On 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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GardenStalking: A New Way to Browse Blogs
March 16, 2012 – Posted in: Interviews, Recommended LinksVeteran garden bloggers probably remember Garden Voices. "Back in the day"--before Twitter, before Facebook, even before Blotanical--it was the best way to find new garden blogs. Garden Voices is a blog aggregator, a website that collects--or aggregates--posts about a certain topic, so you can get an idea of what the blogosphere is saying about that [...]
Nine Years of Blogging
August 27, 2011 – Posted in: About this siteToday, Cold Climate Gardening turned nine years old. My very first blog post was a list of goals for this blog. After that, I didn't mention my blogiversary until 2006, when I wrote a six part series on Garden Blog Pioneers in honor of my fourth blogiversary. The following year I invited my readers to [...]
Cold Climate Gardening Turns Eight
August 27, 2010 – Posted in: About this siteYes, I started blogging on this date eight years ago. So much has changed. I've been through three different publishing platforms, adopting WordPress in 2005. Felt so alone when I started, so began a blog directory to keep track of other garden blogs. Now my directory is only the tip of the iceberg! Zanthan Gardens [...]
Oklahoma, here I come!
July 4, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousAs many of you know, I am a member of the Garden Writers Association. A while back, I was asked to be a member of a panel discussion on garden blogs at the annual symposium, which is being held this year on September 28th through October 1st in Oklahoma City. This explains the message on [...]
Garden Blog Awards
March 23, 2007 – Posted in: Blogging Art and PracticeColleen of In the Garden Online is starting the Mouse and Trowel Awards, a program "to give recognition to those bloggers, website owners, and retail outlets that add vibrancy, convenience, or pure eye candy to our world." Nominations are currently being accepted. Finalists will be announced on April 13th, and winners announced on May 13th.
Notes From Zone 4: Garden Blog Pioneer Found
February 11, 2007 – Posted in: Recommended LinksIn my series on Garden Blog Pioneers, I reported in the final part that Notes From Zone 4 was MIA. Well, they're back. If you ever had doubts that a cold climate garden could look good, take one look at their banner image and doubt no more. Then, appetite whetted, browse through their gallery. A [...]
Horticulture Magazine jumps on the blogging bandwagon
February 1, 2007 – Posted in: Blogging Art and Practice, Recommended LinksHorticulture Magazine has jumped on the blogging bandwagon. Managing Editor Meghan Lynch and Executive Editor Sara Begg are both giving it a whirl. At the moment, though, you can't get to them from the website's main page. How dumb is that? The only reason I even found them is because I subscribe to the email [...]
New Garden Blog Directories: Meet My Competition
January 30, 2007 – Posted in: Blogging Art and Practice, Recommended LinksMany of you know I keep a listing of garden blogs on this site. For some of you, it was how you found me. It's an indication of how our little corner of the blogging world has grown that two more blog directories specifically devoted to gardening blogs have shown up. I found Dig in [...]
Cold Climate Gardening hiatus coincides with garden blog explosion
July 24, 2006 – Posted in: About this site, Blogging Art and PracticeExcuses, excuses. Here they all are: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a short growing season makes for a very hectic spring. I am a victim of this no more and no less than any other short season gardener. The birthday season. Others drop out during the holiday season, but here in Purdyville we [...]
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