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I had the same problem Shirley. I honestly thought that was the end of Goy. I was really glad that I recently made a paper note of all my plants. I’ve said this before, but GoY was a brilliant forum and I learned so very much from everyone on here. Goy made me into a much better gardener. I would be sad to lose it, even though we are such a small ‘band of brothers and sisters’ nowadays. Still, times change, and this site has been neglected for a long time although I am certain that Dave does his best for us. I find Instagram is a lot of fun with so many great gardeners. But it’s the garden catalogue and blogging facilities on here which make it special.

Hi Kate,do not worry about not appearing on here...a very sad time for you ...it will seem very different for you having a smaller unit.Hope you are able to offset work stress with your yoga.Will keep in touchx

What fun Shirley!

Happy Christmas Linda 🙂.

That does look a complicated one Shirley. How long did it take?

Most of the Dipcadi species are from SA, but there are 2 from Spain and northern Africa. I found someone with seeds for Dipcadi fulvum that are from Morocco.

Thanks Bernie, this is a sturdy 'Pensham' series Penstemon, tough as old boots!

How strange about the Ceanothus shrubs, climate change doing crazy things!

Thanks Bernie, sad to say that it's getting blown around today in these strong winds.

Hello Rose, I do hope you are feeling a little better now.

It took about ten days for him to feel really well, loss of appetite, coughing, sweating, fatigue all just wore him out but all good now, phew!

Thank you all of you and it has certainly put me off having the covid vaccination again, especially as my doctor said that this could probablyhappen again.
Shirley, I hope your husband is fully recovered now.

That is absolutely lovely.

What a lovely idea.

Beautiful colour.

Gorgeous!

Thanks Klahanie and Janey. The bushland that surrounds our place is bleak, brown, dry and dreary for around nine months of the year so my pergola, courtyard and shade house garden areas are an antidote for that.

One of my favourite plants Janey. I've been growing them forever.

As our surroundings here are so dry, brown and dreary for months and months of the year, the shade house garden is my colour retreat.

Added to favourites! Hope to find a place for one, one day. x

Thanks Janey, maybe I'll plant one in a pot and it can grow on my patio where I'll be able to see it when it flowers :)

I still log on to both of those sites, they don't have problems like GoY, and I find them easy to look at because I've persevered and got used to them.
They are both very old forums.

Gardeners Corner is busy with lots of threads, many not garden-related, but I just stick to a few and only read what I'm interested in.
There are lots of members on it, but they are quite friendly, and the new ones from Gardeners World forum (which closed down) have become part of the GC 'family' now. I would miss them just as I would miss my friends on GoY.

Having said all that, I'll still look at GoY and I'll still show photos and write blogs (when I can get around to it !) ... I'm not easy to get rid of :D
I just wish someone would look after GoY better !

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Thanks Janey, lovely surprise to see it opening today.

Klahanie, not very warm with a weekend forecast of strong winds and heavy rain. The South west of England and Wales look set to bear the brunt of it.

A couple of years ago Hywel told us about a couple of gardening forums that he was a member of & posted links to both of them. Well I joined both. I was quite happy posting on both for a year or so that is until another gardening forum I'd never heard off went west! Then lots of its old members joined one of the 2 forums, Gardeners Corner, & flooded it with their comments & photos & made up little groups where the old members could find each other easily. After a month or so I felt so overwhelmed that I left off posting there & since then I've concentrated by posts on the smaller one called Garden Friends as well as on GoY. I did try to encourage people joining Gardeners Corner to join Garden Friends but very, very few few joined.

When I found that GoY was offline I almost went back to Gardeners Corner. But just before I clicked on the old bookmark I decided to give GoY another go & found that it was back up again so I didn't go back to Gardeners Corner.

I looked it up & saw they are from S.Africa.

Beautiful coloured leaves!

Lovely colours..

Pretty coleus..

All the greens are gorgeous BB! with the contrasting leaves of the pink plant, it's a smashing photo..

Looks great, a good one to have. I’ve nowhere to put one either :-(

That is a lovely one, love the colour Shirley.
Klahanie, my ceanothus has done the same, a flower of blue here and there..

Wow, I agree with Klahanie, Shirley . Such a brilliant colour..

I was much put out by that ‘go daddy thing ‘. saying that I must pay in future, then I was locked out &I thought that was the end ofGoY for me. Tried tonight & all ok again. I was wondering if it was a scam, one has to be aware of such these days. Anyway, it’s the only site I’m on & like Janey Iwould miss not hearing about other folks gardens & especially their visits to parts of the country which I’m not really ever going to see for myself. Keep posting about your doings. Best wishes to all.

Thank you Klahanie..:)

It is BB, especially when I forget it's there all the rest of the year. A few bumblebees have been busy collecting pollen even in December, so I'm pleased for them..

Thanks Julia, it really is..

Thank you Hywel, if you've room on one of your trellises, it would do well there.

This site is among the oldest . Because it was never changed it is simple to use. It is not managed and with so many changes to Internet's software, apps and algorithms it will be hard to keep it up because of its originality.
I was wondering if Dave (or someone) is moving it to “GoDaddy's Website Builder which does not require much of technical skills...just a thought.
Most people here today are the original members. Quite tight group of gardening friends.

Beautiful rose Shirley_tulip. Do you have a warm weather now?

Wonderful. I've noticed that my Ceanothus started to bloom.Never before in this time of the year.

Everything looks so lush in your garden Bushbernie.

It's really lovely Janey, I wish I had somewhere I could grow one ...

Thanks Janey, last night I was able to log in with no problems, but after commenting once, I had the GoDaddy screen again, so frustrating!

That IS spectacular BB and what an apt name..
the colour is exotic.Is this a house plant?

I'm another who saw the Error message, and pleased all seems back to normal now, so I'll continue as before

Like Hywel, I would not be willing to pay to use this site but happy enough to continue flagging spam etc as “payment”

This is in the same family as Bluebells, but for warmer areas. The stem is also very long - 60cm.

Looks a very Christmassy climber Janey.

Truly lovely! What a marvellous Xmas present every year.

Yes it was down for me as well over here in Australia, for two days. All good now though.

I've only recently returned to this site after a number of years away from it, and it seems like a much smaller number of people using it regularly.

It used to be a very busy site with lots of photos being shared on a daily basis. It was hard to keep up sometimes. There were also loads of comments and interactions from so many people.

I do still see some familiar names, but the whole site has a much quieter feel and slower pace these days which seems a shame.

I've tried others, including GardenStew, but found most of them clunky and very time-consuming to use. I've always found this site quite simple to use with very few issues.

How awful for you! I haven't heard of many that have had adverse reactions to any of the COVID vaccinations and thankfully no one in my family has experienced that.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Blooming Poinsettias are not a common sight in gardens here in the southern hemisphere at this time of the year.

If they do appear in garden centres we know that they've been grown in light and temperature controlled glasshouses to trick them into thinking it's winter, and they're expensive.

What a delicate little beauty.

Wow! That’s incredible! I know some Ixora species will tolerate a lot of neglect, my Ixora ‘Maui Red’ plants have survived heat, drought for 15 years. They bloom like crazy every year.

My Ixora ‘Super King’ is one that will not toletrate neglect nor drought without dying.