Eleven years of garden blogging!
Eleven years ago today I wrote my first blog post. Eleven years in web time is a looong time. A lot of things have changed. When I first started writing, digital cameras and scanners were relatively rare and photos were not expected on blog posts. My
first blog post with an image celebrated my first blooming flower of 2003 on March 19th. I started including images on a regular basis
sometime after August 2005.
But the reason for starting this blog hasn’t changed. I still want to share what I’ve learned about gardening in a short season, cold climate. I want to help you learn how to garden smarter and avoid the mistakes I’ve made. So, what would you like to learn more about? I’ve created a very brief survey (three questions) to help me learn what kind of blog posts you like best. In the coming year, I hope to give you more of what helps you garden successfully in a cold climate. We hardy souls have to stick together.
Click here to take the survey.
The survey is limited to the first 99 respondents and will close in two weeks. I really appreciate you helping me out.
Past Blogiversary Posts
4th Year: Garden Blog Pioneers Look Back–And Forward Part one of a nine-part series interviewing the earliest garden bloggers.
5th Year: My Readers Interview Me They asked some good questions.
8th Year: Cold Climate Gardening Turns Eight A brief post
9th Year: Nine Years of Blogging Another brief post
10th Year: Cold Climate Gardening Is Ten Years Old Today A longer post including a representative post from each year and CCG’s technological milestones.
P.S. If you’re on Facebook, please become a fan of Cold Climate Gardening’s Facebook page. I often publish photos and other comments that aren’t enough for a blog post. I’m on Pinterest, too!
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About the Author
Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.
Now, the digging and dividing of perennials, the general autumn cleanup and the planting of spring bulbs are all an act of faith. One carries on before the altar of delayed gratification, until the ground freezes and you can’t do any more other than refill the bird feeder and gaze through the window, waiting for the snow. . . . Meanwhile, it helps to think of yourself as a pear tree or a tulip. You will blossom spectacularly in the spring, but only after the required period of chilling.
~Adrian Higgins
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The Washington Post, November 6, 2013
11 years in blog time, that’s like a century, but I am sure you don’t look a day over 30. I appreciate your efforts. When I began blogging you were a great resource for me. Thank you and congratulations!
Wow Kathy, 11 years. I can’t even think I will be doing this so many years…quite the milestone and your blog is still going strong. I enjoyed taking the survey. Happy Birthday to your blog!!
Wow, 11 years!! Congratulations!
Kathy, a big CONGRATULATIONS on so many years of blogging. Congratulations as well on your survey. You inspired me to do the same, so watch for it!
Kathy, that is FOREVER in blog years. You are truly a trailblazer. And I love that you haven’t burned out yet. Keep on blogging!
Happy blogiversary!
Happy blogiversary, Kathy. 11 is a nice number, full of parallel lines. Wishing you many more!
Thanks for blazing the trail for so many of us!
Congrats on your blog anniversary, Kathy!
Happy Blogiversary Kathy.
Congratulations on an ‘eternity’ (in website terms) of blogging. Always something interesting to read on your blog. Hope you keep it up for another 11 years – at least!
Happy Cold Climate Birthday Kathy!