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Garden Blog Pioneers, Part 7

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This is the seventh part in a series about the early days of garden blogging, written to commemorate my four years as a garden blogger. For those just joining us, the the names of the respondents to my email questions, and links to their respective blogs, can be found at the end of this entry. [...]

Garden Blog Pioneers, Part 2

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This is the second part in a series about the early days of garden blogging, written to commemorate my four years as a garden blogger. For those just joining us, the respondents to my email questions are: Tamara Galbraith [TG], formerly of Talking Dirty, now publishing Can You Dig It? M. Sinclair Stevens [MSS], longtime [...]

Garden Blog Pioneers Look Back–and Forward

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Dogs have dog-years, and the internet has internet-years. Four years on the internet is a long time, and as of today, that's how long I've been blogging. I thought I would ask those gardeners who've been blogging longer than I have how they got started, and where they think this whole garden blogging business is [...]

Four Yahoo Groups

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The previous post about registration not being necessary was prompted by an email I got: Hi! I registered to be a part of your Zone 1-3 group and I haven't heard yet whether or not I was accepted. Last I checked my membership was still pending. Wondering what is up and what I should do [...]

What to put in your Homemade EarthBox(TM)

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Shirley Glaudo writes: I am working on building a homemade earth box. I would appreciate the "recipe"to fill the box.. what kind of soil, how do you determine how many plants and I hear you put fertilizer on top of the soil but what kind - 8-32-16? When and how do you water. I will [...]