Hi Mary Sue Could I please request that you ask contributors to give some idea of where they are writing from, so we have an indication of climate and season. It is very difficult for those of us outside the western US to guess what someone means when they say something like "Brunsvigia grandiflora grows well in my climate". I don't really care how it is done, e.g. name, zone, city, country, or something much less formal. Some members give an indication every time, others rarely or never. Many thanks, in anticipation Brian e.g. Brian Whyer, zone 8'ish, Buckinghamshire, UK Or Brian Whyer, -5C min, SEast UK Hi All, I have redirected Brian's message to me to the whole list. His suggestion is a good one and one that I've made before and one that is listed on the instructions for the list. I sometimes do it and sometimes not, especially if I'm not writing about my garden. Since I write a lot of emails to non-garden folks I haven't wanted a default signature with this information. But then I sometimes forget to add it for the list so I am guilty too. I agree that it would be very helpful to add in your signature something about where you live so others will better be able to understand your answer. New people are joining our list all the time so even if you have told about yourself and written about your garden they will not have that information. I am sure the members of this list from the western United States need this information just as much as every one else because we have a very diverse list. I know that we have people from all over the United States and at least these countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa (winter and summer rainfall), Sweden, United Kingdom. There may be other countries represented with some of our lurkers since the country code isn't always in the email address. So please everyone identify yourself in your signature when you post regardless of whether you have done it before, especially if you are writing about your garden or your experiences. Could we have discussion about what information people most want listed? Thanks. Mary Sue