Galinas left, but I don’t know whether she was an original.
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Cool to see that many of you have been here for a long time. I’m a youngster (my first fruit tree is 2 years old…), but excited to learn from y’all
Pedro
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I lurked for a bit before joining on April 8th 2015.
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Interesting that Discourse shows the join date for other people:
But not myself:
Simply logging out and viewing the Growing Fruit{your username}/summary page does show it though. Perhaps it’s visible somewhere else while logged in?
2018 for me… Grafted my first tree in 2015 but didn’t find this site for a few years.
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I was lurking on Garden Web as early as 2009, dreaming about container mangoes after reading about some midwestern person who apparently had a lot of sub/tropicals. I think I joined there some time in 2012… then lurked on this site for a VERY long time, from its inception until a few years ago, when I ran into a member in person and they encouraged me to join.
I think I had felt I didn’t have much to contribute because most of my plants/trees were containerized until our last move to a bigger property. I also had felt forums were a big commitment to be experienced effectively, having grown up in the early days of web forums and IRC. Debatable points, but I’m glad I joined.
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Showing my age… My first internet email address used uumail addressing, which preceded modern use of the “@” symbol. It was: …!uunet!medsys!wendell
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Here since March, 2015. Fabulous distraction from other things, not to mention the best guidance, trades, etc.
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Wandered over from Houzz (GardenWeb) Feb. 12, 2015. So I’ve been a member for more than 16% of my life and the majority of my ”fruit” years.
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Wendell, you’ll find it on this page:
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Most of us were here and happily posting away in 2015. I am a life long fruit and veggie grower. I think many here fit in that category. Before we had internet i had hundreds of books. Before i could afford books i learned from family and friends. I remember sitting in a carrier before i could walk watching my mom working in the garden with green beans and tomatoes. By 2 -3 years old i pushed some green beans in the ground that grew. My mom was happy with me and upset that i planted them in the way. She said everyone went around them and we did eat the beans they made. I never had any other way of life. My family taught me the spray free methods and lets face it i learned a lot of great methods on gardenweb before they sold out. I appreciate everyone and learn from all of you and always will. As a group we are a very strong authority on orchards and plant care in general.
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I was on Garden Web several years before switching over when Scott started this forum. This group has really fed my fruit addiction.
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I was on the old GardenWeb forum sometime in 1996…long before Houzz bought them out. Never got sent to Disney, though I may have come close.
Joined Growingfruit.org on 19 Feb 2015. Thanks, Scott, for the invitation.
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What do you mean by that, if I’m not being too nosey?
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I’m completely disabled now and rarely post, but i do still enjoy the forum. I was with gardenweb way back when jellyman was the authority to listen to.
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If you posted something that the moderators took exception to, you were directed to a Disney site. IDK, at this late date, if you were blocked/banned for a specific period of time…
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Ok thanks, just wondering. That’s odd they’d do that.
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I copied every one of Jellyman’s posts and ended up with
quite a reference guide that I still use today.
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Don ‘Jellyman’ Yellman was a gem.
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Joined july 3, 2015. I was on Gardenweb and the original citrus growers forum before then. 10 years flew by fast!
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