One year ago on February 10th @scottfsmith completed the initial groundwork and became the first member of this fruit growers’ haven.
During the course of this first year, there have been over 2,400 topics initiated which have included over 45,000 posts. The forum has drawn 450 members this first year, over half of whom have been active users within the last week, and as benefited a far greater number who utilize the forum as guests.
Thank you, Scott! You took the initiative and created a wonderfully helpful and beneficial site that has become populated with a supportive, knowledgeable community. GrowingFruit.org continues to accumulate and disseminate helpful information by the day, much of which cannot be easily accessed elsewhere.
This very warm and welcoming community has helped me improve my fruit growing efforts, succeed in harvesting what otherwise would have failed, introduced me to possibilities that I didn’t know existed, and provided an avenue to share my successes, failures, worries, and frustrations with others who understand.
I sincerely you wish you many happy returns of this anniversary. Thank you so much!
Thanks @MuddyMess_8a ! The whole reason this site has been successful is a group of people was committed to making it a success from the very beginning. I set the software up, but didn’t do anything really to spread the word. Fortunately many people here stepped up to help spread the word and get the site off the ground.
Thank you, Scott. We surely appreciate all your efforts and the undertaking of launching a forum. So many wonderful people and so much great information. Congrats!
One more thank you and comment. My opinion on why this site is outstanding is that Scott is one of us fruitnuts. Scott I certainly mean that in the best way. You knew what this site needed to do. Bill
Scott, thanks for being our benefactor. I also would like to thank @fruitnut, @alan, @hoosierquilt, @Olpea and other frequent posters for their invaluable advice!
and to all those who joined and partook by giving, accepting, sharing and actually bringing this forum to life by taking away a little piece of what is here and nurturing and propagating that little piece over and over in the small part of the universe that makes up our gardens and orchards.
Big props to Scott and all the active members here. This the most “family like” forum I’ve ever been a part of and it’s become a highlight of my day checking in and learning from all of you fine folk here. I feel privileged to be part of it. Cheers!