[Fleecewife]

It's so helpful when the original poster presents the full story in the first instance.  It takes time and thought to write back answers, and this is a waste of time no smallholder has if the OP then says 'oh I know all that, but..' and then follows with a fuller story.  None of us knows everyone else's experience and knowledge, so if a question is asked we reply in good faith, and love to help.  So please please, to avoid misunderstandings, give us all the clues 

[Rosemary]

I'd second that 

[suziequeue]

Eeek - hope I'm not a culprit

[Womble]

Can I add something too?  It's really helpful when the subject line summarises the actual post. For example, "Welsh Dragon wanted, Aberdeenshire"  is so much more helpful than "Welsh Dragon wanted", or just "Wanted".
 
The same goes with other topics - "Lame duck, help needed" is so much better than "can anybody advise...?"!
 
Thanks everybody! 

[mab]

Hmm - but sometimes I seem to have the opposite problem: I post that I've had problem X and I've done this, that & the other, then I've asked someone and tried A, B and C, all to no avail.  By this time it's a long post and I don't get any replies at all; possibly because I've done everything already, but maybe just because no-one can be bothered to read the whole post.


Or else they obviously don't read the whole post and reply "why don't you try B?" despite the fact that I've already said I've done it, so I end up saying "I've already tried that" anyway.


So I'd say: say everything in the original post only if you can fit it into 2 or 3 short paragraphs.

[Lesley Silvester]

But do keep asking because it's very interesting to see what troubles other people especially when you are experiencing similar yourself.

[sandalfarm]

And to put a price on things for sale,its a waste of time and effort when you find find people want £+++for a single egg