RE: Curious why this site seems so quiet?

Hello David

Its so nice to see your interesting posts again.  I have missed them and as
you say this site is very quiet.  I realise it is Californian focused to
some extent but thats what I love about it.  Always some interesting plant
from your continent, among others, being written about.  You have given me
much inspiration and many ideas over the years since I started reading the
site some 6 or 7 years ago.
And of course it was this site that introduced me to the SWGB, (so very user
friendly)  a resource I would never be without..even in the Mediterranean
Basin!
Best wishes
Pamela
Costa Blanca (Esp)

-----Original Message-----
From: medit-plants-request@ucdavis.edu
[m*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of david feix
Sent: 07 February 2013 04:26
To: Mediterranean list
Subject: Re: Curious why this site seems so quiet?


There has always been either the "reply to sender" or "reply to all" option
for
sending replies, so I don't think that fully explains the drop off in
messages.
I kind of thought it had more to do with blogging taking hold as well as the
Facebook phenomenon, as I notice that several other plant related general
forums
are also seeing greatly reduced traffic.  Strangely enough, some plant
forums
that are single genus or family related seem to still be quite popular, and
growing in traffic.


Re: the MGS forum web site, it seems to me that it is almost exclusively
geared
to those in Europe and/or the Mediterranean Basin, and hasn't developed the
breadth this forum has had over the years. I also sense that there may have
been
some resentment on the preponderance of California topics and maybe the
people
posting on the MGS forum prefer the focus to remain more centered on the
Mediterranean Basin.  The other pet peeve I have with the MGS forum is that
everything is segmented into various topics, which seems much more limiting
in
my opinion.  While I've seen some excellent posts on plants native to the
Mediterranean basin on that forum, the more general posts about many plants
from
around the world that are commonly grown here in California seem almost
ignorant
of information that is taken for granted here in California about these
plants.
Perhaps we are just spoiled by having such a great generalist resource of
the
Sunset Western Garden Book Encyclopedia as a basic resource.


I also found it curious that there seemed very little overlap between the
two
forums in terms of who posts where. Just my opinions, and I don't mean to
offend
anyone with my observations. I never felt like I quite fit within the mold
of
either group in any case, as while I garden in a Mediterranean Climate, it
isn't
necessarily the style of gardening I do exclusively.  Hopefully my posts
over
the years were received in the spirit with which I wrote them, to share my
enjoyment of growing the plants and designing gardens here in the San
Francisco
Bay Area, as well as the posts on the job I was doing in Saudi Arabia when I
first started posting on this forum back in 1999.


As our version of a Mediterranean Climate here in the Bay Area is rather
distinctive compared to most; much cooler in summer and almost daily marine
fogs, what does well here isn't necessarily the same plants that do well in
most
other Mediterranean Climate zones around the world. I've got an equal
attraction
to subtropical plants as well as cloud forest and desert species, all of
which
do well here with slight adaptations, supplemental summer irrigation in
moderation being one of them.
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