This is where you'll upload your pictures:

When you hit the 'browse' button, a window like this will open. You will need to navigate through the folders on your computer to find the picture you want to upload. The easiest way to do this is to save your pictures to you "My Documents" folder. You can see there's a shortcut to "My Documents" on the left pane of the "Choose File" window.

Once you find your picture, click on it and hit open

You can name your picture by typing in the box next to "Tag or Title"

It will take a few seconds to a few minutes for your picture to upload, depending on your connection speed and the size of your picture. Once it's done uploading, you will see something like this:

Now you want to open a new window to go to the gardeners forum, and begin posting a new message.

If you don't see the set of buttons next to the instant graemlins, click 'full reply form' which will be next to 'add new topic'

Go back to your photobucket window and click in the box next to 'URL' to highlight it.
Right click and hit 'copy' (or, control + the letter c)

Come back to gardeners forum, and hit the button that says "URL"

Now, delete the http:// that comes up, and replace it with what you copied from photobucket, by
right clicking and hitting 'paste' (or, control + the letter v)
Click "OK"

Here you have the option of naming your link. When people read your post, this is what they will see as the 'title' of the link.

I made my title say 'my peach' since that's the picutre the link will point to when it's clicked.

When I do a 'Preview Post' this shows you what the link will look like in your post.
Notice that 'my peach' is in blue - which lets the reader know it's a hyperlink.
Success!

Here's another option for including pictures in your posts, without using a link.
click inside the 3rd box below your picture in photobucket, and copy it

Since the gardeners forum is set up to translate the same kind of code you just copied, all you have to do is paste it into the message field.
(Note that you DON'T have to hit the IMG button first. Photobucket already included the tags needed.)

This is a preview of what it will look like when I post my message.
Notice how big my picture is. I might think twice before posting such a large picture in the forum,
for the sake of folks who are using dial up, and large pictures tend to make their computers upset ;)
At this point I'd probably go back and change over to use the "URL" method of posting my picture.

I hope that's helped. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a PM by clicking this button next to my name in this post