks Pirl! I had no idea. Of course I'm always in a hurry... |
irisMA
South Hamilton, MA
September 03, 2009
09:45 AM Post #7020582
| It will be 2 yrs in Oct. Joined because of the iris forum, expanded to NE, Equine. Great fun as I am new to computers, just passed the 2nd yr on those, however I am typewriter literate. Love everyone's bird pictures on that forum. |
QueenB
Shepherd, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 03, 2009
10:59 AM Post #7020856
| 6 yrs, 4 mos. |
Elsa123
Pretoria
South Africa
(Zone 11)
September 03, 2009
12:52 PM Post #7021362
| 2 years, 7 months. I can't imagine my gardening world without DG. I have learnt so muchthe past almost three years...
Elsa |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
09:23 PM Post #7023264
| Calalily...you still owe me a visit...but I'll be gone most of September...going to Crossville, TN...so come on out this fall! Jo |
Hillbilly_Gran
Jasper, AR
(Zone 7a)
September 03, 2009
10:13 PM Post #7023513
| 9 years in Oct |
DonnaB
Vancleave, MS
(Zone 8b)
September 03, 2009
10:16 PM Post #7023524
| 7 yrs 1 month |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
September 03, 2009
10:25 PM Post #7023565
| This is a great poll Dave and Admin. Thanks. Nice to see so many long time members voting. |
crystalspin
Santa Ana, CA
(Zone 9b)
September 03, 2009
11:48 PM Post #7023875
| I clicked 6-8 years but really 5.5 as a *participating* member, because I joined to do some searches, then didn't come back for a year, when I learned about the forums & chat and subscribed for 1 month and way before that month was up I upped it to a year, and shortly thereafter gifted my mom (BloomsWithaView) with her first year's sub. Because of that month, her membership rolls around to renew earlier than mine, so it acts as a reminder for me!
I mostly hang out in Plant Identification because I just love the brain stimulus of figuring out puzzles. I especially "dig" (ha ha, gardener's humor) communicating with people all over the world, and the crazy live chat we sometimes have, when I remember in time that it is Tuesday. Also the really LIVE times when local DGer's get together for RUs and Garden Parties. Also the new newsletter, also this also that. Yup it is too hard to pick a favorite!
~'spin!~ |
Zuzu
Sebastopol, CA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
05:28 AM Post #7024323
| It will be 5 years in January. I joined because I had been consulting Garden Watchdog so frequently that I began to feel guilty using it without paying the fee. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
09:56 AM Post #7024882
| I found Dave's and signed up in 2006 became a member in 2007 when the forums I visited the most were no longer free. I could not afford the membership that first year so it was paid for by Dave's Gardens Angels. I had not heard of them before and was shocked & surprised, AND VERY HAPPY!!! LOL
I can't imagine a day without Dave's now. |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
September 04, 2009
01:52 PM Post #7025646
| 6 years, 3 mths
Biggest family I've ever seen ;)
This message was edited Sep 4, 2009 10:47 PM |
plantnutz
Austell, GA
(Zone 7a)
September 04, 2009
08:41 PM Post #7026874
| 9 years in November for me. Loving it!
|
nilly
Pittsburgh, PA
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
08:43 PM Post #7026886
| Will be a year in November.
I quote from CapeCodGardener:
"Best $$ I ever spent on anything related to gardening!"
And from Woofie:
"DG is the greatest thing since seeds!"
And GardenSox:
"I was lurking around the free parts of the site for a couple years before I actually signed up."
And SoCal, who is herself a nice garden person:
"I have met some of the nicest and friendliest garden people around the whole world"
I quote a lot. But at least I give credit!
Garden on.
|
nilly
Pittsburgh, PA
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
08:50 PM Post #7026915
| Oh, and I got here because most of the time I googled a plant I was interested in along with the word "zone", I found a Plantfiles entry. Then I wanted to go deeper so I joined.
SO glad I did! |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
September 04, 2009
11:12 PM Post #7027421
| 3 years, 9 months and lovin' it. Thanks, Dave and crew! |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
12:14 AM Post #7027592
| Yes I was a lurker for some time before I signed up, just wish I had done it sooner!
So come on you lurkers, you don't know what your missing! The best gardening site on the web, that's all.
Edited for typo
This message was edited Sep 5, 2009 10:27 PM |
Seedtosser1
Glenview, IL
September 05, 2009
09:13 AM Post #7028031
| It's so nice to see such a variety of starting dates.
Found DG purely by accident, searching for info on My Rose, browsed around...Lurked for months,
Then Discovered the variety of threads and I was hooked.
I joined 4 years 4 months and 1 week today!
Best thing I did for myself...
I have also met some of the greatest people, via RU, phone, and visits and gatherings!
Thanks Dave and DG Crew, You Rock!
|
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 05, 2009
10:38 AM Post #7028278
| Dave does rock and DG is not just a site to me but an important part of my life. I have very strong feelings when I read of people who either say they can't afford it or the worst, "I don't see why I should have to pay when other sites are free". Nonsense! At six cents a day I just have trouble with that reasoning. One cup of coffee purchased at a deli or one unnecessary car trip to town or any impulse purchase all adds up and it could easily pay for a subscription.
For those who truly cannot pay there is Dave's Angel Fund.
As far as the notion about not having to pay...if being part of DG saves you from one bad purchase, or keeps you from making a big error with buying the wrong shrub, or saves you from disaster with anything to do with gardening then it is worth so much more than the price.
None of the above reasons even include the numerous forums with interests other than gardening. From home repair to remodeling, to sewing, cooking, fossils and birds (and bees) there is a whole world here of such helpful people.
My life would not be as wonderful without the friends I've made at DG and I am so grateful for them. How could anyone put a price tag on friendships?
Bet you can't tell I love DG!
|
woofie
Chewelah, WA
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
10:43 AM Post #7028299
| Pirl, you forgot to mention that Dave's is also cheaper and more useful than any gardening book! :-) |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 05, 2009
10:48 AM Post #7028312
| True! It's real life experience with plants and that's hard to beat. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
September 05, 2009
11:03 AM Post #7028346
| Started 2009 off right with a subscription to DG in January. |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
September 05, 2009
11:05 AM Post #7028350
| My family thought I had gotten involved with a cult. |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 05, 2009
11:10 AM Post #7028362
| Carrie, that is hilarious! Did they really think that, or are you just teasing?! My teenagers told me the other day I was addicted to "that garden site"...I thought, well, there's worse things than that, I could be addicted to! Let's see: drinking, smoking...know what I mean?! =) |
sharonf1
Lake in the Hills, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
11:12 AM Post #7028366
| carrielamont, that's so funny. I find myself saying "found it on Dave's Garden" to family and friends often. Enough that they may be thinking the same thing. Thanks for the grin :)
~Sharon |
frostweed
Josephine, Arlington, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 05, 2009
12:20 PM Post #7028555
| 5 years and 7 months, one of the best things in my daily life.
Josephine. |
Tammy
Barto, PA
(Zone 6b)
September 05, 2009
02:17 PM Post #7028923
| I thought I joined in 2001 but it was Jan 2002. I goofed up the stat's a bit.
I remember googling "gardening" often to see what was around. I found
http://www.garden .com in the late 90's. Ugh. Whoever thought a site could thrive
by selling plants from a bunch of sources. I found DG and at first thought it
was a bit goofy to have to pay. But then a good friend kept talking about the
wonderful coops and swaps she participated in until I finally paid for a subscription.
(Maybe in 2003 or 2004?) And I've been a DG addict ever since.
Tam |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
September 05, 2009
02:17 PM Post #7028926
| Yes, it's true, they were worried! |
woofie
Chewelah, WA
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
02:34 PM Post #7028987
| Cult? What cult? ...*must have more plants...must have more plants...must have more plants...* Huh? Oops! (slapping self here, Wake Up! Wake Up!) Nah, nah, no cults around here! grin. |
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
September 05, 2009
05:20 PM Post #7029476
| pirl is talking about benefits.
Back a couple years ago a member was moving to the country from the city. There were many problems with the little farm they wanted to buy. Lots of DG members chimed in with some good advice. Saved them a bundle if they had hired a lawyer for the same advice.
And the Round Up's. Over half the plants in my yard are from plant swaps at Round Up's.
Heading off to KY RU in a week & a half.
Picture is last year sitting around the campfire by the lake on Sat. evening.
Bernie
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
September 05, 2009
05:24 PM Post #7029491
| It was actually dark & only light was from the fire & the full moon. I lightened the photo to see the people. Anybody recognize anyone ?
We would have never went to KY, let alone meet all these wonderful people if it wasn't for Dave's. |
CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
September 05, 2009
05:58 PM Post #7029601
| Amen, Pirl.
And the subscription fee has been reimbursed many times over by the plants/seeds that DG members have kindly given or traded me at RUs and visits. |
DesertPirate
Vista, CA
(Zone 10b)
September 05, 2009
08:36 PM Post #7030146
| I've only been a member since January and the $25.00, (including the $5.00 trial membership) has been repaid at least twice over so far.
And that's not to mention the fun I've had and friends I've made.
This message was edited Sep 5, 2009 5:37 PM |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 05, 2009
11:25 PM Post #7030871
| cult activities include periodic ritual gatherings of worshippers, circling each other while carrying sacred plants and chanting "have you ever grown this? You gotta have some!" |
crystalspin
Santa Ana, CA
(Zone 9b)
September 05, 2009
11:49 PM Post #7030962
| LOL Sally! And sharing secret knowledge! And recruiting others! sounds like a cult to me.
My sister doesn't even stop at Blooms' house after work on Tuesdays, 'cause that's Chat night.
~'spin!~ |
woofie
Chewelah, WA
(Zone 5a)
September 05, 2009
11:51 PM Post #7030968
| This just showed up in my Inbox, and somehow it seemed appropriate to the discussion at hand and the sentiments so many have expressed:
Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
And safe from harm
For they're so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.
You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.
I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendships grew.
Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.
Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'.
When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to GOD.Com
|
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
September 06, 2009
12:27 AM Post #7031053
| I've been a subscribed member a little over two years. I became a member 6 months before that but until I started reading forums I really didn't know what a great site this was/is. Sure a good way to get a 74 yr. old reved up again. |
oldrose1
Idaho Falls, ID
September 06, 2009
01:05 AM Post #7031141
| No slot (circle?) for "I don't know,". I just left it blank and clicked, then saw that I probably wasn't counted, so actually looked it up! 3 yr six months-I did use the free parts for a year before that. |
pajonica
Tone-machi
Japan
(Zone 9a)
September 06, 2009
01:30 AM Post #7031177
| woofie, liked the poem. God blesses friendship through whatever means I'm sure.
Samigal, Stay reved up! Sure hope I can at 74. My Mom is 79 and is an amazing gardener, Dad keeps out of it
he's 88, but then he always did, come to think of it.
|
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
September 06, 2009
07:53 AM Post #7031439
| My namesake, the real PIRL, was a wonderful former neighbor who taught me to garden. At 88 she could no longer get up from weeding, due to arthritis, so she used a long handled weeder. She continued on maintaining her own garden, except for the mowing, until she was 95 and died at 102. If DG was around back then she'd probably have never stopped! |
MollyMc
Archer/Bronson, FL
(Zone 8b)
September 06, 2009
08:19 AM Post #7031477
| I have no doubt I found Dave's on a google search for a plant, coming to Plant Files. Curiosity about getting into the forums brought me to subscribe and I've been here ever since.
I've met so many wonderful people, both here on the 'net and in person. Attended my first Roundup in Tenn and the second in Ky. Been to so many in Florida now that I couldn't keep count anymore.
Friends here have helped me through bad times and good, making no judgments, always supportive. Should I ever go on a road trip again, I know I could stop in most every state and be welcomed by friends I have met here.
A cult? An addiction for sure. I tried to break it a couple times (just to see if I could) and didn't last 24 hours. Couldn't stand to be away from my gardening friends for that long.
6+ years and don't remember not being here.
Molly |
sweezel
McKinney, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 06, 2009
09:30 AM Post #7031624
| I had to look at my member page to remember... Wow! It's already been 5 and a half years.
Mucho thanks to Dave for the last 5 and a half years of this great website and here's to many more (raising my morning cup of tea). |
dmac085
Greensboro, NC
(Zone 7a)
September 06, 2009
12:28 PM Post #7032294
| My 5 yr mark will be on Oct. 23. I think I stumbled across the site through GWD and it's one of only 2 sites that I'm willing to pay for--in fact I'd drop the other (recipe) site in a hot second if I had to choose:lol:
Started out mainly into seeds and now I'm a co-op nut and shipping and receiving plants/rhiz. from some of the gardening friends I've met here. I like plants that I'd never been interested in before:lol: There hasn't been one day that I haven't learned something new whenever I log on here. |
deann
Au Gres, MI
(Zone 5a)
September 06, 2009
12:38 PM Post #7032335
| I first came to Dave's Garden May 20, 2001 under the name of
Jennyanydots
On May 3rd 2003 I joined Dave's and used my given name of deann. As far as I'm concerned, you can not find a better garden site. I have made some wonderful lasting friendships here in Dave's not only from other states, but my state (Michigan) as well.
Deann |
gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)
September 06, 2009
02:36 PM Post #7032774
| Boy, does time fly! I've been on DG 8 years and 5 months. Can't believe it.
Gosh...We attended a small get-together at Dave & Trish's house with some other early members in 2001, then the first roundup in Crossville, TN in 2002. Our 7th annual roundup is coming up next weekend in Kentucky!
This message was edited Sep 6, 2009 2:44 PM |
Pamgarden
Central, VA
(Zone 7b)
September 06, 2009
02:39 PM Post #7032783
| It's really wonderful to see how many names I recognize here as frequent and valued posters, some within my region, and others as far away as France and New Zealand. I visited DG infrequently for a couple of years, but decided to become a member when we moved from Florida to Virgina and I realized that here were REAL people, with hand-on experience, a host of gardeners with the quality of information that can rarely be found outside of a university or professional situation. All of this virtually at my fingertips 24/7.
Thank you Dave and Friends of Dave's Garden. |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
September 06, 2009
05:48 PM Post #7033497
| I just realized that I had signed up 2.5 years earlier under a different name than MistyMeadows. I actually have been here almost 9 years, as I first joined as farminggrandmaofky on 4/21/01.
:) Kathy |
dottik
Oakland, OR
(Zone 8a)
September 06, 2009
06:41 PM Post #7033683
| I subscribed about 5 and 1\2 years ago and have never regretted it. I found this site when I was looking for a rating on a local plant seller, and enjoyed the free information on the Garden Watchdog for a year or so before I subscribed. I have become another person addicted to Dave's. Dotti |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
September 06, 2009
09:26 PM Post #7034219
| notmartha signed up on Sep 6, 2000
happy birthday to me! |
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
September 06, 2009
09:29 PM Post #7034226
| Dori, Happy Birthday to you! One of the old-timers!
Some day I am going to travel to your house & then on to Kathleen & Stan's in New York.
Maybe next fall!
Bernie |
MaryE
Baker City, OR
(Zone 5b)
September 07, 2009
12:06 AM Post #7034856
| Bernie, I see Melody's DH Keith in the middle of the picture. I met them when I attended the roundup in KY 2 years ago as a guest of Justmelisa and her family. Yeah, it's a long ways from Oregon to KY. |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
September 07, 2009
01:06 AM Post #7034989
| Three years in November.
Thank you, Melody...from my heart! |
Petalpants
Corpus Christi, TX
(Zone 9a)
September 07, 2009
10:36 AM Post #7035767
| Woofie: Loved that 'computer prayer' you posted! Thanks for sharing. =) |
woofie
Chewelah, WA
(Zone 5a)
September 07, 2009
10:59 AM Post #7035851
| Glad you enjoyed it, petal. The timing was really funny; I had just finished reading the comments here and so many were about the kindness and friendship people had found here on Dave's. Then I checked my email, and there was that poem. How could I resist? |
gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)
September 07, 2009
07:48 PM Post #7037930
| Kathy, Mistymeadows rolls off the tongue a HECK of a lot easier! |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
September 07, 2009
08:43 PM Post #7038275
| YEs, I agree. Thank Shoe for that. He signed me up, even did my password, ha, ha, and then told me he had done that. I wasn't a paying member until then.
Although Shoe and I first met online, when Alex was 4 years old, on a Poultry Connection website.
But he was the one I contacted when the twins were born and we lost Cameron. I was so impressed by the love sent to me by so many people I didn't know, friends of Shoe's, here at DG.
I was hooked. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
September 08, 2009
09:05 PM Post #7042181
| I might have voted wrong--it says I signed up in 2004!!! I haven't been vocal all that time though; only for some months before spring 2006 cuz that was my first Swap I went to. Used to keep track by my kids being born, now its 'who held the Swap that spring' LOL |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
September 10, 2009
04:02 PM Post #7048523
| Way too funny Carrie about 'the cult'. My DH is very relieved that I joined DG. He thought I was the only one singing and gardening in their pjs. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
September 11, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7051604
| Singing and gardening in pj's, now that would be a kodak moment. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
September 11, 2009
01:02 PM Post #7051618
| I dance too |
DracoVolans
Valley Village, CA
(Zone 9a)
September 19, 2009
12:13 AM Post #7080082
| Petalpants- thanks for the welcome! :) I'm actually really getting into this place, and I've actually sent off my first plant trade to a fine lady who has a treasure trove of cool in her haves list. Egad, the stuff she has. All I have are a few Haworthias, some Aloes and lots of random kalanchoes. :P
I don't mind the pricklies, except for the fuzz you get from Bunny Ears. That stuff gets into everything! And Eve's Needles, those suckers are an EVIL two inches long! O___O I'm fermenting a Cactus Pear right now to see if I can get some of the seeds to sprout. :) Yay for edible cacti! |
Joy
Kalama, WA
(Zone 8b)
October 16, 2009
04:23 AM Post #7174657
| I'm so sorry I missed this one. Though I'm late getting here I've really enjoyed reading everyone's posts.
It'll be 9 years for me in November. And I spend every morning and every evening here too.
Joy |
