RE: Curious why this site seems so quiet?

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Bracey

> 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
> [mailto:medit-plants-request@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.
>