Matt, welcome back. I remember you, but I was just an occasional lurker at that time, cruising through the Garden Web. Often wondered what happened to the only youngster.

I also remember you.....and I was also a teenager at the time ;-)))
There weren't all the gardening forums on Garden Web at that time...so you came here for advice.
Glad to hear we were a good influence!
Linda C

Hey ! I wasn't here until about 2001 although my site says different. Welcome, I also have a "Mini" garden but in my climate it is difficult to find plants that survive here. Good Luck!

Hi, Matt, welcome back. I remember you. I don't post here much anymore, but I'm glad I dropped in today and found you. I was probably still using the name Bedale back then and still living in California. Now I live not too far from you, in Port Townsend, Wa. and I too have taken up photography and I love it.

Do follow your heart - you (I hope) have a lot of years ahead ...be happy in them. I hope you'll keep posting here, I might even come back more often to visit.

Hi Matt, welcome back; I was only lurking at the time you were posting, but I remember you, too.

I remember you too Matt and what fun to see you back here. What was your user name back then?

Matt, I totally remember you! Our long lost son! What a frenzy your 'disappearance' caused. I think you'd be quite surprised by all of the people who remain active in the gardweb after all of these years.

Be sure to visit some of the other gardening forums that might appeal to you. I'll be looking for you.

Dorie

This is fantastic! I am so happy my friends are still here and doing good. Thank you everybody, including new friends, for welcoming me back so graciously.

sheila, I am glad you dropped in and found me today also. Now that you mention it, I do remember quite clearly the name Bedale that you used. I have a feeling I will probably be on here a bit, so it would be a pleasure to have you visit more.

mwoods...I don't remember my username from back then. Your mwoods name seems familiar- is it the same from back then?

So again, thank you all for the welcome back- it just makes my journey back into gardening that much more exciting and fun.

I attached a link to some pics of my current garden. It's still in progress and I have a lot to do..I have been renovating it and swapping out plants and adding rocks. All of the rocks you see are local rocks from my backyard..I wanted to use them since they are free and they blend in since they are naturally from here. Please let me know what you think of the pics.

I will probably be around in some different forums- I noticed the alpine and rock garden forum is not really active, so I will be trying to change that. I am also looking for rare and hard to find rock garden plants, so I might be in the trading forum or asking around in the alpine forum.

Great to be back!

Here is a link that might be useful: Snapshots of Matt's Garden July 2010

Matt, I wasn't around back then but I would still
love to say welcome back.

Your garden is lovely.

I've heard of staying away for a long time, but twelve years is really pushing the envelope Matt. I remember you too. We also had Vinh who was about fifteen at the time. I remember long discussions about things like whether wearing leather shoes was immoral for a vegan.

Welcome back!

I don't remember Vinh, but I do remember you :)

The fact that this site could attract a 15 y.o. is one of the reasons I kept coming back. I missed you when you stopped posting.

janis_g,

Thank you for the kind words about my garden.

calliope,

I don't remember Vinh. That's hilarious about the leather shoe debate though.

meldy_nva,

Thanks for the welcome. Honestly I wish I had never left the forums either. It was so long ago, I can't remember the actual reason I stopped coming on here. But I am glad to be back.

I remember you too, i used to be lynniebabes and imago ...funny how this place keeps drawing you back...

welcome back matt, i remember you too...there are lots of us re-finding this place! ~ liz (wife of robert bigfoot)

Here is a link that might be useful: our story...

Hi Matt.

I've been around here for probably 12 or so years. I'm 33 now, so am just a bit older than you, and used to be one of the youngesters over on the Houseplants forum.

When that forum's regulars went away with the change to IVillage, I stopped posting as much. We used to have a community over there, very similar to what is here at the Party forum.

I'd still come around once in a while, over the years, but was never active again until I realized what the Garden Party forum was. Now I try to keep up with all the goins-on around this place. It's a great spot here on GW, to keep in touch with some really nice folks.

Welcome back! And keep posting. :-)

-Tisha