What type of member were you?

[ginger ninger]

I was the one that had the R.N.L.I looking for her . I've never been one to do things by half's I jumped right in, sod this paddling malarkey. I still have to wade through seed packets to this day .

[SueA]

I think I jumped straight in even though I can't swim!
I seem to remember reading about the website in GYO magazine & finding the forum, it was the first forum I'd ever joined & I had no idea how they worked. There were only a handful of active members then & I think the total was only in the couple of hundreds, not the thousands like it is now.
Now I know where 'Nicos' comes from Nicos, so you're actually married to the 'Greek waiter' some of us thought you yourself were at first!

[binley100]

I paddled about a bit then thought what the hell and jumped in.....I found it after first buying the mag and entering the competition online.....didn't win anything. Still enter all the comps and still don't win but one day my luck will change. Now completely hooked, lined and sinkered and my family all refer to as Mum's garden porn.....

[Pumpkin Becki]

Erm, well, I remembered to introduce myself...then I posted something about blackfly on broadies, but I seem to remember being a bit tentative. I really got going this time last year after an operation left me laid-up for a week, and I decided to be brave and join in the chat thread - I've never looked back.

[ethanshome]

Been in a flat for a few years so didnt have many options apart from allotments but there was always over a year waiting list,so when the baby was born we moved and i think i have got the bug

[bramble]

I was the one who stayed in the paddling pool for quite a while. Then curiosity got the better of me and so I dived in.

[two brews]

lurker

lurked for a long time simply because the all the advice i needed was already there in the search button.now i love reading all the posts and looking at everybodies photos just dip my feet in rarely.its great.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Google sent me here looking for advice on melons, liked what I saw joined and asked my question.

Addictive init.

Colin

[CaroltheCarrot]

I paddled for a while and then like an eejit jumped straight in, then the lovely ladies on the chat thread guided me and have nurtured me ever since.
Cheques not necessary ladies

[sewer rat]

I just jumped straight in - long time ago now but still hanging around, even if I'm not posting as much as I used to.

[piskieinboots]

I was googling something or other and the link came up - I joined straight away, I posted straight away, I have never regretted it

I don't think there was an Introduce Yourself board when I came in, so it was a matter of just diving in, I'm not, by nature, a lurker

[HeyWayne]

I honestly can't remember. I made an attempt at using the fantastic search facility to find my first post, but failed miserably (please don't beat me T_S).

I'm not even sure if I was serious to begin with, and the rot slowly crept in...

[di]

Straight in for me...not only my first forum but I think it was also only a week or so into having our first internet access.

[Currysniffa]

I lurked for over a year under a different user-name until I got my first plot, found the site from google not the mag..

[Glutton4...]

I found my way here thanks to the power of the 'Satanic Search Engine' as Spongey calls it. I lurked for a few days, then really neeeeeeeeeded to put my two-penneth in to a thread (Story of my life! ) and so, I joined up. I was already buying the Magazine, but not every month, and my tiny mind didn't link the two to begin with.

Thanks to Aunty Mo, mainly, I got the incentive to actually get some Chooks, instead of just saying "I'd LOVE to keep Chickens!" as I had been doing for years. My initial aim, on joining, was to learn a bit about Veg. growing, as I had just 'adopted' some of my Folks' land and been given a Polytunnel frame. The frame is still as and where it was, as I still haven't got round to putting a cover on it! That is this year's project...

Unfortunately, this site is addictive, and I spend far to much time 'chatting' to people I haven't met, but we all have a common interest, and I think that's why this 'place' is as friendly and successful as it is.

Sorry, I'm waffling.....