First time here? The Almanac Chat Forum has always been a pretty amazing place to exchange ideas, thoughts, and advice--thanks to a great group of folks. Drop in, introduce yourself, share, learn, have a good time.
Nice to have you here, and you'll find a fun group that's happy to lend some advice and answer questions.
WELCOME!!
For all the newbies and potential newbies, I'm from coastal NC via WVa. Have been here now 34 yrs. I currently like to straw bale garden. I also have a bird garden which I enjoy immensely. Have been visiting this forum since 2008- there's a wealth of information here and the folks are witty, charming, full of knowledge and compassion. So come back often and jump right in!
I'm here in Pace, Florida - retired from the State of Florida, DCF - growing a garden and doing some Handyman work every now and then. "Jack of All Trades" - literally - I've built sheds, and rooms and put in plumbing and wiring and painted and repaired all kinds of stuff! Keeps me busier than when i was "working!"
Fellow JOAT here as well..
Just don't forget to stay away from that Sawsall! 
It is to laugh 
:P:P
Hey All, you know me as Star Blaster or Val, whichever works for you. 
I'm a proud mom of a nine month old son and expecting a daughter near the end of october. I'm married to a wonderful navy reserve man (darn handsome too lol) and live in my own apartment now. Yah me! I love all kinds of animals and love to garden but i live in town so i can't have either. 
I only get internet about once a month so I'm not on here a lot but I will always drop in or keep in touch with P.J. (Gramps to me) and he will let you know how things are going.
hmmm, what else...I sell on EBay when i have time and work full time at a hotel where I'm the head of housekeeping and an administrator for the company I work with. Its a full full time job at the hotel, at the office and at home. But thats me. lol I love to work. :):)
Oh Starzy! It's SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO good to hear from you girl!!!! Whoo hoo! A baby girl on the way! How cool! We've sure missed you girlfriend! Please try to stop into the Labs now and then to help Mary Scott and I keep YB and the other guys in line!
I'll be on a lot now. I've got internet!!
My name is Cindy, age 47- I love to recreate 19th century recipes, did a "Last meal on the Titanic" and a Dicken's Christmas dinner
Welcome to the forums, hope you enjoy it here!
Nice hobby, several people here post grandmother and great-grandmother recipes ... feel free to share.
Hello! Hi everyone! I'm new here and just wanted to say hello. I'm from Los Angeles and work for Del Monte. I definitely want to learn some tips on gardening...especially organic gardening. Talk to you all soon!
And enjoy the forums!!
....from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (Ocean City, Salisbury area). I've just joined & love the site - still finding my way around. So far, it's charming.
Welcome hevyn to the forums. Lots of nice folks on here, many great ideas and someone is always around to answer questions, help out or post new recipes, thoughts, easy ways to do stuff and solutions to problems.
I'm from Gulfport, MS, about 8 miles from the Gulf / 4 miles North of I-10 exit 28.
Hi,I am new to the forum-I live in North Texas,and have goats,donkeys, a dog,and a large garden-I am looking forward to being apart of this!
Glad to have you as part of the family
Glad to have you with us
Hi everyone.I used to belong to the old forum eons ago.I was Lizzie on that one but the name is already taken...maybe my old profile? I can't find where to upload an avatar on here?
I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada.Interests are flowers and birds mostly.
to put an avatar in, go to the top of the page next to your sign in name you will see the box marked "my account", go in there and choose the "Edit" tab, then scroll down and you will see it.
Hi, I am new here. Many interests. Navy vet. Liberal. Arizona is my home.
Welcome elkid. Enjoy.
Thanks YB, found it.This fairy will do for now
I'm a baby-boomer from Australia. I live on the island of Tasmania, which is the last stop before you cross the Southern Ocean to Antarctica.
My hobbies include collecting science-fiction magazines and listening to old radio shows. Friends tell me I have "above-average computer skills" (for my age-group, they mean!).
I have a blog but I haven't been using it much lately while I've been trying to overcome Type II Diabetes. http://tasmanian.blogspot.com
We'll try to stay quiet up here on the main land not to wake you up down under!!!!!!!!
Have a great time here on the forum.
Thanks,
Elsie in Ohio ./.
I'm still around, nice to see another Canuck joining up, not very many of us.
Stuie would have been considered a Great Uncle to Vallery too.
I'm 32. I live in Rock Hill, SC. I love anything to do with the out doors. Unfortunately I live in an apartment. But I recently bought camping equipment and I'm very much looking forward to getting away from the city.
Camping can be so much fun..
My name is Laura and we just relocated to Colorado Springs. My DH is in the Air Force and we really wanted this move. We just bought our first home and welcomes our second daughter last September.
I can't wait for it to warm up a bit more to throw my daughters into Colorado nature.
Enjoy
Just found the Almanac on line & enjoy it's info! Live in Chasn., SC & am chomping at the bit to plant my little garden. Tomatoes and bell peppers are sprouting in the greenhouse. . . .
We are buried in snow up here in PA. Can't start nothing for a month or so.
We're not buried in snow, the ground is frozen down to about 3' so no thoughts of planting for another couple of months yet.
Welcome ConnieB and don't hesitate to add your 2 cents worth.
Me I'm a retired postman (mailman to you) living in East Sussex, actually not far from Hastings where good old King Harold got an eyeful of arrow. Compared to the oldies like Pee Jay I am a mere child of nearly 70. This forum is what keeps me sane. Reason is there is always someone even madder than I. I live gardening and am on a learning curve with regard to cooking. Sometimes the curve is up sometimes down. But most of my recipes are least 40+ years old. I also do a lot of birdwatching and would recommend any birdwatcher to record what they see and pass it on to a recognised Birding organisation as they would find it of great worth. Any new persons or visitors I would advise you to always come here for knowledge, humour and just plain oldfashioned joy.My computor skills are of a negative level. I still use log tables and a slide rule, bet that's a foreign language to you young uns.
Hello everyone, my name is Sherry, I live in Jackson, Oh. I hope to get tips on flower gardening and watching birds.
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Does anyone know what the purpose is of planting raw eggs in your garden?
sorry, couldn't resist
I am new here and new to rural life. We bought a house a month ago(it is in the remodeling stage right now) but the reason I am posting is to warn others of this scam I had never heard of. We were approached at our new home by a man offering to do cheap asphalt work and it was cheap, it is crumbling ater a week. Long story short I stopped payment on the check. Everything out of that man's mouth was a lie. I just want to warn people that legit asphalt companies do not have leftover asphalt. They calculate before their job exactly how much they need so there is no waste. Please warn everyone you know esp. in rural areas. These people do not get proper permits to work in town. They lay only a small amount of asphalt, over charge what they say they will and they are simply theives. I have done a lot of research on them after our incident. Just google gypsy pavers and you will see what I mean. I live in Texas but they are all over. Paving is not their only scam either, they also do roofing and other construction. The gyspy we came in contact from was from Sprio, OK. I talked to the sherrif's department there and he told all about the gypsies and their ways. Please warn everyone you know! And get references before having any of this kind of work done! I have read about so many elderly people getting ripped off by these people and if you are one of them report them to your state's attorney general's office. We have to stand up against them!
I never accept work offers from anyone who "walks up to my house". I like to investigate them first.
Thanks for the heads up...
Hope you enjoy Rural life, I moved there from the Suburbs of Pittsburgh PA.. I love it out here. Wish it could be further away though.
waving hello to oldies and newbies
Still living in Vermont here..
Just crawled out of hibernation for a
solid year, eh. Now spring is here 
To make long story short about my absence..
Tried to run a B & B inn, but it didn't
work out so I opted for a full time job as
a counselor and now Im happy and much more
free with my hands especially in Gardening
forum Cya later folks, have a good day!
^Fawn^
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Hi, i'm new to this forum. Later on I will ask few questions. In mean time my interests are many ... hobby farm, horses, hydroponics, natural products and medications, jams/jellies production, off-grid electrics, personal growth and meditation. Hope to meet people this way. Got my college from UCLA in 60's and love to teach, mentor and counsel.