Hi Dave,
My question about a partnership of sorts came from the observation that
a) there are an absolutely huge number of plant species represented in the database here
b) many of the more obscure species pages are empty at the moment
I would be very interested in linking to the content-rich pages, while I'd wait linking to the less populated ones until they develop more content. I've developed some custom criteria to do that with Dave's Garden pages, but it's somewhat painful, which is why I don't have nearly all the DG pages represented in my database. Is there a way to get a list of pages with developed content (e.g., at least one photo, some other content fields filled in)? That way, I could periodically refresh the links from PlantLinks to ATP.
As for seed trading - we all have our passions and niches. I have no desire to set up an original-content community site or forums - sites like this do that much better. But I don't know of any site that does what PlantLinks does: collect and present good links from around the web, since no one site will ever have the best information about all plants. Similarly, I have a passion around a certain type of seed trading, and have set up my new trading capabilities to see how that would work out. Not to take traders away from other sites, but to see if mine can complement them. We'll see how that works out.
This site seems like the kinds of places I've enjoyed on the web since I first started gardening and finding compatriots on the web nearly 20 years ago now. Most of them are gone now, and others aren't what they used to be, so I'm glad to see such a vibrant community here.
