So I was inspired to get the list out of the places i frequent on the internet because I have been meaning to and because i encountered something interesting.
First i love the site called craftster
has everything you might want in the means of crafting, sewing, creative idea and more. They are really offbeat and different. There is a lot of activity in the means of lots of people posting and plus cool advertisers for the most part.

the second is get crafty
it is a forum that does have few people posting but has some good research in the archives.

There is also the DIY net forums that are awesome too because not only do you have lots of information but you have show resources that coincide with the info.

But as everyone knows i am a blogger and i do small advertising for my blog. I join the message boards and try to get info from people. try to start conversations, build an online network and so on. (i never go to a forum and post un-useful things, i keep up conversation, bring traffic to the forum with new people and so on) So as i was trying to join forums for my gardening I have been posting some questions i had about indoor ivy, and if anyone knew of the fastest harvesting veggies and other things i needed information on i had encountered a website called gardenstew
It looked nice. looked like it had a little traffic but i was disappointed to find out that one of the rules was that you cannot post a link to your site! In this day and age there is a frown upon anyone who does not allow home pages to be advertised. This is my blog, this is me, just as unique as my email. I do not understand this. I know there is a border where it is advertising for products, services, stores and such but this is a personal site. Non advertised, non income and so on.
So for the e mail that was sent to me stating"I had to remove two of your forum posts as they contained links to your website. Please review our forum rules here (point 1.1). " I responded that i would like my account canceled and that i will be making mention of this on my site. Which is what i am doing. Heck i do not know what i would do if my other forums never let me link. i think that rule is just plain rude and i will make sure everyone knows of this rule from this website.
So as for Gardenstew You get a Green thumb down and i will make sure i do not advertise you in any way shape or form beyond this warning to those who like to link.