sometimes you just have to vent your spleen......

['Mike']

Do you not know how to trim threads and postings?

Mike

[madgardener]

lighten up on 'becca, Mike, she loved the words I wrote and forgot is all! (((hug))) maddie

[madgardener]

what more should I expect from a Greenie?? maddie

[madgardener]

I sent you a picture and comcast refused to let you have it......DAMN~~~~~~~~~~~~~

maddie

[Jangchub]

Bless your heart actually means something else. I've learned this is how the south is (rudely) polite. And no, part of the passive aggression is that she leave the entire post and not trim it. Smarmy, that's what I call it.

[Rein]

i'm so glad i joined this group... the only reason why i decided to be a member was to get tips on my revived interest in gardening (planted veggies and shrubs when i was a kid and had forgotten all about it when i went to college, graduated and had a job). i'm now

28, and i'm thankful that one day while i was on a trip, a beautiful lantana caught my attention and flashed back all my passion and memories on the joy of planting.

little did i know that more than gardening tips, i would get to see lives of tender, loving and kind-hearted people like you. you are all so sympathetic, not necessarily on gardening alone, but on the personal lives of the members of this group. i was particularly touched by the story of maddie, and the people who sympathized for her.

i will definitely stay here, and learn more about how to care for plants... but most importantly how you care for each other.

re> In article ,

[mleblanca]

What a nice comment, Rein. I have been here for about 10 years and find "wreck" gardens to be as you said. Everyone seems to be able to discuss things congenially. I garden in Northern California, way up past Sacramento (39o 43') Have wonderful soil and a good climate. Our past winter the low was 20o F and we haven't been that cold for several years. Mediterranean climate: average rainfall 25 in. with no rain in the summer months at all. Hot summers with temps over 100 for several weeks. Quite a range for plants to handle well (and people too)!! I enjoy mostly flowers, shrubs and any new plant I can find!! CA natives included. I probably have over 400 species here. About 1/3 acre.

Anybody else care to introduce themselves?? Emilie NorCal

[Gloria]

How devastating! Could you email me the pics? I can't get your pics to show on alt. binaries and since my old computer bit the dust, I lost the link that someone posted here that DID work for me. Maybe they'll see this and repost it.

Gloria

[madgardener]

and THIS is why I continue, after over ten years to write and contribute to "wrecked.gardens" and now, share with UK wrecked gardens! LOL thanks, any questions about horticulture and the passion of gardening, fire away! madgardener, up on the ridge, back in Fairy Holler, overlooking English Mountain (minus a good comfy place to sit and just LOOK, but there are always other ways!) in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset zone 36