Thank you to everyone who wrote in and told me they were still getting blog notifications. Yes, thankfully the notifications sent via WordPress.com are still working. The issue is with MailChimp, affecting over 200 people who signed up to be notified via the form in the sidebar. MailChimp is working on the problem and they [...]
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Why Can’t It Just Work?
August 20, 2017 – Posted in: About this siteThis is a test to see if MailChimp is sending out an email notification after I publish a new post. It didn't send out one after I published New Plants Blooming in August, or Rescuing the Madonna Lily, or What's Blooming in My Damp Meadow. If you signed up for email notifications, I hope you [...]
Rundy Needs Your Help
March 12, 2015 – Posted in: About this siteWe interrupt our usual garden blogging to bring your attention to a worthy cause. Several years ago, Rundy wrote some posts for this blog. His garden writing dropped off when he left home to care for his grandfather who had Alzheimers. Yes, this young man cooked, bought groceries, spoonfed when necessary, changed diapers, cleaned up [...]
Hear me on Heritage Network Radio
March 1, 2015 – Posted in: About this site, EventsThis Monday, March 2, 2015, at 3pm, I'll be speaking with Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg on the latest segment of their We Dig Plants! podcast. It will stream live at 3 pm or you can listen to it later at your convenience. Hope you'll lend me your ear and tell your friends, too! [...]
Two Announcements: Vote and Listen!
January 23, 2015 – Posted in: About this siteHello, dear readers, I have two brief announcements to share with you. This Monday, January 26, 2015, at 3pm, I'll be speaking with Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg on the latest segment of their We Dig Plants! podcast. Update: The podcast has been rescheduled for March 2nd. It will stream live at 3 pm [...]
Nine Reasons Why I Changed My Blog Design Plus a Duluth Trading Giveaway
May 5, 2014 – Posted in: About this siteCold Climate Gardening has gotten a makeover! I've changed the wallpaper and rearranged the furniture again. Why can't I leave well enough alone? Well, why does anyone redecorate a room? To address problems and to make it look better--and because it's fun! And I figured out some ways to make it more enjoyable for you, [...]
Cold Climate Gardening: Looking Ahead to a New Year
January 2, 2014 – Posted in: About this siteLast August, to mark eleven years of blogging, I asked you to take a survey indicating what you liked to read on this website. Forty-six of you took the time to respond, and for that I thank you. You are a small fraction of those who subscribe by email or feed reader so although I [...]
Cold Climate Gardening 11 Years Later–What’s Next?
August 27, 2013 – Posted in: About this siteEleven 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 [...]
Cold Climate Gardening on the Radio
October 5, 2012 – Posted in: About this siteThanks to Mary Ann Newcomer, the Dirt Diva of Boise, ID, for mentioning our post about the difference between a frost and a freeze on her radio spot.
Cold Climate Gardening is ten years old today
August 27, 2012 – Posted in: About this siteOn this day in 2002, I wrote my first blog post. I had a half-baked idea that I wanted to share what I had learned about gardening in a cold climate online, and my original plan was to create a website. I realized that a blog was far easier to set up, thanks to help [...]
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