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And better yet, they are free (subject to the cost of your own internet connection, silly).

Once you have subscribed to a mailing list SAVE THE WELCOMING MESSAGE!!! This will give you information about how to use the mailing list BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY will explain HOW TO QUIT the list if you should wish to stop receiving mail from everyone on the list.

Just one bit of advice: Once subscribed, lurk around for a while to get a "feel" for the group. You'll find that each has its own personality and you'll be much more comfortable once you've figured it out.

To help ease things along, you can subscribe to these lists from here. Just click on the list name and your browser will bring up your mailer. Anything you see in brackets are for you to fill in the blank. In fact, I find it easiest to highlight what needs to be put in the message and copy it, then click on the listname, and then, once the mailer comes up, put the message in the mailer, editing to put in my name and other info.

• ALPINE GARDENING - the electronic rock gardening society. This list originates out of the Netherlands.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area:
  SUBSCRIBE ALPINE-L <your real name>, <your city>, <your USDA Zone>
  
  
• AQUATIC PLANTS - a discussion group for exchange of information about all aspects of growing aquatic plants as a hobby.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area:
  SUBSCRIBE AQUATIC-PLANTS <your real name>
  
  
• ARID GARDENING - creating and maintining gardens in one of the most difficult environments.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area:
  SUBSCRIBE ARID_GARDENER <your real name>
  
  
• BONSAI - all levels of expertise are invited to join this discussion group.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE BONSAI <your real neame>
  
  
• BROMELIADS - this list is primarily directed towards taxonomists and growers, but might be interesting to lurk in to learn a few things.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE BROM-L <your real name>
  
  
• CACTI AND SUCCULENTS - the title tells all.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE CACTI_ETC <your real neame>
  
  
• CARNIVOROUS PLANTS - This group discusses all aspects of carnivorous plants and maintains a large set of archives of previous discussions.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE CP <your real name>
  
  
• CHILE HEADS - A wide-ranging discussion of everything related to *heat* including growing, plant/seed exchange, recipes, and salsa/hot sauces. This is a pretty high volume list.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE CHILE-HEADS <your real name>
  
  
• COMMUNITY GARDENING - Not only concerning traditional community gardens, but the new issues surrounding a community's "contracting" of farmers to meet their needs.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE COMMUNITY_GARDEN <your real name>
  
  
• COMPOST - a discussion group about organic stuff.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE COMPOST <your real name>
  
  
• DAFFODILS - a discussion of everything daffodils sponsored by the American Daffodil Society. While I cannot be certain, I understand that one has to be a paid member of the Society to join.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE DAFFODIL <your real name>. If you cannot get on the mailing list because you are not a member, they will surely send you info on what you need to do.
  
  
• DAYLILIES - a relatively new list, but long overdue.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE DAYLILY <your real name>
  
  
• GARDENS AND GARDENING - one of the most friendly and educational lists concerning anything to do with gardening.
  WARNING! This list generates TREMENDOUS volume - if you can't handle receiving up to 200 messages per day at times, DO NOT SUBSCRIBE to this list! Also, it is very chatty, very much like talking to your neighbors over the garden fence - so it often strays off topic. If you are anal retentive and only want posts that are on topic, DO NOT SUBSCRIBE to this list! Suggestions to cut down the volume or to stay on topic are considered flames and are dealt with accordingly. Additionally, the list maintains huge searchable archives - so a suggestion to search the archives is not a putdown, but a real suggestion of where you might find pertinent answers to your questions. Info on how to go about searching the archives will be sent with your welcome message.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE GARDENS <your real name>
  
  
• GARDENANONYMOUS - is a support group for compulsive gardeners. We'll support each other in breaking the "compulsive" garden habit. This may involve encouraging you to replace annual gardens with perennials so you have less work to worry about, reducing the size of your gardens, etc. Perhaps your budget is out of control and you need to reduce the amount you spend for plants annually. We'll see what ideas we can come up with. Our goal is to move gardening back to the "fun activity" rather than a compulsive activity again for you. This is NOT a list for chat about gardening chores or plant selection. It's serious intent is to help people renew the rest of their life and relationships by breaking the compusive gardening habit.
  Subcribe by going to: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/gardenanonymous and following the directions given. Registration (free) with onelist is required before you can subscribe.
  
  
• GESNERIADS AND AFRICAN VIOLETS - a list dedicated to one of North America's favorite indoor plants.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE GESNERIPHILES <your real name>
  
  
• GINKGO PAGES MAILLIST - updates of the website and other subjects relating to the tree Ginkgo biloba.
  To subscribe, go to this website http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten or send an email to Cor Kwant
  
  
• GOURDS - this group not only discusses the growing and propogation of gourds, but also their use in crafts.
  To subscribe, just send an e-mail message to the list owner asking to be added to the list.
  
  
• GrowAndShow - GrowAndShow is a list for folks who want to discuss what they grow in their garden and how they "show it off." This will include gardening, crafts, recipes, ponds, gourds, etc. You may want to discuss how you "show" your flower garden by different plantings, "show" your vegetable garden by recipes or dehydrating or ristras, "show" your pond with water plants, "show" your gourds by crafting them, etc. etc.
  

  Topics to be discussed will include how to grow (gardening) and how to show (crafts, arrangements, recipes, etc.)
  To subscribe, just send an e-mail message to the list owner with just the word 'subscribe' in the message area.
  
  

• HERBS - the Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Disussion List.
  To subscribe, put the following in the MESSAGE area: SUBSCRIBE HERB <your real name>
  
  
• HERBS - a discussion list that does not consider the medicinal side of herbs.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE HERBS <your real name>
  
  
• HERB-L - an Intermountain and Pacific Northwest Herbarium discussion. To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE HERB-L <your real name>
  
  
• HIBISCUS LIST - a list created for the American Hibiscus Society and all hibiscus enthusiasts.
  To subscribe, put the following in the *SUBJECT line* (NOT the message area): hibiscus mail list
  
  
• HOBBY GREENHOUSES - get all your questions answered here.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE HGA-L <your real name>
  
  
• HYDROPONICS -
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE HYDRO <your real name>
  
  
• INDOOR GARDENING - everything to do with gardening indoors, including starting seeds indoors.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE INDOOR-GARDENING <your real name>
  
  
• INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT -
  To subscribe, just send an e-mail message to the list owner asking to be added to the list.
  
  
• THE IRIS LIST
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE IRIS-L <your real name>
  
  
• LESBIANGARDENS - a virtual meeting place for dykes who share a passion for gardening. You don't need to know anything about gardening or even have a garden of your own to join.
  To subscribe, send an email to the list owner with your email address, full name, and a short introduction of yourself.
  
  
• LILIES
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE LILIUM-L <your real name>
  
  
• MASTER GARDENERS - a discussion group among certified Master Gardeners, although a non-Master Gardener might lurk and learn a few things.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE MGARDEN <your real name>
  
  
• MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS - an excellent discussion, sometimes very technical, about plants that grow in Mediterranean climates, e.g., southern California, South Africa, etc. Non-technical types are welcome, but expect all the plant names to be in latin.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area:
  SUBSCRIBE MEDIT-PLANTS <your real name>
  
  
• MINIATURE ROSES - Miniature Roses is dedicated to discussing this group of rose plants. All matters of growing them, propagating them, and showing them are welcome in the discussion. I've started a list just for these roses because they fit so nicely into small gardens, container gardens, or even indoor gardens where other roses just wouldn't fit.
  To subscribe, just send an email
  
  
• NORTHWEST GARDENING - a group established to discuss gardening issues in the Pacific northwest - primarily for those in Oregon, Washington State, and Western Canada. A new, friendly, and chatty list.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area:
  SUBSCRIBE PACNWGARDN <your real name>
  
  
• NORTHWEST NATIVES - another list dedicated to the Pacific Northwest all the way to Alaska, with an emphasis on wildflowers and native plants.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE PNW-NATIVES <your real name>
  
  
• ORCHIDS - how could there not be a list dedicated to the thousands of species of this queen of plants?
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE ORCHIDS <your real name>
  
  
• ORGANIC FARMING -
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE AGENVIR-L <your real name>
  
  
• ORGANIC GARDENING -
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE OGL <your real name>
  
  
• PONDS LIST - More general in discussion of ponds and maintenance than the Aquatic Plants list.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE PONDS-L <your real name>
  
  
• PRAIRIE - a list dedicated to prairie restoration.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE prairie <your real name>
  
  
• RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL GARDENS (URBAN)- this is an interesting list that began to discuss gardening in the city, it kinda died down, and is now used as a forum primarily for Texas city gardeners, although that may change again.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE RES-GARD <your real name>
  
  
• RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE - I don't know anything about this list, but it looked interesting.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE RUSAG-L <your real name>
  
  
• SEED LIST - not a seed exchange (see next entries), but a discussion of different methods of plant propagation.
  To subscribe, put the following in the *SUBJECT line* (NOT the message area): subscribe
  
  
• The Seed Exchange is a free network for gardeners & hobbyists to trade, sell, or locate seeds of any kind. It is also a location to get or give growing and propagation tips about your favorite plants.
  To subscribe send an email with in the SUBJECT line simply: SUBSCRIBE.
  Owner/moderator of The Seed Exchange: David Ford, email: dmford@usa.net
  

• SEED SWAP -
  To subscribe, just send an e-mail message to the list owner asking to be added to the list.
  
  
• SHADEGARDENS - Shadegardens is a discussion group for people interested in plants that tolerate shade. Shadegardens list exists to discuss the cultivation and propagation of these shade plants. List membership is open to hobbyists as well as nursery owners, and other professionals. Our only goal is to share information about these plant families and to encourage other gardeners to experiment with these plants.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE shadegardens <your real name>
  
  
• SQUARE FOOT GARDENING - a list dedicated to the use of the home vegetable gardening ideas of Mel Bartholomew in his book. It is not intended as an all-purpose gardening list, but intends to be focussed on these techniques.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE SQFT <your real name>
  
  
• SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDUCATION - the interest in sustainable agriculture is growing.
  To subscribe, put the following in the message area: SUBSCRIBE SAED-SHARE-L <your real name>
  
  
  
  
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