Although there are thousands of gardening sites out there on the Web, we wanted to create one that would give real, practical help to people who are either completely new to gardening or who just want to keep learning more about this fascinating hobby. We don’t want to just talk about what to do, but give you real help in HOW to do it. We’ll u se a combination of video, still photos, audio and the printed word.

It seems to us that the student/teacher format is ideal for this purpose. Helen is not embarrassed to ask questions, even if they seem very basic, and Barbara is patient and happy to answer them. We want to build a community of gardeners around the site, people who will ask questions, submit comments and enter into conversation with us and other visitors.

We also want to have FUN, and for our readers to have fun too! If that sounds good to you, here’s what we’d like you to do:

• Come back often! To help you keep up to date with what’s happening here you can bookmark the site, subscribe to updates either by RSS feed (click the link by the orange button) or by e-mail (fill in and submit the little form below the RSS link), and get involved through comments and questions.
• Spread the word! Tell your gardening friends about us — and send them the link to http://www.learningtogardenwithbarbara.com
• If you’re into online bookmarking with Digg, Del.ici.ous, Technorati or any of the other social bookmarking sites, share posts that interest you. The “Share This” button makes this easy for you.
• If you use Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or other online social networking sites, talk about us there too.

We are very excited about the site and expect it to grow and provide more and more useful information and fun, and we hope you will help us make that happen.

Welcome to the Learning to Garden with Barbara online community!