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Just wanted to intro ourselves, I am a Master Gardener with the extension, 27 years of gardening exp., I specialize in heirloom and open pollinated varieties, I am also a member of MGPGA (minnesota giant pumpkin growers assc.), going for the BIG ONE this year!!YAH, Ya Betcha! Laura, well Laura is a city girl, turned country, she has ZERO gardening exp. and hasn't been with me during a growing season, stay tuned to find out if she can HANDLE a full fledged GARDEN FANATIC!!! She wants to learn and has been listening to me, and reading the seed catalogs with great interest. I have a vast amount of gardening knowledge folks and I will answer any question that I can, so please feel free to ask.
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Welcome Phil & Laura! we have a great bunch of folks here, ranging from master gardeners to very novice folks. we have some that specialize in the different aspects of gardening, including houseplants, composting, succulents, and other stuff.
Look around, help where you can, and don't be afraid to ask questions!
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Welcome, welcome, welcome!!!!! So you are going for the great pumpkin!!! Can't wait to see the ribbon! Good luck! You certainly sound like you belong here, and a sense fo humor is always a nice addition!!! I hope she can handle the full fledged gardening maniac that appears this spring I'm sure she'll be just fine, It is extremely contagious. I still would like to know what type of "bug" it is that carries the gardening virus!!! Nice to have you here, and look forward to all your input.
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Well a great big HELLO to you two!!!!! Welcome Phil and Laura!!!! Glad to have you here.... We do have a good mixture of everyone just like Jiffy said, from Master Gardeners to the brand new gardeners....... And everything else in between!!! WE are the friendlest bunch of gardeners you'll ever come acrossed!!! And the nicest! As one of our members Papito, has said, "We are a Cyber Community here"!!! It's a wonderful forum, with wonderful folks and I'm glad to talk with everyone of them...
And Phil and Laura you are more than Welcome to join in on all the fun...... Make yourselves at home, look around, we have many new sections here like recipes, crafts and hobbies, and banter hall for chatting!!!
Feel free to ask all the questions you have, none will be considered trival, and darn near every last one is answered!!! And feel free to start answering some of those darn questions that no~one answers!!!!! And any in between, we'd love for your input!!!!!
Everyone's got a great sense of humor here, so add yours to the board, and add your gardening voice to the growing numbers of gardeners here.
Looking forward to talking with you both!!!!!
Laura, I know what it's like to be a garden fanatic, I am absolutely hooked on gardening and everything that comes along with it, I truely hope you get "bit by the gardening bug" and learn to love it as much as I do, we do and by the sounds of it your other half!!!!! It's truely something you can't explain, it's just something that grabs you and yanks you out to the dirt... My downfall is composting and I love it!!!!! The other is talking about gardening and helping those that want to learn all about gardening.....
Phil, We hope you'll help us out with our seeds, and tomato questions come spring time, those are one of the highest amounts of questions askes are about tomatoes.. Looking forward to all your knowledge, I'll be picking your brain for sure... And am looking forward to hearing about those GREAT BIG PUMPKINS!!!!
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P.S. We also have one of my favorite members out there in Minn., BigBoy, and he is into growing tomatoes too, looking forward to the two of you sharing info and ideas!!!!
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
Hi from one of those "in between" gardeners - no specialty, mostly learning as I go along. I've been in love with plants since my freshman year in college (too many years ago to mention!), when a girl on my hall gave me one coleus leaf to root. There was no stopping me after that - LOL!
I'm looking forward to learning all that you share about your gardening, and can't wait to see that GIANT pumkin!
Come join in the winter games we have here to help us pass the time quicker 'til we can all go back outside and get our hands dirty.
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Thanks for Welcoming us. As Phil said I am a City Slicker gone Country. I have always been good with my House plants so the outdoor Gardening will be a FUN and New experience for me. I look forward to picking out things to plant and watch grow and finally harvesting at the end of the season. Take care all. Write soon. Laura
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Welcome Phil and Laura! I'm looking forward to learning more from a Master Gardener. We have a few on the site and they always help us out so much. I'm fairly new to gardening, well at least to having my own. Always helped out mom and dad in the past. Its so addicting, kind of like this site!
Where in Minneosta are you guys? I've been to Mankato many times for work, our corporate office is there. I love the drive down from the cities, so much farm land.
Welcome again and come back often!!
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From: The real OC in sunny So. Cal. | Registered: Aug 2003
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Phil and Laura....On the Home & Garden Network today, they're featuring Giant Vegetables after the Rose Parade. Bet yer punkins could give 'em a run....
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From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Hello Phil and Laura....I never had a chance to welcome you....I'm sure that you'll love it here as much as we all do.....by the way...I'm quite partial to the name laura....lol
laura
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Can't wait to see the ribbon! Good luck! You certainly sound like you belong here, and a sense fo humor is always a nice addition!!! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I hope she can handle the full fledged gardening maniac that appears this spring I'm sure she'll be just fine, It is extremely contagious. I still would like to know what type of "bug" it is that carries the gardening virus!!! ![[wayey]](graemlins/wavey.gif)
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