Congratulations to Mischka and Tomatoville

**carolyn137** · May 16, 2013

........ for reaching 12,000 registered members and the congrats also go to all the wonderful persons who read/post here on almost a daily basis to help others.

I know that I can only speak to registered members in terms of numbers, but when I look at who is online and compare those numbers with unregistered members online there appear to be MANY thousands who stop by just to read the Forums that unregistered members can read.

Well I remember when Mischka started Tville in January of 2006 and in my opinion it's grown and grown tremendously and attracted some really great folks.

I read and sometimes post at several sites and have also been a Moderator at several sites in the past and again, IMO, Tomatoville is one of THE best sites around.

Many have come here not just for information and to give help as well but many are here b'c no partisan politics or religious topics are allowed. And I'm all for that b'c the easiest way to lose friends, to incite dissention, etc., is to allow such topics.

Nothing more to say except to thank Mischka for starting Tomatoville, spending untold hours maintaining it and running the site with NO ads, which means he also foots all the bills associated with running a message site.

Carolyn

guruofgardens · May 16, 2013

What an accomplishment! Congrats, Mischka! You have helped to make available such wonderful people and information. We appreciate everything!

Thank you, Carolyn, for sharing this info with us. It's always nice to hear the great things in life rather than hear what 'we' do wrong.

Kudos to everyone, especially Mischka.

FarmerShawn · May 16, 2013

I can only add my thanks and respect to Mischka and fellow T'villers. This site and its helpful members have completely altered the way I grow things and the focus of my growing over the last two years. What an eye-opener! I try to share what little expertise I have, but I know my meager posts will never equal what I have gained from this place and you folks. And I, too, appreciate the enforced focus without unsightly and uncomfortable distractions.
Thanks!
Shawn

Dewayne mater · May 16, 2013

Cheers! I used to visit several sites to feed my tomato need/hobby. Now, I go to one. Though I've learned tons about this hobby and mostly on tville, I'm frequently humbled by the knowledge and expert advice people freely offer on tville. Just recently I received a detailed, thoughtful, helpful expert opinion and was blown away that someone from another country would freely share his knowledge and time to help! This site brings out the best in people. Outstanding job Mischka! And congrats to Carolyn and all the other moderators he keep things friendly and on point.

Dewayne Mater

Father'sDaughter · May 16, 2013

I have joined then abandoned quite a few forums over the years, and there are very few left that I regularly read and post at. This is one of the few remaining. The attitudes are helpful and respectful, and there isn't a lot of nonsense that you need to weed through to get to the information you're looking for. That, I know, is all thanks to Mischka and the other moderators who keep a careful eye on things, and make this place just as welcoming to new comers as to long time members. Thank you all!

JamesL · May 16, 2013

Proud to say that this is the only online site of any type of which I am a member!

Rockporter · May 16, 2013

Congrats Mischka, I have enjoyed being here and appreciate your efforts. Thanks!

tam91 · May 16, 2013

I agree - this is a wonderful site!

amideutch · May 16, 2013

Congratulations and the way you make and keep it is a tribute to your dedication and hard work plus an understanding wife. As I tell people from different forums I frequent, TomatoVille is and always will be the place I call home.

Ami

MrBig46 · May 16, 2013

I do not understand to all, I don´t know to write English, but I am feeling as at home between friends here (more than on Czech forum).
Vladimír

Cole_Robbie · May 16, 2013

Customers at my farmer's market think I am a tomato expert. All I do is repeat to them what I've read here.

Redbaron · May 16, 2013

12,000

WOO HOO!

tlintx · May 16, 2013

My MIL praised my tomato plants the other day, and is thrilled with her own . For the first time since moving here 30 years ago, she is picking home grown tomatoes.

Thank you all so very much for helping us!

Tl

clara · May 16, 2013

Congratulations, Mischka,

and a big, big "thank you" for creating this forum (and all moderators for maintaining it, of course!). I've learned such a lot of things on Tville, met so many nice tomato friends, done such a lot of trades with them - without Tomatoville my garden would look very poor, perhaps I even wouldn't grow tomatoes any longer, being limited on those varieties that are available in Germany, at least officially.

Vielen, vielen Dank, Mischka!

clara

dpurdy · May 16, 2013

I can only echo the statements made by Carolyn about this site. It's so nice to come to a forum on a website that doesn't entertain discussions between members about topics that don't pertain to growing vegetables and gardening techniques. Thanks to Mischka and all the moderators for staying the course and maintaining focus on gardening. I enjoy coming to this site as often as possible to read and learn about my passion. This site also has the most respectful and friendly members of any site that I've ever visited. Thanks for the countless hours that you all have dedicated to keep this site at the top of my list.

dpurdy

May 16, 2013	#1
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Congratulations to Mischka and Tomatoville ........ for reaching 12,000 registered members and the congrats also go to all the wonderful persons who read/post here on almost a daily basis to help others. I know that I can only speak to registered members in terms of numbers, but when I look at who is online and compare those numbers with unregistered members online there appear to be MANY thousands who stop by just to read the Forums that unregistered members can read. Well I remember when Mischka started Tville in January of 2006 and in my opinion it's grown and grown tremendously and attracted some really great folks. I read and sometimes post at several sites and have also been a Moderator at several sites in the past and again, IMO, Tomatoville is one of THE best sites around. Many have come here not just for information and to give help as well but many are here b'c no partisan politics or religious topics are allowed. And I'm all for that b'c the easiest way to lose friends, to incite dissention, etc., is to allow such topics. Nothing more to say except to thank Mischka for starting Tomatoville, spending untold hours maintaining it and running the site with NO ads, which means he also foots all the bills associated with running a message site. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

May 16, 2013	#3
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	I can only add my thanks and respect to Mischka and fellow T'villers. This site and its helpful members have completely altered the way I grow things and the focus of my growing over the last two years. What an eye-opener! I try to share what little expertise I have, but I know my meager posts will never equal what I have gained from this place and you folks. And I, too, appreciate the enforced focus without unsightly and uncomfortable distractions. Thanks! Shawn __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

May 16, 2013	#7
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Congrats Mischka, I have enjoyed being here and appreciate your efforts. Thanks! __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

May 16, 2013	#8
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I agree - this is a wonderful site! __________________ Tracy

May 16, 2013	#9
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Congratulations and the way you make and keep it is a tribute to your dedication and hard work plus an understanding wife. As I tell people from different forums I frequent, TomatoVille is and always will be the place I call home. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

May 16, 2013	#2
guruofgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: zone 5 Colorado Posts: 942	What an accomplishment! Congrats, Mischka! You have helped to make available such wonderful people and information. We appreciate everything! Thank you, Carolyn, for sharing this info with us. It's always nice to hear the great things in life rather than hear what 'we' do wrong. Kudos to everyone, especially Mischka.

May 16, 2013	#4
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Cheers! I used to visit several sites to feed my tomato need/hobby. Now, I go to one. Though I've learned tons about this hobby and mostly on tville, I'm frequently humbled by the knowledge and expert advice people freely offer on tville. Just recently I received a detailed, thoughtful, helpful expert opinion and was blown away that someone from another country would freely share his knowledge and time to help! This site brings out the best in people. Outstanding job Mischka! And congrats to Carolyn and all the other moderators he keep things friendly and on point. Dewayne Mater

May 16, 2013	#5
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,917	I have joined then abandoned quite a few forums over the years, and there are very few left that I regularly read and post at. This is one of the few remaining. The attitudes are helpful and respectful, and there isn't a lot of nonsense that you need to weed through to get to the information you're looking for. That, I know, is all thanks to Mischka and the other moderators who keep a careful eye on things, and make this place just as welcoming to new comers as to long time members. Thank you all!

May 16, 2013	#6
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Proud to say that this is the only online site of any type of which I am a member!

May 16, 2013	#10
MrBig46 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Czech republic Posts: 2,529	I do not understand to all, I don´t know to write English, but I am feeling as at home between friends here (more than on Czech forum). Vladimír

May 16, 2013	#11
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Customers at my farmer's market think I am a tomato expert. All I do is repeat to them what I've read here.

May 16, 2013	#12
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	12,000 WOO HOO! __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

May 16, 2013	#13
tlintx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: SeTx Posts: 881	My MIL praised my tomato plants the other day, and is thrilled with her own . For the first time since moving here 30 years ago, she is picking home grown tomatoes. Thank you all so very much for helping us! Tl

May 16, 2013	#14
clara Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,351	Congratulations, Mischka, and a big, big "thank you" for creating this forum (and all moderators for maintaining it, of course!). I've learned such a lot of things on Tville, met so many nice tomato friends, done such a lot of trades with them - without Tomatoville my garden would look very poor, perhaps I even wouldn't grow tomatoes any longer, being limited on those varieties that are available in Germany, at least officially. Vielen, vielen Dank, Mischka! clara

May 16, 2013	#15
dpurdy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Norwich, New York Posts: 255	I can only echo the statements made by Carolyn about this site. It's so nice to come to a forum on a website that doesn't entertain discussions between members about topics that don't pertain to growing vegetables and gardening techniques. Thanks to Mischka and all the moderators for staying the course and maintaining focus on gardening. I enjoy coming to this site as often as possible to read and learn about my passion. This site also has the most respectful and friendly members of any site that I've ever visited. Thanks for the countless hours that you all have dedicated to keep this site at the top of my list. dpurdy