Why don’t more older gardeners blog?
I was one of several garden bloggers inteviewed by Doug Green for an article on garden blogging for The American Gardener, which is published by the American Horticultural Society. I thought the...
View ArticleThe Garden Blog Presentation at the GWA Symposium
For those of you just joining us, this past fall I spent a week traveling to visit friends in Austin and to attend the Garden Writers Association symposium in Oklahoma City, where I agreed to be part...
View ArticlePromote your blog with Moo mini cards
I just wrote a post for the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling suggesting that all attendees have some kind of card to trade at the meet-up. Moo mini cards are my hands-down favorite, but the price is kind...
View ArticleCold Climate Gardening garners a Mouse and Trowel nomination
Thank you for nominating this blog for Best Garden Blog Design. I’ve put a lot of thought and hours into the design, and I’m pleased that you appreciate my efforts. According to the Mouse & Trowel...
View ArticleTop Garden Twitterers
On his TwitTip blog Darren Rowse challenged people to come up with ten must-follow tweeters for their own particular niche. Naturally, I immediately thought of the garden tweeters. I found it pretty...
View ArticleStill More Garden Tweeters
Even as I was writing my first post about garden twitterers (aka tweeters), I was discovering new ones and agonizing about the ones I didn’t include. So here are some more. Plus, at the end, more hints...
View ArticleMy blogging code of ethics
I’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...
View ArticleNominations for Mouse & Trowel Awards Now Being Accepted
In case you’ve been living under a rock, or don’t hang out on Twitter or Facebook, nominations are now being accepted for the Mouse & Trowel Awards. These awards honor garden bloggers in various...
View ArticleCold Climate Gardening Nominated for Best Rural/Farming Blog
A while back I mentioned that nominations were being accepted for the Mouse & Trowel awards. Frankly, I didn’t expect to get nominated, as I couldn’t spare the time to “promote” myself and the...
View ArticleMOO Minicards Giveaway
Asheville Fling, the annual garden bloggers meet-up, is coming up in a few weeks, and I’ve been thinking about MOO cards. I discovered MOO’s MiniCards in time to take some to the first garden bloggers’...
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