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If someone helps you with a tip or idea please be sure to thanks them or compliment them.
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Please try to help out our new members. Often, I find teaching others is the best way to learn.
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Be sure to chat and get to know your fellow community members and make lots of awesome Plant Friends
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Treat all topics and members with mutual respect. You are not always going to agree, but you can disagree respectfully. Basically, treat others as you would like to be treated.
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Please do not make fun of any posts, people’s questions. We come from all age groups, walks of life and experience levels so every question is valid.
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Help Less Experienced Members
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Please search the group for keywords to find relevant information for common issues before posting
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Our group is for all levels of gardener from all walks of life. Anyone found to be ridiculing, talking down, mansplaining to fellow members will be removed.
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We have a large amount of older members who are not always tech savvy. Please be courteous, patient and understanding. Also some people are dyslexic, don’t speak English very well, issues with eyesight. Please be patient and understanding.
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As we all know posting online can be tricky and sometimes posts can be misinterpreted. One tip I like to use is emoji’s. A little heart or X at the end of your comment never hurt anybody J
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We wholly recommend and encourage the use of organic/environmentally friendly methods but if you must post about chemical methods do so in a courteous, thoughtful manner.
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Editing posts. If you have an update on a posts please update post.
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Anyone that answers your query is trying there best to help you. Please be respectful of this even if the answer is incorrect.
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No one owes you an anaswer. The more you help fellow community members and the more active you ae in the community the more likely you are to get an answer to your question
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Please so not take offence to people’s answers. People come from all different walks of life and a lot of members are older, they’re not used to interacting on forums such as this. There’s bound to be mix-ups and misunderstanding. So give people the benefit of the doubt.
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Please put as much detail in posts as possible. The better the question, better chance you will receive a good answer and the more interaction you will get and the more people will see your post. Tell us about the pic, a little about yourself, any interesting back stories. People are keen to know more about You and your garden.
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We only accept positivity and encouragement. If you must critique please do it in a positive manner.
