I'm finding myself less interested in the social aspect of the website, and more focused on tracking my personal plants. Is there a way I can have the site simply open to "My List"? No offense to anyone intended, I think I'm just becoming more internalized. If not, no big deal, easy enough to just click on My List when I open the site.

You could go to your plant list, then bookmark it. Use the bookmark link to open NGA instead of the Home Page bookmark.

Horntoad, THANKS! Easy fix, I just did it and it worked wonderfully. I can now work with my plants, then click the home button to check on the rest of community if I feel like it, or not.