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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 Resources You May Not Know About
April 13, 2011 – Posted in: About this siteI was just helping out a gardener who moved from California to upstate NY. (I think she's over the shock.) It made me realize that not everyone who stops by thinks to look at the top menu bar to see what else is here. So come along and take a tour with me. And just [...]
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 [...]
Seven Years Blogging
August 27, 2009 – Posted in: About this site, Garden TweetsSeven years ago today, I wrote my first blog post: My Goals for Cold Climate Gardening
My blogging code of ethics
February 10, 2009 – Posted in: About this site, Blogging Art and PracticeI've been following with interest the debate that Pam at Digging started and which Mr. BrownThumb responded to. When I first started blogging back in 2002, you were lucky to find business people who knew what blogging was, and the idea that they would find enough value in your blogging about their product to give [...]
Prizewinners and plant names revealed
September 10, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThe winners of the Plant Identification Contest have been chosen. Two commenters each won a hand tool I know you want to know if you've won, so let's get that out of the way first. I used a random number generator to pick the names for the two hand tools. The comments are numbered, and [...]
Quiz and Prizes! Celebrating six years of garden blogging
September 5, 2008 – Posted in: About this siteYes, I've been blogging here for six years, and this is my 800th post! I thought this year I'd throw you a challenge. I've got four plants that I bet you can't identify. I'm going to let you have fun trying, but I want to keep it interesting. The two prizes below will be awarded [...]
Cold Climate Gardening: Fifth Anniversary Interview
August 27, 2007 – Posted in: About this siteWelcome to the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Cold Climate Gardening. Last week our readers were invited to submit questions, which I have answered here. I hope you are entertained and enlightened. Comments, as always, are encouraged. Stuart: How do you see the next 5 years panning out, after the hiatus that is? What has been [...]
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