I though tomatoville was gone and done with?

People still post there daily...

Thank you Mokinu, I was able to register at TomatoJunction.com

Who would pay to belong to a forum?

The folks at TJ are very friendly!

Dave's Garden does a subscription, too.

The advantage of a subscription service is that people want to get their money's worth; so, they probably participate more without any prodding. Spammers are less likely to pay money to subscribe, too. The monthly charge people see on their bank statements is a reminder and is advertising to the subscriber, too. It's not a horrible way to go (for wealthy enough individuals), exactly. But, I prefer not to have a monthly charge, or any charge, personally.

BTW, who is Mishka, what was the problem with the site and is Mishka available to reach in any form of communication?

Mischka is the Tomatoville username of the administrator and owner of Tomatoville.

I don't remember or know all the reasons, but it may have had something to do with the passing of Dr. Carolyn Male (Carolyn), the rise of social media gardening groups, and the time and money put into the forum.

If you try to go somewhere you can't on TV when you're logged into your non-member account, you may see contact information.

Unfortunately his email was not working. I was wondering to find out how much money are needed to revive the forum?

Not sure. Have you tried replying to the automatic PM he sent you when you registered, if you got one?

I was hoping that somebody know him personally so we could figure our the business deal in his mind... According to internet registry records he is somehow related to rareseeds.com

I don't know who knows him personally. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (AKA rareseeds.com) used to own a forum called idigmygarden.com. Mischka bought idigmygarden.com from Baker Creek in the not-so-distant past. It closed down within a couple years or so after that, I think.