It's with great pleasure and literally years of anticipation that I announce that the HowToLandscaping.com site is very near launch. The site is fully functional today, just a few tweaks here and there, a bit of content to be added, and then some graphics on GTX to direct the weekend warriors and DIYers over to the home that was designed just for them. This served as a nice shelter for those fine folks, but was never intended to be a permanent home. HowToLandscaping.com will very soon become the permanent repository for homeowner assistance and discussions related to Do It Yourslef landscape projects, and the "Homeowner Help" forum on this site will soon be closed to help direct people there.

I told Dan Deutekom that this was going to happen in a week. But I told him that about a month ago. So how 'bout I not make anymore promises I can't keep? It works today, and when it's really, REALLY ready, I'll let everyone know.

GTX will be going offline for a short while tonight while the server is moved. The outage should not last more than an hour or so.

Please help me congratulate Agla for his new position as moderator here at GTX. Agla's been a member of the site since the very beginning and has provided innumerable thoughtful insights to other member's queries, posting knowledge that can only come from years of diligent experiece. I'm proud to have him on board as a new moderator.

And also, please help me thank Paul for all of the time and effort he's put into the site since it's inception. Paul's now a GTX Advisor, a position you can only attain by having spent time in the trenches as a moderator. Paul's always been extremely resourceful and helpful with many member's businesses, including my own - I know there are several people here that are making more money because of the advice he's put on these pages and the mindset he's helped instill in some of us.