A Suggestion ...

At the top of our lovely GC we have a "note":

Totally understand that, no issue at all

Then I go to new posts and I see a 37 page thread (which, to be fair, couldn't be described as "short" )

So, I gave it a little and would like to offer the following suggestion.

The 37 page thread is: WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017
Great thread, clearly popular and one I contribute to (all positive)

However, there exists a sub-forum in General Discussions called What To Do This Month which is comparatively under utilised.

To my mind, it would be beneficial if we had a monthly What are we doing in November 2017 within the What To Do This Month sub-forum than a 37 page what are we doing today thread.

I do understand that it would mean Admin would need to be on the ball for a monthly thread change, but often members would do that anyway.

Benefits would include - easier to access, pertinent, information for members who are newer to gardening; less need to use the search facility; less need to scroll through pages of posts to get to a particular month to see what others are up to in the garden; REDUCTION in thread length (refer to the "note" consideration) plus, revitalising a sub-forum which should be active, relevant and easy to negotiate.

Just my humble suggestion.

 

I'm thinking the other way round "M". Many of the threads in 'What To Do This Month' don't apply to monthly gardening. I would move any necessary threads to 'General Gardening Discussion' and close the sub-forum down completely. It doesn't get a great deal of use.

Regarding the 'What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden' thread.....perhaps that could be split into two six monthly threads. Or perhaps bring the seasons into it, for instance 'What Jobs Are We Doing This Spring' - making it quarterly.

 

But if that goes then you have to get rid of " Your day apart from gatdening as well " .
My interpretation is that these threads are there to give an insight into peoples daily lives not as a Horticultural Diary.


EDIT

For instance.... i've just read a lovely post by @Perki which wouldn't fit into any other category of thread. It really has given an insight into his day.

 

If we all spend the next 38 days searching for bargains online, driving around car parks looking for spaces, searching for empty shopping trollies, queuing up at supermarket checkouts, waiting in for deliveries, visiting all the local Wilkos every few days to see if they have reduced their spring flowering bulbs yet, buying presents, wrapping presents, putting up Xmas decs, delivering Xmas cards, going out partying, staying in partying, going to the post Xmas sales (and looking for those elusive parking spaces again), etc., etc. there'll be no danger of that thread increasing by much more before 2018.