this is it, I just did it to show you how the 'new topic' button works, it just creates a new 'thread' or 'topic' in the 'board'.
the heirachy organization is laid out like this:
Forum
Category
Board
Topic
in out case here:
North Texas Vegetable Gardeners Forum
Community
Allen Garden Club
new topic <=== this is the 'subject' of the new thread I created, which we are now replying to 'adding more to the thread'