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[SpikeTheLobster]

I've just joined the forum, so I figured I'd introduce myself while I'm figuring out where everything is and what it's all for.

My name's Spike. I've always been a bit of a hippy, though it's never extended to living off-grid, in a tent or smoking "wacky baccy" while wearing a shirt made out of a potato sack. I remember being really happy when the whole green movement became more mainstream (recycled paper... wow, what an idea!) and recycling became something that local councils would do.

I try to be green in my choices and lifestyle, though I work online (from home) so I have to rely on certain technologies that may not be the best for the environment. I do what I can.

I'm a part-time freelance writer by trade, as well as a full-time carer, so I get to learn about all sorts of interesting things that my clients want me to write about. Recently, I had the opportunity to edit (I do that as well) a HUGE pile of articles about alternative energy. Wonderful stuff and some eye-opening stuff.

Looking forward to meeting you folks and learning some more ways to be a little greener in the things I do. Who knows, you might even be able to teach me how NOT to kill everything I plant....

[zararina]

Hello there Spike and welcome to the forum.
Seems you are loaded with lots of useful information about alternative energy as you had read a lot about it.
Hope to see more of your posts in different threads around.
Have a nice day.

[SpikeTheLobster]

Hey Zararina. I'm not loaded with much information, I'm afraid... though I know more about solar and wind energy than I did before after all that editing! Hopefully I'll be able to contribute something, even if it's just a lot of questions for the more experienced folks!

[tigerlily78]

Welcome to the community, Spike. The great thing about this forum is that everyone has knowledge to share and the capacity to learn something new.

By some accounts I am a total know-it-all, but I still manage to learn something new everyday.  

[eds]

Welcome Spike

You might want to start by using the "Search" option,
. . . in the upper right hand side of the screen.
Just type in a word like "Garden," hit "return" and
. . . see what pop's up.
"Links," instead of being displayed like this:
http://www.altenergy...__fromsearch__1

Are sometimes displayed like this: "No-Work-Garden"

[SpikeTheLobster]

Thanks for the welcomes. In all honesty, I think if someone actually could teach me how not to kill plants it'd be a miracle. Anything green that I touch, dies. Simple as that. I've killed bamboo, for goodness' sake.

I'll stick to recycling and stuff that keeps me away from plants, I think.

[Shortpoet-GTD]

SpikeTheLobster, on 16 December 2011 - 01:14 PM, said:

Thanks for the welcomes. In all honesty, I think if someone actually could teach me how not to kill plants it'd be a miracle. Anything green that I touch, dies. Simple as that. I've killed bamboo, for goodness' sake.

I'll stick to recycling and stuff that keeps me away from plants, I think.

Welcome.
More than likely, you water them too much. Plants can survive some dryness, but they can't survive
drowning.
Invert a smaller saucer inside the bottom saucer, so water can drain off too. Standing water rots
the roots.

[Pushhyarag2000]

Hi Spike, Welcome to the community. Interesting profile!

I'm also came as an inquisitive visitor and found quite a few things I could talk about. I have worked [and continue to work] in urban development & municipal water supply improvement area and rub shoulders with other guys who work on municipal solid waste management, and hydro power generation as well. Hope to see more of your interactions!

[SpikeTheLobster]

Shortpoet-GTD, on 16 December 2011 - 03:34 PM, said:

More than likely, you water them too much.

It doesn't seem to make any difference. My lady had a plant that had lived for YEARS under her gentle attentions. I touched it (nothing else, just touched it) and within a week it was dead.

Pushhyarag2000, on 16 December 2011 - 10:57 PM, said:

Hi Spike, Welcome to the community. Interesting profile!

Hey there! You're not a fellow myLotter with the same name, are you?