A blog (short for web log) is a kind of online journal. There are lots of different kinds of blogs on the internet, and garden blogs are just a small fraction of the blogs out there. To me, they are the equivalent of a virtual garden club, only instead of members from your local area, you get to compare notes with gardeners from all over the United States, and, if you know the language, even other parts of the world.
These are some of the gardening blogs I know about that are being regularly updated, though the frequency of updates varies greatly from blog to blog, and even from month to month in the same blog. Furthermore, many of the authors write about other topics as well as gardening, though gardening is a prominent theme.
Why you need a feed reader
I am happy to report that there are now so many gardening blogs that it is impossible to check each one individually every day to see if new content has been published. That’s why smart garden blog addicts use a feed reader to check for updates.
Simply put, a feed is a special file that encapsulizes the content on the page, making it easily portable to other locations. RSS and Atom are the two most common feed types. A feed reader processes the feeds so that they are readable by humans. There are a lot of feed readers out there. If you don’t already have a favorite, try Google Reader.
Eventually, you will want to know how to read feeds without driving yourself mad, including the secret to lightning-fast feed reading.
The “Random Reads” section in the sidebar of the home page displays ten feeds chosen at random from this directory. In addition, each blog listed here has a link to its syndication (RSS) feed provided, so if you just want to subscribe to one particular blog, you can. And let me emphasize that these are only the gardening blogs that I know about that I’ve had time to enter into the directory. Sheila Lennon maintains a list called More garden blogs than you have time to read, and her title says it all. And then there’s Moosey’s. Moosey’s Gardening News Desk is the biggest collection of garden-related syndication feeds anywhere on the web, encompassing far more than just weblogs. If you are looking to find more garden blogs or get more exposure for your own garden blog, you’ve got to see both these two places. But save Moosey’s for when you’ve got a chunk of time. Gardening news desk aside, it’s one of the biggest and best gardening websites on the Internet.
More recently, Stuart Robinson has created a map-based garden blog directory, and Susan Harris has started a list, as well.
If you have a garden blog, please let me know. But I have to say this: I only list personal gardening blogs. No canned content reprinted from somewhere else, and no blog that’s nothing more than a compendium of auto-collected links. However, a blog written in a personal style by a gardening business will be considered, and more likely than not, added.
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Alabama
Dirt Therapy
• • Gardening in northwest Alabama • •
Author: Phillip Oliver • Location: Florence, Alabama • "I have lived in Alabama my entire life and I have been gardening for the past twenty years on 3/4 acres."Rurality
• Tell me I haven't been walking around like that all day •
Author: Karen Location: Alabama, USA"Living in rural north central Alabama. Currently overstocked with pets and poultry. Having lived in several small towns and larger cities, country life is taking some getting used to."The ToadShed
• Just another Blog, with some gardening and birdwatching to go. •
Author: Machelle • Location: Athens, AL • "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran Welcome to my garden, I have lived in Limestone county for most of my life. I come from a long line of Gardeners and in the last ten years it has become my passion. It calms me, and delights my soul with each seedling I see springing forth from the earth. I have learned a lot and have a lot to learn."
Alaska
Anchorage Garden
• growing vegetables, fruit and flowers in Zone 3 •
Author: Gail Heineman Location: Anchorage, Alaska "Besides a new blog, I have a longstanding web site with years of observations from my Anchorage, Alaska garden (http://gail_heineman.tripod.com/garden_1998.html) I don't post every day, but rather wait until I have something useful to report - I anticipate once every week or two."Dirt Divas Gardening
• Gardening in the far north can be fun and funky •
Author: Sally Koppenberg, Dirt Diva one - Brooke Heppinstall, Dirt Diva two Location: Palmer, Alaska "Sally and Brooke currently write the Dirt Diva garden column for the Frontiersman, a local newspaper. Their zone 2-3 nurseries are located on a sunny mountainside outside Palmer, Alaska. Sally's nursery, Stonehill Gardens, specializes in native plants and hardy trees, shrubs, and perennials. Brooke's nursery and art studio, WoolWood Studio & Gardens, specializes in hardy herbaceous perennials, garden art, and birdhouses."Gardening at the edge of the treeline
• Exploring the frontier of subarctic gardening •
My goal is to record and share information about what works and what doesn't in western Alaska.Hunt's Alaska Homestead-Garden
• An Alaskan Garden Journal •
Author: Tamara Hunt Location: Anchorage, Alaska (Zone 2-3)A homeschooling, homesteading motherLast Frontier Garden
• An Alaska gardener's perspective •
Author: Christine B. • Location: Anchorage, AK • "I'm on a cold climate gardening adventure. Sense of humor required."Last Frontier Garden
• an Alaskan gardener's perspective •
Author: Christine B. • Location: Anchorage, AK • "I garden in a zone 3/4 area of Anchorage, Alaska. My yard is small, only 1/7 of an acre, so every inch counts. A few summers during college, I worked in the horticulture industry and had the pleasure of being in some of the most beautiful gardens in town (and picked up a botany minor on the way). Lately I have been drawn to lower maintenance plants like ornamental grasses and shrubs. Current collections include: rusty garden art, Viburnums, garden books on many topics, grasses, cheap gloves, Bergenias, and rocks of all sizes. The Master Gardener class opened my eyes to the importance of sharing gardening with others. Enjoy!"solstice light
• Alaska : forest, mountains, gardens and eating •
Author: Katie Eberhart Location: Palmer, AlaskaStonehill Gardens
• Nursery & Nature Conservatory in Palmer, Alaska •
Author: Sally Koppeneberg Location: Palmer, Alaska "I would like this site to be educational, fun and interesting. If it isn't, please let me know. Stick around and you'll get to see lots of gardening photos, design ideas, pictures of dogs, rock work, stones, plants and food. These are all my favorite things and we are involved in all of them here at Stonehill. I am a garden designer, nurserywomen, grower, chef and writer. My name is Sally Koppenebrg. I work with my husband, Jay Erickson, son, Richard Mueller, niece, Nadia Koppenberg, various dogs and many other family members."Talk Dirt To Me
• • You know, as I finally learned, it's all about the dirt. • •
Author: Fran Durner • Location: Alaska • "Do you love to make mud pies, grow a houseplant, eat veggies, or stop to smell the bouquet on your co-workers desk? Everyone enjoys a bit of green growing around him or her and then there are those that are passionate and needy when it comes to dabbling in the dirt. With this blog, we'll try to satisfy those needs and tell you about what's going on with the Anchorage gardening scene. You know, as I finally learned, it's all about the dirt."The Alaska Novice Garden
• Gardening in Alaska by a Newbie •
Author: Faith • Location: Willow, AK • "A garden blog for new gardeners in AK"TundraGarden
• This is about the ongoing saga of the Tundra Garden, which is the northernmost garden on the North American continent. •
Author: Anne Brygger Location: Barrow, AKWoolWood Studio & Gardens
• WoolWood Studio & Gardens is located on Lazy Mountain in the heart of the Chugach Mountains just outside Palmer,Alaska. •
Author: Brooke Heppinstall Location: Palmer, Alaska"The nursery specializes in Alaska Grown hardy zones 2-4 unusual perennials. Twig trellises, fine hand-crafted birdhouses, and sculpture tumble out of the art studio and into the landscape."
Alberta
Alberta Home Gardening
• The Documented Experiments of an Alberta Gardener •
Author: Dave Trenholm • Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada • "I wanted to make this blog a site full of great hints, tips, and how-tos that will help you in your own quest for a beautiful space. I’ve experimented with greenhouses, mulching, square-foot gardening, landscaping, unique and exotic vegetables, all varieties of fruit, raised beds, hydroponics, and a whole lot of other stuff. This blog will be my journal of my experiments and hopefully there will be some useful information that you can use in your own garden."Balcony Gardener
• A view from above •
Author: Kim Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada "Eleven floors up, the wrap around balcony (south and east side of the building) gets lots of sun and is protected from gusty winds and hail storms. Views from the balcony as the garden grows. The garden journal is pictorial and includes alpines, perennials and annuals. I am using my garden as the foundation for planting recommendations and gardening resources for apartment and condo dwellers. Am an experienced gardener who tended a large perennial garden and award winning rose garden pror to moving into a condo." A very classy web design, I might add.Calgary Gardening Adventures
• A beginner gardener shares via blog his trials and triumphs, and hopes to learn something about life along the way. •
Author: Middle Earth Gardener • Location: Calgary, Alberta • "A beginner gardener shares via blog his trials and triumphs, and hopes to learn something about life along the way. And maybe find something edible in his own backyard. Focus of garden (most to least) is vegetables, fruit and native plants. The garden is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at an elevation of about 1080m above sea level. It is on the slope between the Nose Creek valley and Nose Hill, within the Nose Creek watershed. It is just east of the ecosystem/climate transition from prairie to foothills (plant hardiness Zones 3a & 2b respectively), on the prairie side (Zone 3a). Hence the name "Middle Earth Garden". Gardening climates can vary significantly in different areas of Calgary, the west end is 200m+ higher elevation than here! We tend to get less frost and precipitation than the west end. To make up for the latter we have two 200L rain barrels plus two ~100L plastic bins to store water for the dryer summer months.Flowery Prose
• Growing words.... •
I am a gardening enthusiast and writer living in challenging zone 3a Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. My fascination and curiosity about plants and their culture inspire my writing and my life.Gardening in Canada
• Making the most of Alberta's growing season! •
As I study botany and horticulture working toward a few credentials in plant sciences, I’m using this blog to write about interesting stuff I’m learning along the way. I’ll also address problems we face in the cool Alberta climate (specifically zones 3 – 5) with our short growing season and will cover lots of other garden related topics as well!Green Thumbs and Greenhouses
• Gardening escapades in Alberta •
Author: Green Thumbs & Greenhouses • Location: Alberta Beach, Alberta • "I blog about what I am doing in my garden, as well as include a directory for nearby Greenhouses, and offer whatever tips and helpful hints that have been passed onto me."Life in Cowtown
• Because SOMEBODY has to live here. •
Author: Coldprairie • Location: Calgary, AB • "Having spent most of my life with zero interest in gardening, I got bit by the bug last winter while flipping through a gardening book. The photos were so great that I was seduced into a serious attempt at growing food (and taking care of the yard). Having no mentor, I relied on the magic of google, blogs and two stellar books to show me the way. Check out my great adventure!"Northern Shade Gardening
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My garden is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, which is in gardening zone 3, where winter temperatures can drop to -40°C (-40°F). It is usually covered in snow for about 5 months of the year, so the growing season is short. Northern Shade Gardening contains information about the types of hardy perennials, shrubs, bulbs and trees that perform well in these cold climate conditions.Seed and Bean
• urban kitchen garden design and guidance •
Author: Kirsten Bartel • Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • A detailed accounting of growing food in urban small spaces as efficiently, frugally, and stylishly as possible.Sherwood's Forests
• • The almanac (that is, blog) of Sherwood's Forests company • •
Author: Sherwood Botsford • Location: Central Alberta • "My Almanac is a place where I irregularly put notes and pictures of my life as a tree farmer in Central Alberta. It's not all trees. This month it's full of taxes, and winter storms, and inch tall dahlias growing from seed, and outside, the occasional hint of winter's passing."The Far North Garden
• Gardening and edible landscaping in cold climates. •
Author: Cassandra • Location: Edmonton, Alberta • "My garden is in Edmonton, Alberta. This blog provides information about gardening, especially food growing, in cold climates and short seasons."
Arizona
Garden Djinn
• Hogglebog is a zone 5 garden located in southeast Michigan •
Author: Jenn Location: southeast MIThis blog has been around longer than mine, which is saying something. Jenn doesn't post entries as frequently as she once did, but I often learn something when she writes about her garden.Plant Tips and Guidelines for the Desert Garden
• Adventures in Gardening in the Desert •
Author: Noelle Johnson • Location: Phoenix, AZ • "I absolutely love plants! I work as a plant & landscape consultant (garden coach), and I am passionate about educating people about the beautiful plants that can be grown in the Desert Southwest. There are so many beautiful plants that thrive in the desert climate. Many of typical gardening rules are different, but it is not difficult to grow a beautiful garden. I have learned a lot from my successes and failures in the garden. I enjoy sharing my knowledge & experience. I have a B.S. in Plant Biology with a concentration in Urban Horticulture and I am a ISA Certified Arborist. I have consulted, managed and designed landscapes in the Desert Southwest for over 14 years."Remote Gardener
• Growing food to save the future •
Author: Remote Gardener Greg Hancock • Location: Show Low, AZ • "Our goal is to bring you and ourselves the finest fruits and vegetables available. We also want to show you how it is all done. We believe in healthy, tasty, fresh, and organic fruits and vegetables that are free of insecticides, are non-GMO etc. Our greenhouse team is on a mission to produce only the best produce. Most of our produce is hydroponically grown, making them healthier, making the growing process safer, and making the the produce safe for the consumer. We grow our plants from seedlings so that we know what goes into our produce and we keep on top of what our plants need, and make sure only the best goes into our produce."
Arkansas
Garden for Life
• Because life is better in the garden. •
Author: Laney • Location: Fayetteville, AR • "A forty-something wife, mother, and librarian reflects on gardening as a way of life."RebekahsGarden
• •The Well-Read Gardener
• • Gardening and such • •
Author: Johnice • Location: Berryville, AR • "I've discovered that I have plenty to write about, but my interest in garden blogging is limited by the seasons. It doesn't have to be, but I really find the period of time between pick out out what seeds you want to buy and end of harvest to be the most interesting time in the garden. I decided that I love this blog too much to make it second fiddle for part of the year. So the plan is now to keep this as The Well-Read Gardener, but change the tag line to 'Gardening and such.' "
Australia
A Growing Delight
• The idle comments of a passionate Australian gardener, whose 'Growing Delight' is sharing the everyday bits'n'pieces with other lovers of gardening. •
Author: Alice • Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia • "I am 62 years of age and have been gardening since I was 7 years old. My husband and I are both retired and passionately keen on gardening, particularly propagating plants. Richard likes to grow them from seed - trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables; and I like to propagate by cutting and division. So, between us I think we've got the spectrum pretty well covered. Only problem is that whilst we love growing all this stuff, we never know what to do with it apart from give it away to relatives and friends. But even that can be hard at times - it's a bit like parting with a member of the family!"Balcony Flowers
• Sit back, relax, have a laugh at my silly gardening boo-boos •
Author: Sue Zann Toh • Location: Australia • "Although I don't have a 'garden' in the traditional sense, I have a balcony where I lovingly grow flowers in containers and pots."Burnbrae Journal
• Digging and delving in the garden •
Author: Joan Elizabeth • Location: Lawson, New South Wales, Australia • "Photographs and reflections of a novice gardener in a beautiful old garden."Foddersmith
• a guide to gardening failure •
Author: foddersmith • Location: Melbourne, Australia • "A blog about amateur gardening, attempted permaculture and environmental exploits."Frog Garden
• Retired and taking time to smell the roses (and Hoyas) •
Author: Roy • Location: Brisbane, Queensland, AU • "I'm married with two children, arrived in melbourne in 1966, lived in brisbane since 1979, now retired and taking time to smell the roses (and Hoyas)"Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas
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Author: Stuart and Debbie Robinson • Location: Busselton, WA, Australia • "My wife Debbie and I have been landscaping and gardening our small suburban block in Western Australia for about 2 1/2 years now and our blog is about this and what we have learnt over time. Cheers."GardenMessenger
• This blog reviews the latest products, plants and innovations in gardening. It also provides a link for my many gardening friends who are members of the GardenMessenger and Seedmessenger Yahoo groups and their sub-groups that I moderate. •
Author: Phillip Swindells • Location: Australia • "After some forty years working in horticulture all over the world I believe that I have a lot of useful information to pass on to fellow gardeners. . . . The main function of the blog will be to reflect and inform about what is going on in the horticultural world. I am in a great position to keep an eye on what is happening as I spend part of my life each year in Europe and part in Australia, so I see things from both the right way up and upside down."Happenings in the Garden
• Chatty and Informative •
The trials and tribulations of what happens in my garden and neighbourhood. Also talk about my volunteer gardening work at the heritage property La Trobe's CottageJess's Garden
• This blog is about me trying to create a home and family. •
Author: Sally • Location: Canberra, ACT, Australia • "Well the question is why have I given in and started a Blog. I am learning to garden and I've tried keep a journal, I've tried a photo journal. These worked well, but now I'm trying this. 18 months ago DH, myself and my mother brought a 4 bedroom house with a granny flat (better known as the Dawdy house). My mum is a keen gardener and has slowly been trying to convert me, though I had begun before she started. The last few years in our old house I was going tomatoes in pots. After 12 months of gardening I'm now fully engaged and beginning to plan a whole house/garden outline. Over the next few posts I'll show and explain what I have done in the last few months and then I'll beginning showing where to now. "My Growing Passion
• Devoted to my delight in horticulture, indigenous plants of Australia, botany, native animals, ecology and conservation •
Author: Margaret Morgan • Location: Sydney, Australia • "My blog is quite personal, and mainly focuses on what I'm doing in the garden of a house we've recently bought. It adjoins a national park, which is one of the main reasons we bought it. Wallabies and lizards and frogs and an array of birds that would just gobsmack you. So fecund! I am besotted by Australian plants, fauna and ecosystems. I am a qualified horticulturist and am currently studying for a BSc in Biodiversity and Conservation."National Tropical Plants
• Tropical Plants for Australian Gardens •
Author: Australia's Online Nursery • Location: Queensland, Australia • "Have you ever thought about owning your own online mail order nursery? Funny really, I never did, until I was already up to my neck into it.... Like many other plant people out there, I started out on eBay, selling some left over plants from my cacti & succulent collection. As I sold more and more, I started to: 1. wear myself out due to the fact that I was trying to work both a full time job, and a full time nursery, and 2. run out of cacti & succulents! My name is El, I'm the owner of Cactus Island Nursery, together with my husband Dan. Our nursery is fairly small (a two-person operation), and we focus on growing plants that no one else grows. (here's where the problem starts!) People ask me what it's like to run an online nursery, and well, I would describe it as a 'juggle'.... Juggling time around computers, plants, family, admin.... It's a juggle in the best form of juggle though, I absolutely love what I do. Hopefully this will give you some insight into my world, the world of running an online and mail order nursery."Sub Rosa Gardens
• Secret Gardens in Australia and around the world •
Author: Karly Winkler • Location: Canberra, Australia • " Sub Rosa Gardens gardening blog is all about looking inside our secret gardens - how to create one, what you need and secrets to make it easier! Follow one young gardener's journey to create her own private oasis, grow her own food and live in harmony with the environment."The Distracted Gardener
• The ramblings of a young father who enjoys gardening, but doesnt really know what he is doing. In short, the Maxwell Smart of the gardening world. •
Author: Simon • Location: Perth, Australia • "My experiences starting a garden, in pots, from scratch, with very little experience. You get to find out what happens to my plants, what works for me, what doesn't, and hopefully, why."The Rebel Gardener
• Gardening Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants •
Author: Michael Bowater • Location: Melbourne, Australia • "The Rebel Gardener is a gardening blog that features drought tolerant plants for the home garden and public landscaping. It is designed to provide information for gardeners and introduce to gardeners many garden worthy plants that under used in gardens."
Barbados
My Rustic Bajan Garden
• tropical plants in the Caribbean •
Author: Helen • Location: St. Lucy Barbados • "A rustic garden located in the north of Barbados growing water lilies, tropical fruit, flowering trees and shrubs. I have been gardening frantically for the past 13 years on just over 2 acres. I live in an old stone house that dates back to the 1800's or more with my hubby, daughter, 5 dogs and a cat. I love to cook for company and try out new recipes on my guests. This is tropical living at its best."
British Columbia
Deer Proof Gardens
• You've got deer, we've got solutions •
Practical advice about how to deal with deer in your landscape, by a gardener who has tried everything over the past 25 years!Dusty Bay
• Gardening on the Saanich Peninsula •
Author: Heather • Location: North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada • "My name is Heather and I write and photograph plant profiles as a hobby. My blog is a Vancouver Island guide to what's in bloom and what's growing around the garden and in our parks."Flowers and Weeds
• Of interest to gardeners in the Pacific Northwest, including gardening tips and advice, garden recipes, and garden-inspired art. •
Author: Garden Lily Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, CA"Please visit me in my garden, among the flowers and weeds, as I carve out a little patch of heaven in this rainy Pacific Northwest. I hope to share with you some of the joys, the triumphs, the techniques I learn along the way, and maybe some favourite garden recipes and art projects, too."Garden Freak
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Author: crazygramma Location: British Columbia, CanadaGarden Therapy
• Healing through gardens, food and art •
Author: Stevie • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia • "The adventures of an artistic gardener aiming to feed the body & soul through an urban potager garden & a community veggie plot in Vancouver."Gardening Adventures from the North...
• A very northern gardener •
Author: Breanne • Location: Northern British Columbia • "My blog attempts to keep track of my successes and failures at cultivating a garden in Northern Canada (zone 3ish). We recently bought our first house and are beginning to transform our yard into our personal paradise."Gardening Tips
• Musings from a Passionate Gardener •
Author: Miss Canthus Location: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada Another cold climate gardenerGardening Views
• Musings from a passionate gardener •
Author: Muriel • Location: Grand Forks, BC •Green Gardening Tips
• Colour and Design in the Garden. •
I love to share what is happening in my own gardens, throughout the year. There are so many beautiful things bursting out all the time and I love to have others see what I am seeing, here on the West Coast of Canada.gumboots in the kitchen
• Garden plot to soup pot. •
a place for information, book reviews, projects, events, recipes, ideas, and photos about real dirt, real food, real nutrition, and stewardship of the planet in a small, but direct way.Heavy Petal
• Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective •
Author: Andrea Bellamy Location:Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLots of links to intriguing sites, many of which you wouldn't normally think of as gardening sites.Hortophile - My New Garden
• My New Garden - From Scratch! •
My new garden in the Pacific Northwest, watch it develop over time.Hortophile - My New Garden
• My New Garden - From Scratch! •
I blog about the development of my garden, the ornamentals and edibles that I cultivate on 1/3 of an acre. My backyard chickens and a few recipes (using my home-grown produce) are also featured.In a Garden...
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Mostly pictures but I sometimes write.Miss Eats 🙂
• Chronicles of a novice urban gardener growing food in her own Vancouver back yard. •
Author: Miss Eats • Location: Vancouver, BC • "I'm just a girl with a patch of dirt in my back yard that I decided to throw seeds into. This little blog space is the chronicling of my food gardening adventures. Each week, I'll be updating the progress of my vegetable patch straight from my urban back yard. The trials and tribulations will be many, so if you're like me, a complete novice to growing food for yourself, you'll have a friend here digging dirt, just like you! Unconventional, assuredly comical, stories from a young gardener and her back hoe."Muddy Boot Dreams
• Gardening and photography, with flowers and Bootsie the neighbours cat. A city girl waiting to be transplanted to the country. •
Author: Jen • Location: White Rock, British Columbia • "Gardening and photography, with flowers and Bootsie the neighbour's cat. A city girl waiting to be transplanted to the country."My garden
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Author: Sandy Location:West Coast, Canada Excellent photos, but no longer being updatedNorthern Gardeners Almanac
• What's happening in northern gardens •
Author: Melanie Watts • Location: northern British Columbia • "I'm Melanie Watts. For twenty years I've been practising organic gardening in Northern British Columbia, Canada. As a Master Gardener I decided to start this site, for novice and seasoned gardeners to share advice, increase knowledge and get information about gardening."Sabines Garden
• A light-hearted look at my backyard gardening adventures in Zone 3, British Columbia, Canada •
Author: Sabine Leppanen Location: British Columbia, CanadaStupid Garden Plants
• A Vancouver island garden blog •
Author: Nat • Location: Victoria, British Columbia • "A 26 year old artist turned plant geek. Follow his journey into all things plants, from gardening to greenhouses, tips and tricks, and the strange and unusual. Plant collecting and gardening in Victoria B.C, north western horticulture."UBC Botanical Garden Weblog
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Buffa10
66 Square Feet
• New York: one woman, one terrace, twelve seasons. •
Author: Marie Viljoen • Location: Brooklyn, NY • "New York terrace-gardening blog with forays around the world and into my kitchen..."Art of Gardening
• Garden travel, ideas, inspiration and great Buffalo gardens by the well-traveled president of Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest garden tours in the country. •
Author: Jim Charlier • Location: Buffalo, NY • "I'm no great gardener. I'm no great writer either. I'm not even a good photographer. But I like gardens, I like design, I like to travel and like to share. So here's some gardens I've visited, and when I can, I'll show how I've incorporated what I've seen in my garden. A picture is worth a thousand words, so, if you don't mind, I'll have more photos and fewer words. If you're looking for Latin names, plant lists and hardiness zones, this is not the site for you. If you're looking for inspiration, ideas, and to see gardens you may never have seen, or would like to visit, this site is for you. To see what I do when I'm not doing what I do, visit JimCharlier.com."BGgarden Blog
• Thoughts and Ideas of a Midwest Gardener •
Author: Bren • Location: Midwestern US • "With a background in the Fine Arts and a love for gardening, Midwest native Brenda Haas created the BGgarden web site with aspirations of sharing the creative aspects of growing green. Over the past 2 years she has been sharing life in the garden through her photography on the web."Blithewold
• a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife •
Author: Kris Green • Location: Bristol, Rhode Island • "Blithewold is a 33 acre public garden on the Narragansett shore in Bristol, RI, USA. The blog is an editorial straight from the potting shed shouting secrets, telling stories,'fessing up and bringing our love of horticulture to the public."Bumblebee Blog
• Busy living the good life •
Author: Robin • Location: Huntingtown, MD • "I’d like to say that every day is a non-stop thrill here on Bumblebee Blog, with a knee-slapping incident to recount. In fact, it’s curious how my idea of fun has changed over the years. Maybe you’ll agree that some of what I see and observe is at least mildly interesting! And no, my name isn’t really Bumblebee."bwisegardening
• Adventures in Gardenland •
Author: Barbara Wise • Location: Nashville, TN • " Sage advice and garden chronicles for plant addicts or black-thumb diehards, helping you find success in your gardening endeavors."Clay and Limestone
• Gardening in the Central Basin in Middle Tennessee •
Author: Gail • Location: Middle Tennessee • "Welcome to my garden in Middle Tennessee, zone 7ish! I have lived on this property for over 20 years. Recently the yard and I negotiated a truce. I added some much needed hardscape and reworked some borders, adding more natives and native friendly exotics that will grow and thrive in clay and limestone."Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Commonweeder
• Welcome to my country garden •
Author: Pat Leuchtman • Location: Heath, Massachusetts • "We moved to our windy hill in Heath, Massachusetts 29 years ago. We considered our climate to be Zone 4, but now I think Zone 5 might be more accurate although the Montreal Express does come roaring across our fields during the long winter. We have lawns, we have flowers. We have berries, veggies and herbs. And chickens. And grandchildren. In June we celebrate with our Annual Rose Viewing and invite everyone to stop and smell our 70+ hardy roses. When not gardening I'm visiting with gardeners, writing about gardening, gardeners, the environment, and books — or reading."
California
A Garden In The City
• Urban Gardening •
A blog for the urban gardener that talks about plant cultivation and landscaping techniques.A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch
• Join me in my garden! •
Author: Doug Welch • Location: Los Angeles, CA • California living and gardening.A Tramp in the (Organic) Garden
• Seeds, Smack Talk and Assorted Gardening Madness in Highland Park, Los Angeles •
Author: Loretta Allison-Wieland • Location: Los Angeles, CA • "We rent a space in Highland Park- we don't own, which makes gardening a little more of a challenge. When we started- the entire backyard, a space of about 25' x 40' was only dirt except for a mulberry tree in the corner and a huge Canary Island pine. I had a million ideas, but didn't like the idea of landscaping the property completely with perennials with out leaving an area to plant vegetables, other edibles and annuals. Eventually we decided to go with the most mundane of layouts- plant a lawn in the middle to accommodate that little badminton habit, create raised beds along the sides for rotating seasonal plantings, and plant other perennials along the other sides. And why should I spent $1000 on plants when I can propagate my own? I opted to rely on cuttings and other propagated plants to fill the garden. So that's been a little bit of the running theme of the garden. Buy only the basics and propagate the rest. Friends are only too willing to give you cuttings, and succulent swiped here or there- well who's to know?"Albert's Greenhouse
• What's Growing in my Greenhouse •
Author: Albert Huntington • Location: Sunnyvale, CA •Alice's Garden Travel Buzz
• Historic Landscapes, Modernist Parks, Vertical Gardens, Green Destinations •
Author: Alice Joyce • Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California • "Gardens that stir the imagination, for a weekend getaway, or armchair travel: A trove of destinations await discovery. Look for public settings and little-known garden sanctuaries, hotels, spas, and foodie havens in North America, Europe, and further afield."Bay Area Tendrils
• Garden Travel •
Author: Alice Joyce • Location: Northern California • "A garden travel blog by INSIDERS' Guide author/photographer, Alice Joyce, 'Bay Area Tendrils' reveals and revels in historical gardens, Modernist landscapes, and hidden sanctuary spaces in the U.S., Canada and Europe. When not cultivating her own little patch in Northern California, this avid gardener is touring or blogging about great garden destinations; with musings on rare plants, the greening of urban settings, and the realm of gardening."Blossom Hideaway
• Idyllwild Gardening and Cooking Delights •
Author: Priscilla Prince • Location: Idyllwild, CA • "I journal about my adventures in my mountain garden! I recently moved to a colder climate at 6,000 feet elevation. I'm growing flowers, veggies, & herbs in a small space. I also give out recipes since I love to cook!"Bootjack Garden
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A small home garden in the Sierra Nevada foothills.Cindy's Blog
• A vegetarian state worker blogs about gardening (Sunset zone 14), knitting, rabbits, cats, whatever •
Author: Cindy • Location: Davis, CA • "I do mention other things, but my blog is mostly about gardening."Daffodil Planter
• Gardening With A Sense Of Humor •
Author: Daffodil Planter • Location: Nevada City, CA • "Two minutes of entertainment for anyone with a garden, served up several times a week. I'll make you laugh about Compulsive Gardeners, garden fads and traumas, the ongoing saga of the White House vegetable garden, and garden critters of all kinds. I live in a Gold Rush town (Zone 7B) in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with winter snows, summer droughts, and mule deer. Special interests in my own garden are daffodils, drought-tolerant perennials, and self-sufficiency. And I'm still trying to get my gardening clothes to look as good as Dianne Benson's. Lean over the back fence and let's talk about it all!"Digging Davis
• Leslie Kuss's Digging Davis, which she writes in Davis Life Magazine •
Author: Leslie Kuss • Location: Davis, CA • "Leslie is a lifelong gardener and writes Digging Davis, a series featuring local gardeners and gardening information."Dirt
• Organic gardening, essays, articles, and rants by writer Amy Stewart •
Author: Amy Stewart • Location: Eureka, CA • Amy Stewart is a garden writer living in northern California. She wrote The Earth Moved and From the Ground Up. Her newest book is the New York Times bestselling Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers.Dirty Girl Gardening
• A Horticulture Collective •
Author: Jenn • Location: Half Moon Bay, CA • "Banter about any thing dirty, green and interesting!" Dirty Girl Gardening is a sister company to Wildflower Farms.DryStoneGarden
• Plants and Stone for Green Gardens •
Author: BuenoLuna Landscape Designs • Location: San Francisco Bay Area • "DryStoneGarden is a blog project of BuenoLuna Landscape Designs, a small landscape design/build located in the San Francisco Bay Area ( USDA Zone 9b and Sunset Zones 14-17 ). We design and install custom gardens combining dry stack stonework and low-water plants. We are interested in plants, stone, home gardening, landscaping, green building, and sustainability. Our aim with this blog is to gather as much useful information as possible about those topics."Far Out Flora's Blog
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Author: Matti and Megan • Location: San Francisco, CA • "We live in San Francisco near Ocean Beach and Golden Gate Park. Plants are awesome. We like to do interesting things with them. Succulents, bromeliads, carnivores and other unusual plants are our favorites. Our dog Max is cute and makes us check out beaches all over the coast."Food. Feed. Fed.
• A city girl tries to grow organic veggies in the Bay area. •
Author: Jess • Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California • "Food. Feed. Fed. recounts the bumbling adventures of a city girl trying to grow an organic vegetable garden in the San Francisco Bay Area."Garden Gluttony
• A Feast For All Senses! •
Author: Garden Gluttony - A Feast For All Senses! • Location: Santa Barbara, CA • "Garden is in the title but it covers a wide array of tasty topics: art, food, drink, plants, eco tidbits, products, peeves, snippets from a cast of characters and guest bloggers, friendly banter and oodles of photos. It swirls around my love of nature and fascination of all things creative. It's sort of a "Seinfeld" of blogs - about nothing too specific or technical but with a lot to say and see."Garden Rant
• Uprooting the gardening world •
Authors: Susan Harris, Michele Owens, Amy Stewart • Locations: (roughly) Washington, D.C., upstate NY, California • "We think that gardeners everywhere deserve better than the drivel they are handed by the mainstream media, and maybe we should stop complaining about those awful gardening magazines and TV shows and offer an alternative. Gardening: a serious subject for serious writers. Also, an amusing subject for amusing writers. Hear that, you bores at Fine Gardening?"GardenGates: Gardening and Landscape Design
• Painting your garden with plants, building materials and decor •
Author: Jane Schwartz Gates • Location: southern CA • "As a horticulturist, designer, contractor and artist, my blog has a half decade of experience in it -- including about 200 articles. It also focuses on the chaparral of Southern CA. -- a biome that is little recognized but covers almost half of Southern California."Gardening Gone Wild
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Authors: Fran Sorin, Nan Ondra, Saxon Holt, Steve Silk • Locations: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut respectively • "Those of us who have chosen to become contributors are individuals who have the desire to express our thoughts, ideas, and philosophies about gardening and the world in which we live."Growing A Garden In Davis
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Author: Leslie aka Fioriecanto • Location: Davis, CA • "Finding a quiet place to live... where I can learn more about myself, the world, and people around me through my passions...gardening, reading, learning and now...grandmothering!"Growing the Garden
• A blog about gardening, focusing on urban gardening •
Author: Sudeep • Location: Redwood City, California • "This is a blog about gardening, with a focus on urban/suburban and community gardening. Have you ever tasted a fresh, ripe tomato that you grew yourself? Fresh vegetables and fruits can fill our bellies, while the beauty of flowers and shrubs can fill the soul. Towns tend to be ugly and unproductive, with grass lawns sucking up valuable water resources giving nothing back but a high utility bill. Imagine a new urban landscape with front yards bursting with succulent tomatoes, and apples falling from the trees. Imagine acres of grass wastelands turned into productive, attractive fruit and vegetable gardens. Imagine little community gardens tucked into nooks and crannies, roofs and backyards. Imagine little walkways constructed over busy roads so that gardeners with wheel barrows have safe access to freeway cloverleaf interiors and road intersection medians. That is the world I want to live in, and this blog is to help get to that goal - one garden at a time."Here we gro!!
• To share, create, communicate and cultivate •
Author: groOrganic • Location: California, Florida and Upstate New York • "Where we explore all that nourishes us. From our daily work and play...the food we grow, prepare, and eat. To art and creativity and music... to what makes us laugh and wonder and say hmmmm...to walking barefoot in cool grass and getting very down to earth."Hippie Mama Urban Gardener
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Author: Amanda McCoy • Location: Santa Monica, CA • "This is a family oriented blog about Featured Santa Monica Community Gardener, Amanda McCoy and her family as they design, build, plant and grow their garden from ground up. It is an adventurous blog that documents seasonal gardening in Southern California, as well as the process from start to finish on creating a garden plot."in a garden
• a gardeners photoblog •
Author: Sandy Saunders • Location: West Coast, CA • "I am a passionate gardener and do photography for a hobby. Most pictures on this site are made either digitally or with old SLR and TLR cameras."Input to the garden
• What it takes to make my garden grow •
Author: Karl Krist • Location: Woodland, California • "I'm tracking how much it costs to keep a garden growing."Johnnye Merle's Gardens
• Johnnye Merle's Gardens: 'cause our grandma is cooler than yours! We're the most unique nursery and garden designers you're going to find in all of Orange County! •
Author: Johnnye Merle Gardens • Location: Orange County, CA • "Johnnye Merle's Gardens: 'cause our grandma is cooler than yours! We're the most unique nursery and garden designers you're going to find in all of Orange County! We're located in the gardens of Country Roads Antiques, in Old Town Orange. This blog features updates about our garden, design ideas, and random tidbits about plants, gardening, family and, well, life..."k2tog
• Country Living •
Author: Culley Harrelson • Location: northern California • "In May 2005 we purchased a house on 5 acres in the foothills of northern California. This blog started out as a gardening record. It has since morphed into a general "country living" blog. In general, I am trying to follow the sustainable, bio-intensive farming methods described in How to Grow More Vegetables. Lots of traditional rototiller type growing is happening for the larger non-vegetable areas. k2tog stands for "knit 2 together" and is a technique for decreasing the number of stitches in a row. As a domain name it is nice and short, and I like the connotations."Lost in the Landscape
• Musings of an artist loosed in a garden •
Author: James Soe Nyun • Location: San Diego, California • "Subtitled, "musings of an artist loosed in a garden," this blog looks at the intersections of gardens, landscape, art, photography, and nature. I live in San Diego, California where gardening is a year-round opportunity. When I'm not playing in the garden or working at the computer or doing the day job thing I try to squeeze in doing art. Most of it's photo-based work or outright photography. In what I do I spend a lot of time looking at and thinking about the landscape and our place in it."MoZone
• Buckle your seat belts. Be prepared to diversify. You're entering the Mo Zone. •
Author: Maureen Gilmer • Location: California • "I will primarily share with you what it's like to literally live the green way, where every day your entire point of view begins with the plant kingdom. You'll learn why I am in love with the barren peaks above the timberline in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with its crystalline lakes and stunted firs. We might even ponder the nature of of our Creator's invisible worlds of life science."My Back 40 (Feet)
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Author: Chuck B • Location: Bernal Heights, CA • His old blog was whoreticolture, but he now writes on this blog.My North Coast Gardening Blog
• Gardening on the north coast in coastal Humboldt county, Eureka, California. Join me as I grow my garden in the beautiful setting of an historic Victorian home. •
Author: North Coast Gardener • Location: Eureka, California • "I moved to the north coast in February 2007, an early retirement sorts, along with continuing to work from home. My Eureka home is an historic Victorian with a beautiful garden. This blog is a diary of my gardening time in my north coast garden. Join me as I grow my garden in the beautiful setting of an historic Victorian home."North Coast Gardening
• Helping you create and maintain the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest. •
Author: Genevieve • Location: Arcata, California • "I'm a professional landscaper and my passion is helping others have fun learning to garden. I'm having a blast sharing photos and video of the seasonal tasks that make up my days doing maintenance, and the plants and gardening books that are inspiring me in design. Stop on by and tell me how your garden's growing!"One Green Generation
• We are preserving our planet with our lifestyles. •
Author: Melinda • Location: Northern Sonoma County, California • "For three years Matt and I lived in a tiny Los Angeles apartment next to the biggest superhighway in the country. Finally the daily grind of freeway construction outside our window, my asthma rapidly getting worse, and a completely unsustainable lifestyle drove us out of town. A twist of events led us to northern Sonoma County, CA, where we rent a house on 1/2 acre, adjacent to a vineyard, outside of a small town of 1,600 people. AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY HAPPY! Here we're embarking on an adventure toward sustainability, starting with growing our own food. It's an endeavor that many will face in the coming years as our climate changes and energy costs rise. So we hope to make it a little easier (and more fun!) by recording our crazy journey now. We welcome your thoughts as we share our mistakes, our hours of empirical and book research, and our few successes...."Overall Gardener
• Worms, chickens., bees, and gardeners in overalls •
We are a couple of beekeeping, chicken rearing, tree pruning, and berry-eating gardeners in the San Francisco Bay Area. We love exploring and learning in the garden, eating meals we grew ourselves, and sharing the lessons we learn along the way.Path to Freedom Journal
• Pioneering a Journey Towards Self-Sufficiency . . . One Step at a Time •
Author: Dervaes family • Location: Pasadena, CA • "Since the mid-80's members of the Dervaes family have steadily worked away at transforming their ordinary city block in Pasadena, California into an integral urban homestead. Their yard has over 350 varieties of edible and useful plants. The homestead's productive 1/10 acre organic garden now grows over 6,000 pounds (3 tons) of organic produce annually, providing fresh vegetables and fruit for the family's vegetarian diet along with a viable income. In addition they have chickens, ducks, brew their own biodiesel (made from vegetable oil) to fuel their car, compost with worms, solar panels provide their electricity needs, a solar oven is used to cook food in, over the summer they built a cob oven."Poppiness
• Making a home for wildlife in the suburbs. •
2,000 square feet of native garden in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Doing my best to transform suburban soil into a habitat for wildlife.Puttering In The Garden
• A Blog About Gardening in a San Francisco Bay Area Yard •
Author: Steve • Location: San Francisco (Bay area), California • "I’m Steve, the author of Puttering in the Garden. When I was about 10 years old, my parents turned an old sandbox in the backyard into a vegetable garden. For years after that, taking care of that garden was my favorite summertime activity. I also looked forward to harvesting apricots, peaches, plums, apples, pears, and cherries from our small backyard fruit orchard every year. Gardening has been my favorite hobby ever since. After years of living in apartments and being limited to growing plants in pots, I moved into my own house in 2002. Ever since, I have been enjoying spending my weekends transforming the yard into my idea of an ideal garden. I’m a lawyer, and I find that gardening is a great way to relax and relieve stress. I consider myself a gardening enthusiast, although I do not have any formal education in horticulture. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in USDA zone 9, Sunset zone 15."Real Food & Scandalous Gardening Secrets
• Here you will find thoughts, tips, book reviews, gossip, and scandalous secrets related to gardening, cooking, health, nutrition, politics and what ever else crosses my mind . . . Watch out! •
Author: Harvest McCampbell • Location: Hoopa, Humboldt County, CA • "I have been gardening for over 30 years, and have an herb book in print with gardening tips for each herb listed. "RoseDude
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Author: Leon • Location: Los Angeles, CA •Scenic Nursery | Gardening Blog
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• Plant intelligence •
Author: Degen Pener • Location: Culver City, CA • "Seedhead is a news site that blends information from around the world about what's happening with plants and plant people. It covers landscape design, botanic gardens and nature reserves to visit, new plants, new books, endangered plants, ecological restoration, horticultural know-how, nurseries and more. The goal of Seedhead is to provide up-to-the-minute reports on the full breadth and depth of the world of plants."Shirley Bovshow's Edenmaker's Blog
• Eden-making is the art of bringing Paradise to your home •
Author: Shirley Bovshow • Location: Los Angeles, CA • "Musings on gardens, outdoor living, nature-inspired travel, food from the ground, and family life." Shirley Bovshow is an in-demand landscape designer in Los Angeles and the designer/co-host of the television show, “Garden Police” airing on the Discovery Home Channel.SoCal Gardening - The Art of Gardening in Southern California
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Author: Richard Wright • Location: California •Southern California Nurseries
• Find a nursery near you •
Author: Susan Hirsch • Location: Pacific Palisades, CA • "I have a permanent database/directory of all the nurseries (56) in the Greater Los Angeles area to encourage the patronage of local nurseries. In addition,I post twice a week on gardening and garden travel."The Blogging Nurseryman - The Golden Gecko Garden Center Blog
• A northern California nurseryman talks about the business of running a small garden center, competing in a hyper-competitive market, and anything else that crosses his mind. •
Author: Trey Pitsenberger • Location: Garden Valley, CA • "A garden center professional for over 27 years, my first nursery job was driving the delivery truck at 'Christensen Nursery' in Belmont, just south of San Francisco . Our last garden center venture was 'The Happy Frog', in Auburn. We now have 'The Golden Gecko Garden Center', in Garden Valley. Our customers garden from the lower foothills to Lake Tahoe. I am an Advanced California Certified Nurseryperson, Master Nursery Professional, garden writer, and speaker."The Cheapskate Urban Gardener
• Gardening on a budget and limited space. •
Adventures in gardening in a very limited space and budget. Did I mention I'm a little lazy too?The Gardeners Anonymous Blog
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Author: Chigiy • Location: Los Gatos, California (Santa Cruz mountains) • "My name is Chigiy. (Pronounced cha-GEE). I’m a wife, mother of two young boys. I’m also a mosaic artist, writer, surfer, runner, martial artist, skiier, Yogini, and extremely avid gardener. I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, on the outskirts of the town of Los Gatos, California, the town in which I grew up. I started the Gardener’s Anonymous blog at the urging of my friends and family, to share and swap stories. And to learn to make friends with my computer. I learned my passion for dirt from my mom. She inspired me throughout my life to be brave, to always look on the bright side, to do whatever a boy could do, to always have a sense of humor, and to never, never lose my ability to laugh at myself."The Gardens of Petersonville
• Daily life in two organic gardens in Southern California •
Author: Sheila • Location: Laguna Beach, CA • "We have two homes in southern California, both on acre lots that I have spent the past 15 years turning into organic gardens."The Hammarskjold Garden Blog
• Growing Green at Stanford •
Author: Tayler Cox • Location: Stanford, CA • "Stanford has long been known as "the farm", but only recently have students started to reconnect with this historical heritage. Under the blanket of the Campus Garden Initiative and with some money from the Campus Green Fund, three new pilot gardens were started in 2008-2009. The Hammarskjold Garden Blog recounts some of the challenges and joys of Stanford students starting their own garden at the international c-op on campus."The Scented Garden
• A small hillside garden filled with fragrant flowers •
Author: Barbara • Location: Belmont, CA • "This blog is about my small hillside garden and the flowers and plants that make up the unique fragrances of the garden. I do a lot of research on the plants and like to include that in my blog."The Vegetarian Accountant's Garden
• "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~~Winston Churchill •
Authors: Betty and Rudy • Location: California •theGardenPages So Cal Garden Blog
• Photos and info on growing California natives, succulents and dry weather plants. Plus organic garden tips, news, planting tricks, lore and wallpapers for your desktop. •
Author: Laura Z • Location: Los Angeles, California • "Ramblings of an everyday starving artist, freelance writer and gardener in Los Angeles, USA. I write about native plants, drought in the garden, succulents and cacti and other low water plants, plus a little about organic gardening methods I use."Town Mouse and Country Mouse
• Adventures with native plants in central California. •
Author: Town Mouse and Country Mouse • Location: Suburban garden near the San Francisco Bay, ridgetop garden in Santa Cruz County • "Two gardeners write about their gardens and other adventures with native plants, birds, and pollinators. We're excited about California natives and hope to inspire others to plant their own wildlife garden, beautiful to look at and a haven for critters."True Dirt
• a gardener talks •
Author: Briggs Nisbet • Location: Oakland, CA •UC Botanical Garden
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Author: Chuck B • Location: Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA • The author now writes on a new blog, My Back 40 (Feet), but the old one has lots of nice photos on it which makes it worth a look, in addition.Wild Suburbia
• This blog will include notes on gardening with native plants in my southern California yard. New attempts and the resulting successes and failures will be posted. •
Author: Barbara Eisenstein • Location: South Pasadena, California • " My Southern California garden has been transitioning from a mature, traditional lawn-dominated yard to a native plant habitat garden. I have been converting sections of my yard for the past ten years, reducing lawn area by at least 50%. Not only do I save water, keep almost all green "waste" (in no way is this actually waste) on site, and shun fertilizers and pesticides, but I enjoy the birds, lizards, bees, and hummingbirds with whom I share this space. Right now my garden is getting ready to burst into bloom with California native wildflowers. On April 4th my garden will be on the Theodore Payne Foundation spring garden tour for the second time."
Caribbean
A Caribbean Garden
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Author: Nicole • Location: Caribbean • "I'm an "island girl" born and living in the Caribbean. I love to travel, garden, love art and music and of course the beach. I also enjoy cooking, especially with my own grown herbs and farmers market produce."My Rustic Bajan Garden
• tropical plants in the Caribbean •
Author: Helen • Location: St. Lucy Barbados • "A rustic garden located in the north of Barbados growing water lilies, tropical fruit, flowering trees and shrubs. I have been gardening frantically for the past 13 years on just over 2 acres. I live in an old stone house that dates back to the 1800's or more with my hubby, daughter, 5 dogs and a cat. I love to cook for company and try out new recipes on my guests. This is tropical living at its best."
Chicago Spring Fling 2009
Art of Gardening
• Garden travel, ideas, inspiration and great Buffalo gardens by the well-traveled president of Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest garden tours in the country. •
Author: Jim Charlier • Location: Buffalo, NY • "I'm no great gardener. I'm no great writer either. I'm not even a good photographer. But I like gardens, I like design, I like to travel and like to share. So here's some gardens I've visited, and when I can, I'll show how I've incorporated what I've seen in my garden. A picture is worth a thousand words, so, if you don't mind, I'll have more photos and fewer words. If you're looking for Latin names, plant lists and hardiness zones, this is not the site for you. If you're looking for inspiration, ideas, and to see gardens you may never have seen, or would like to visit, this site is for you. To see what I do when I'm not doing what I do, visit JimCharlier.com."Bumblebee Blog
• Busy living the good life •
Author: Robin • Location: Huntingtown, MD • "I’d like to say that every day is a non-stop thrill here on Bumblebee Blog, with a knee-slapping incident to recount. In fact, it’s curious how my idea of fun has changed over the years. Maybe you’ll agree that some of what I see and observe is at least mildly interesting! And no, my name isn’t really Bumblebee."Chicago Botanic Garden--Top-Rated Plants
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I know, Chicago isn't in zone 4 or colder, so technically it's out of the provenance of this website. But I'm willing to make exceptions for really good stuff. They evaluate a whole bunch of one kind of plant, like yarrows, or bee balms, and see which cultivars are the best, not just in terms of looks, but disease resistance and winter hardiness as well.Clay and Limestone
• Gardening in the Central Basin in Middle Tennessee •
Author: Gail • Location: Middle Tennessee • "Welcome to my garden in Middle Tennessee, zone 7ish! I have lived on this property for over 20 years. Recently the yard and I negotiated a truce. I added some much needed hardscape and reworked some borders, adding more natives and native friendly exotics that will grow and thrive in clay and limestone."Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog
• Tracking the cycle of my gardening life •
Author: Jean • Location: North Louisiana • "I've been gardening for 30+ years, the last 4+ years in north Louisiana. My current garden is 3 years old and it's a journey of discovery for me. I am a garden coach, master gardener, and work seasonally at a nursery. Please visit my website: www.thenaturalgardencoach.com."Digging
• It all starts with a patch of dirt •
Author: Pam Penick • Location: Austin, TX • "I’ve been digging in Austin since 1994. For eight years I cultivated a colorful, sun-loving, Texas-style cottage garden in the black gumbo (clay) of midtown. Much of this blog chronicles the evolution of that garden. In the fall of 2008, however, I said goodbye to it and moved to the limestone hills of northwest Austin, where I’m starting a new, deer-resistant garden under the dappled shade of live oaks on shallow, rocky soil. New challenges provide renewed excitement and fresh perspectives about gardening."Dragonfly Corner
• This is a journal of my life as it pertains to family, friends, gardening, and life in general. •
Author: Beckie • Location: Central (the prairie lands) Illinois • "I am a grandma of 7 beautiful girls, and a wife of 41 years to a wonderful husband. I enjoy flowers and plants, nature, reading, cooking, crafting, and of course spending time with family and friends!"Each Little World
• EACH LITTLE WORLD that collides with mine •
Author: Linda Brazill • Location: Madison, WI • "Each Little World burst into being in August 2008 to focus on my perennial passion for homes and gardens. The world of interiors and exteriors; bibliophiles; china and dishing; Domino theory; feasts and fests; food; flowers and gardens; material possessions and textile obsessions; worldly goods and bads."Faire Garden
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Author: Frances Garrison • Location: Southeast Tennessee • "My present garden is in southeast Tennessee. We have been here about seven years, but have owned the property nearly ten.<....>Three years later we moved into the house ourselves and did a renovation which included buying the house next door, knocking it down and building a garage there. Now it is attached to the main house, one big happy dwelling. The additional land from the house next door really allowed me to garden my little heart out. The whole backyard is a steep slope so lots of paths and steps were needed just to get up to the edge of the property line. Much work has been done and more is still needed. As with all gardens it is never finished and will forever be a work in progress. This will be its story."Flatbush Gardener
• Adventures in Neo-Victorian, Wild, Shade, Organic and Native Plant Gardening, Garden Design, and Garden Restoration. •
Author: Xris (Flatbush Gardener) • Location: Flatbush, NY • "I moved to New York City, to the East Village, in 1979. I started city gardening soon thereafter. I moved to Brooklyn in 1992. I now make my home and garden in Flatbush, Brooklyn (USDA Hardiness Zone 7a/6b, AHS Heat Zone 5)."From My Corner of Katy
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Author: Cindy • Location: Houston, TX • "Welcome to my corner of Katy, a Texas cottage garden in far west Houston, where I grow a wealth of native and adapted plants to welcome birds, bees and butterflies to my suburban corner lot. I've been gardening on this large corner lot for just over 10 years now. As the garden has grown, so has the Head Gardener: I've gained not only knowledge and experience, but friends and compatriots who love gardens and gardening as much as I do."Garden Faerie's Musings
• A little blog about gardens, gardening, visiting gardens, and the little joys of everyday life. •
Author: Monica Milla • Location: Ann Arbor, MI • "Monica is a gardener, writer, and speaker who enjoys getting people excited about many aspects of gardening. Her "pet" topics include gardening for cats and winter seed sowing."Garden Girl
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Author: garden girl • Location: Chicago, IL • "Growing up in a farming, gardening family, I was bitten by the bug early and have been gardening since I was a little girl. Thanks to an 18-year stint in corporate America, I've learned a lot about business management. In 2007, I decided to combine my passion for plants and gardening with my business and entrepreneurial background to grow a garden consulting, coaching, and maintenance business of my own. I love what I do even more than I imagined, and still find time for my own ornamental and kitchen gardens, volunteering as a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener, and sharing my gardening passion through my blog."Gardening While Intoxicated
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Author: Elizabeth Licata Location: Buffalo, NYGardens of the Wild West
• All about gardening in Idaho and the Rocky Mountains •
Author: Mary Ann • Location: Boise, ID • "A clearinghouse for gardening info in my area. I try to keep it lean and clean."Greenbow
• This is a journal of my gardening and other nature happenings at Greenbow as well as other places I visit. I hope you enjoy gardening, birds and nature as I see them. •
Author: Lisa • Location: SW Indiana • "I like to garden, write, photograph, paint and talk about nature."Growing A Garden In Davis
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Author: Leslie aka Fioriecanto • Location: Davis, CA • "Finding a quiet place to live... where I can learn more about myself, the world, and people around me through my passions...gardening, reading, learning and now...grandmothering!"Growing in Chicago
• Thoughts from a veteran garden writer and avid gardener on how-to, why and what's next •
Author: Beth Botts • Location: Chicago, IL • "After more than 20 years on staff at the Chicago Tribune, where my garden stories won bronze, silver and gold awards from the Garden Writers Association, I'm on my own in the great green world. Raised on the South Side by an organic gardener and environmentalist, I now garden in a leafy suburb on the edge of Chicago--in the deep shade on the north side of a four-story building, in the sunny strip by the garbage cans, in pots on the third-floor porch and on the windowsills in the winter."May Dreams Gardens
• This is May Dreams Gardens because all year I dream of the days in May when the sun is warm, the skies are blue, the grass is green, and the garden is all new again! •
Author: Carol Location: Zone 5, Indiana"We should all strive to sow, grow, and sustain good things in life's garden. I hope you enjoy these brief writings in this garden blog about my gardens, gardening adventures and occasional garden opinions, and are inspired to get out and do a little digging and hoeing in your own gardens, wherever and whatever they may be."Mr Brown Thumb
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Author: MrBrownThumb • Location: Chicago, Illinois •Mr. McGregor's Daughter
• Garden musings from the land beyond O'Hare •
Author: Barbara Location: Chicago, IL "A life-long resident of Northern Illinois, I have been gardening for almost 20 years. My current garden, Squirrelhaven, is 14 years old. My Zone is 5a."My Skinny Garden
• My attempt to beautify my boring backyard. Landscape design and growing suggestions appreciated. •
Author: Gina • Location: Forest Park, IL • "I'm a novice gardener, do it herself-er, toolbelt diva wannabe. My blog is mostly about my gardening and DIY conundrums but every now and then I grow something really pretty or build something very cool."Nancy's Garden Spot
• When life gives you manure, learn to make compost •
Author: Nancy • Location: Cypress, Texas • "Gardening without regard to dignity. I'm a disabled gardener learning to do things differently. It gets frustrating sometimes, but it is rewarding always."Oh Grow Up!
• A Garden Journal •
Author: Patsy Bell Hobson • Location: Missouri •On the Shores of Lake Chicago
• Gardening in Oak Park, IL, in the clay mud of prehistoric Lake Chicago •
Author: On the Shores of Lake Chicago • Location: Oak Park, Illinois • "I am in Oak Park, Illinois, USA (zone 5b) with a semi-native, semi-organic garden and pond."Our Little Acre
• Beautifying Our Little Acre, one flower at a time. Okay, maybe two... •
Author: Kylee Location: Northwest Ohio "This blog shares the adventures of a rural Ohio gardener (me) and my camera that seems to be stuck in macro mode much of the time. I tell what I know and what I'm learning about plants, flowers, butterflies, insects, and birds, and because my life only consists of 95% gardening, the rest of me is thrown in from time to time."Outside Clyde
• Living the life of gardening in the low spot on a North Carolina mountaintop. •
Author: Christopher C • Location: North Carolina •Prairie Rose's Garden
• Notes from a beginning gardener with sprinkles of poetry and philosophic musings •
Author: Rose • Location: Central Illinois • "I am a "late bloomer" when it comes to gardening. Born and raised on a farm, I have returned to my country roots. Recently retired, I am looking forward to being able to do all the things I always wanted to do but never had enough time. That includes gardening, of course!"Ramble On Rose
• Ramblings about prairie plants, conservation, and the trials of a clay-filled garden •
Author: Rose Rankin • Location: northwest of Chicago, IL • "I'm a freelance writer working and gardening northwest of Chicago. I specialize in native Midwestern plants but I don't necessarily discriminate against exotics."Red Dirt Ramblings
• Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil •
Author: Dee Nash • Location: Oklahoma • "I'm an obsessive gardener who attempts to grow over 90 rose bushes (at least that was the last count) along with daylilies and other heat-loving perennials. When I started gardening over twenty years ago, I began with three rose bushes: 'Double Delight,' 'Tiffany' and 'Queen Elizabeth' that I bought at the local discount store. Two were Hybrid Teas, and the other a Grandiflora. I built a small raised bed for them and lavished them with food and chemicals. They were beautiful, and I was hooked. I don't like to spray anymore, so I now grow mostly disease resistant roses and drought resistant plants to make my job easier. I discovered a garden plan with geometric shapes like triangles and diamonds. It looked very French, and I wanted mine to look just like it. HH built it and it is the center of the over one acre I now tend."Sharing Nature's Garden
• Connecting to the earth, to our wildlife friends, and to my fellow gardeners •
Author: Diana • Location: Austin, TX • "Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself."Sharing Nature's Garden
• Connecting to the earth, to our wildlife friends, and to my fellow gardeners •
Author: Diana • Location: Austin, TX • "I'm glad you've found my garden journal. Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself. So, welcome. I hope you'll feel connected here. "Sustainable Gardening Blog
• A blog by Susan Harris, one of the authors of Garden Rant, the popular gardening blog •
Author: Susan Harris • Location: Takoma Park, MD • "I'm a gardening coach, GardenRant blogger, Master Gardener, garden writer, and activist for urban and suburban greening. On this website I combine my own articles with some terrific ones written by top horticulturists and garden writers from around the country."Sweet Home and Garden Chicago
• An artist and garden designer dishes the dirt on Chicago gardening. •
Author: Carolyn Location: Chicago, IL "I didn't like gardening growing up on the farm because it was my job to tend the vegetable garden, which those of you who do this know that it is very labor intensive. And, after the vegetables are harvested, guess what ? They have to be preserved for winter which means canning up to a hundred jars of each vegetable. But little by little, the old green thumb that I left back in 'bama came back. As my children grew and I had more time on my hands I began in earnest to create a front and back garden. This is in the reach of everyone who wants to do it. One doesn't have to be a landscape designer to create a beautiful garden, all it takes is the desire, a little sweat equity , a modest budget, the ability to read and ask for help from professionals.The Casual Gardener
• Gardening and Greening Tips brought to you weekly by "The Casual Gardener" •
Author: Shawna Coronado • Location: Warrenville, IL • "Shawna Lee Coronado is an author, locally syndicated newspaper columnist, health, and greening expert focused on teaching and living a green lifestyle."The Dig-It-Yourself Garden
• Applying a do-it-yourself philosophy to our Chicago garden •
Author: J-Dog • Location: Chicago, IL • "My garden philosophy is: keep it simple and (hopefully) cheap. Why pay $40 for a tomato cage when I can make 20 of my own out of one $35 bail of fencing. I'm not that handy; I don't like power tools. But, with a little creativity, I try to get the most out of my small urban garden. Hopefully you'll find something here that sparks your interest or gives you an idea for your own garden. Thanks for reading!" This author used to write on Snappy Garden Blog.
Cold Climate Blogs
33 Barefoot Lane
• Freshly Handmade or Grown On Our Family Farm •
Author: Cheryl • Location: Minnesota • "I'm Cheryl, a farm wife and homemaker, mother and grandmother, and a Master Gardener. Family, farming, gardening, cooking, crafting, agates, and coffee – these are a few of my favorite things! We live, work, and play together on our organic family farm in Minnesota's heartland; we specialize in pasture raised pork, organic grains, hand made soaps and lotions, and fresh cut flowers from our cutting gardens. My philosophy about new ideas, ventures, and business is: "Wouldn’t it be fun?". Somehow I always forget about the work involved, even after all these years when I should know better."A Garden in the House
• Houseplant How-To, Decoration and Green Living •
Author: Kevin Lee Jacobs • Location: Kinderhook, NY • "Kevin Lee Jacobs, a frequent contributor to African Violet Magazine and Berkshire Homestyle Magazine, writes a daily blog that details his adventures with indoor gardening. Kevin shares his own cultural tips and tricks, and shows how an indoor garden can provide beautiful, living decoration to the home, even as snow blankets the world outside."A Healthy Gardener
• Eat, Garden and be Healthy •
Author: Gloria Bonde • Location: Hot Springs, SD • "I have gardened for over 25 years. I am a member of the local county extension master gardeners. I garden organically, and like to grow food and eat food in season. Last summer, I made a sourdough bread started from captured "wild yeast" from my grapes and am enjoying the uniqueness of truly eating local bread. I love flowering low growing ground covers as a substitute for lawns and have been experimenting with them for years. And I love vines. I have a seven foot arbor that surrounds the back yard and in the summer is enveloped with vines.The scent of the garden in the morning feels like vacation. Summer is one long vacation for me."A Little St. Paul Garden
• How we are learning about urban farming and gardening •
Author: Kelli • Location: St. Paul, MN • "Since moving into my new house with my new husband and slowly taking over the yard, I find myself captivated with all kinds of organic gardening ideas, especially for growing food in limited urban spaces. This is about exploration and projects in the garden."A Prairie Journal In Saskatchewan
• Thoughts and information on garden growing on the Canadian Prairies •
Author: Clayton • Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan •A Student Gardener
• Forever learning •
My blog is about gardening and landscaping in zone 3 (and sometimes 4). Often a woodland setting, definitely not too formal a style of gardening.A Way to Garden
• Horticultural How-to (and woo-woo) •
Author: Margaret Roach • Location: Copake Falls, NY • "A longtime garden editor and writer (New York Newsday newspaper, Martha Stewart Living magazine, books) who took a career detour and is now returning in the form of a blog. I recently retired (at a very young age, thank you) to my 2.3-acre garden in a Zone 5B area of New York State, which was the subject of my book "A Way to Garden." The garden is open for tours as part of the national Open Days visiting scheme of the Garden Conservancy."Aagaard Farms -The Vine
• What's growing down on the farm! •
Author: Norah Tolmie • Location: Brandon, Manitoba (Zone 2B) • "We're 'Growing Good Food for Our Neighbours!' Our blog is about our market garden, CSA, Farmers' Markets and chickens in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Zone 2B (!)."Adirondack Chapter - North American Rock Garden Society
• The Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society serves members in Central New York, including the Ithaca, Syracuse and Binghamton areas. •Alberta Home Gardening
• The Documented Experiments of an Alberta Gardener •
Author: Dave Trenholm • Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada • "I wanted to make this blog a site full of great hints, tips, and how-tos that will help you in your own quest for a beautiful space. I’ve experimented with greenhouses, mulching, square-foot gardening, landscaping, unique and exotic vegetables, all varieties of fruit, raised beds, hydroponics, and a whole lot of other stuff. This blog will be my journal of my experiments and hopefully there will be some useful information that you can use in your own garden."Anchorage Garden
• growing vegetables, fruit and flowers in Zone 3 •
Author: Gail Heineman Location: Anchorage, Alaska "Besides a new blog, I have a longstanding web site with years of observations from my Anchorage, Alaska garden (http://gail_heineman.tripod.com/garden_1998.html) I don't post every day, but rather wait until I have something useful to report - I anticipate once every week or two."Andromeda's Blog
• • Gardens of Enchantment • •
Evernest is my home, my garden, my design studio, and wilderness playground. It is from here that I write about plants, nature, homesteading, and, of course, garden design. I am a professional landscape architect but that is certainly secondary. I am first and foremost a gardener, and will probably always be.Ask FarmerPhoebe
• Playing in the dirt is my passion! •
Author: Phoebe • Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin • "Recently transplanted from Chicago's zone 5b to Menomonie, WI USA, zone 4 I've been gardening organically most of my life. My Wordpress blog was created in part to promote my free weekly organic gardening teleclasses http://www.askfarmerphoebe.com but also to connect with other gardeners, to share tips, and to promote organic gardening as a sustainable, hassle-free alternative to adding chemicals to the air and soil that are harmful to people, animals and the environment."Balcony Gardener
• A view from above •
Author: Kim Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada "Eleven floors up, the wrap around balcony (south and east side of the building) gets lots of sun and is protected from gusty winds and hail storms. Views from the balcony as the garden grows. The garden journal is pictorial and includes alpines, perennials and annuals. I am using my garden as the foundation for planting recommendations and gardening resources for apartment and condo dwellers. Am an experienced gardener who tended a large perennial garden and award winning rose garden pror to moving into a condo." A very classy web design, I might add.Beside the Stream
• Country life at 7,ooo feet •
Author: Alice Outwater • Location: southwest Colorado • "I am writing a blog because of a four-day stretch this fall when a bear kept breaking into my 94-year-old neighbor’s Honey House. First Bob nailed some 2×4s across the door, and the bear tore them down. More wood and bigger bolts came next, and that was history. The handyman wired the door with an electric shock system powered by a car battery, and the bear took that out too. By the time the door was barricaded heavily enough to deter the bear, the Honey House looked like a cartoon version of a shack under seige. On the grand scale of things bear problems aren’t very important, but our little adventures with nature and neighbors highlight a side of life that is getting too little attention. In these times of global change and conflict, this website is dedicated to small happenings, and to the creatures among us who don’t wear clothes."Bev's Colorado Garden
• . . . gardening at the foot of Pikes Peak •
Author: Bev • Location: Colorado Springs (Zone 5a), CO • "I live on a corner lot in the suburbs with 1350 sq. ft. of "parking" or "hellstrips," as they are called. Experiencing a drought in 2002, we decided to convert the strips to waterwise (Xeriscape) landscaping. While I have other gardens, they are my pride and joy. Gardening in Colorado can be either delightful or challenging, and that changes hour-by-hour. We are in a semi-arid climate, with lots of sunny days, desiccating winds, damaging hail, torrential downpours, and extreme temperature changes."Bloomin' Blogger
• Gardening in the Adirondacks •
Author: Bloomin' Blogger • Location: Fulton County, NY • "We reside in Fulton County in the southern part of the Adirondack Park. I tend to limit myself to zone 4 plants, but have a few things that are zone 5 that do well. We were limited to shade plants until 1998 when we had a big wind storm and lost a lot of our trees. It was sad, but the upside was the new things I could grow. "Blunders with shoots, blossoms 'n roots
• Gardening by trowel and error! •
Author: Tessa • Location: Redmond (formerly Portland), OR • "This is my personal gardening blog of all my (mis)adventures or 'blunders' and successes in the garden."Bookish Gardener
• Occasional to frequent meanderings on gardening books and other culture, heavily leavened with non-sequiturs •
Author: Chan • Location: Madison, WI • In the interest of full disclosure I should tell you that I have become good friends with the author of this blog. She writes about more than just gardening, and, to my regret, she doesn't write as often as she used to, but I am thankful that with her time constraints she hasn't quit altogether. You will find browsing the archives quite rewarding, as Chan has the ability to make unexpected but totally correct connections between ideas. Oh, yeah, she also grows beautiful flowers.Calgary Gardening Adventures
• A beginner gardener shares via blog his trials and triumphs, and hopes to learn something about life along the way. •
Author: Middle Earth Gardener • Location: Calgary, Alberta • "A beginner gardener shares via blog his trials and triumphs, and hopes to learn something about life along the way. And maybe find something edible in his own backyard. Focus of garden (most to least) is vegetables, fruit and native plants. The garden is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at an elevation of about 1080m above sea level. It is on the slope between the Nose Creek valley and Nose Hill, within the Nose Creek watershed. It is just east of the ecosystem/climate transition from prairie to foothills (plant hardiness Zones 3a & 2b respectively), on the prairie side (Zone 3a). Hence the name "Middle Earth Garden". Gardening climates can vary significantly in different areas of Calgary, the west end is 200m+ higher elevation than here! We tend to get less frost and precipitation than the west end. To make up for the latter we have two 200L rain barrels plus two ~100L plastic bins to store water for the dryer summer months.CanoeCorner
• Tales of a west coast gardener pulling up roots to chase a dream in the eastern maritimes. •
Author: Marguerite • Location: Canoe Cove, Prince Edward Island, Canada • "I'm a former zone 9 gardener that recently relocated from the west coast of Canada to the zone 5a climate of the Canadian Maritimes. We bought a century old farmhouse on an acreage in Prince Edward Island and so begins our adventure. My partner opened his own business and I finally have a property big enough and sunny enough to create any garden I can dream."Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Cold Climate Gardening
• Hardy plants for hardy souls •
Author: Kathy Purdy • Location: NY's Southern Tier • You are here. In addition to the blog and this directory, I provide pages of links to helpful sites and a selection of little-known essays for you to read. If you want to know more about this site, choose About this Site in the Category box. If you want to know more about the growing conditions of our contributors, click Contributors in the sidebar.Colorado Garden Club
• Gardening for Denver, the Rocky Mountains and Beyond •
Author: Colorado Garden Club • Location: Colorado, USA • "Extreme gardening at its best for Denver and the Rocky Mountain region."Colors Of The Garden
• Snips of this and that about gardening and daily living in the country •
Author: Kerri • Location: upstate NY • "Our farm is in Upstate NY and we milked cows until 2000. Now My husband and I both work off the farm, and it's different! I spend as much time as possible outside gardening in the summer because I grew up in Australia where summers were long and hot and I want to soak up all the warmth I can! Our summers here in NY are way too short! I inherited the gardening bug from my mum. Thanks Mum!"Commonweeder
• Welcome to my country garden •
Author: Pat Leuchtman • Location: Heath, Massachusetts • "We moved to our windy hill in Heath, Massachusetts 29 years ago. We considered our climate to be Zone 4, but now I think Zone 5 might be more accurate although the Montreal Express does come roaring across our fields during the long winter. We have lawns, we have flowers. We have berries, veggies and herbs. And chickens. And grandchildren. In June we celebrate with our Annual Rose Viewing and invite everyone to stop and smell our 70+ hardy roses. When not gardening I'm visiting with gardeners, writing about gardening, gardeners, the environment, and books — or reading."Crazy Aunt Ter's Life And Times
• Homesteading and Knitting in Northern Michigan •
Author: Ter • Location: Northern Michigan • "I'm a computer geek by day, but nights and weekends will find me madly digging in the dirt, playing with my critters, wrapping string around sticks and riding my bike!"Dazzle Gardens Blog
• Let us dazzle you! •
Author: Betsy Danielson • Location: Sandstone, Minnesota • "Dazzle Gardens enhances indoor and outdoor gardens spaces by sharing fresh ideas, inspiring design, gritty facts, seasonal tips and other newsworthy information about flowers and plants."dig this chick
• the dirt: seeds of insight gleaned from gardening in Montana and running with a sprightly dog •
Author: "dig this chick" • Location: Missoula, MT • "A blog about growing with my garden and cultivating love, humility and my own strength while on a run with my dog. Also befitting these organic roots and strides are cooking and baking, contemporary art, design and fashion."dlyn
• It's a tough job being me but someone has to do it •
Author: Dlyn • Location: northern Tioga County, NY • Personal blog concerning gardening, photography, recipes, humorDown My Garden Path
• A day-to-day account about the goings on in my gardens •
Author: Claire Siconolfi • Location: Clifton Park, NY • "Many things are new to me at the moment, so I am discovering a whole new world. My most recent discovery is the pleasures of Gardening. Join me as I help you explore my successes and failures in full technicolor."Dung Hoe
• Sometimes it snows more than it grows •
Author: Rosey Pollen • Location: Front Range Mountains, Colorado • "Dung Hoe chronicles my attempts to grow a high altitude mountain garden, despite weather and wildlife. Everyday I step outside into my garden, I learn something new. Much enthusiasm is required to face these trials head on, but I manage with some humor and a tongue in cheek attitude."Dust Bath
• Chickens, crafts and canning. (Gardening too, but that didn't rhyme.) •
Author: Catalina • Location: Minnesota • "The adventures of an optimistic vegetarian in a pessimistic world. I intensively garden a small city lot using square foot gardening methods."Each Little World
• EACH LITTLE WORLD that collides with mine •
Author: Linda Brazill • Location: Madison, WI • "Each Little World burst into being in August 2008 to focus on my perennial passion for homes and gardens. The world of interiors and exteriors; bibliophiles; china and dishing; Domino theory; feasts and fests; food; flowers and gardens; material possessions and textile obsessions; worldly goods and bads."Edible Blue Honeysuckle
• The new dream crop for Prairie Berry and Fruit Growers •
Author: Clayton • Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan •Ellis Hollow
• Gardening, politics, and more •
Author: Craig Cramer Location: Ithaca, NY "I live in a unique setting. On one side is a busy road and a quick hop into a very cosmopolitan (if somewhat small) city. On the other side is a large wetland and a ridge that's just spectacular in fall when the colors change. Every morning when I walk out the back door, I feel like I'm on vacation. On a good day, I say that I'm a naturalistic gardener inspired by the genius of Piet Oudolf. Most of the time, though, I describe myself as a sloppy gardener who just loves to grow stuff. I often employ the "pot and shovel" design method: I wonder around with a pot in one hand and a shovel in the other hoping I can find a spot for the plant in the pot. My blog is mostly about gardening with some music, art and politics mixed in."Energies of Creation
• Exploring creativity in art, gardening, and energy healing. •
Author: Lexi Sundell • Location: Montana • "I am an artist, gallery owner, gardener, and energy worker. These writings explore my adventures combining these aspects of my creative energies. I garden extensively in the difficult Montana climate, creating massive explosions of poppies while filling a large hoophouse with tomatoes every summer. My gardens are an interactive collaboration with nature and provide most of the material for my paintings."Evigglade?
• My private garden blog •
I like to write about my garden and other beautiful gardens I visit. The photos I use are my own.Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery
• A Chronicle of our Life on the Farm •
Author: Fiddlehead Creek • Location: Hartford, NY • "Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery is run by husband and wife team Emily and Chris DeBolt. Emily is the plant nerd, Chris is the hops guy, and we share the rest of the farm activities. See also the nursery website."Five Wells
• Building my own Eden, one weed at a time. •
Author: Mary Ann • Location: Freeville, NY • "My hippie self-sufficiency urges, which were pushed to a back burner when my kids were teenagers, have been reawakening. I'm raising some chickens, re-establishing beehives, planning part of the garden more for food than flowers."Four Green Acres
• Life from scratch •
Author: June, Birch, Blossom and Fern • Location: outside Portland, Maine • "We explore coming from the city and living in Maine, keeping chickens, homeschooling, cooking good food and trying to grow it, building a wood-fired pizza oven, wanting a goat but not wanting a goat enough (yet), reading wonderful books, stirring the compost, and taking time to smell the petunias."Fridley Farmer
• My gardening, programming and other DIY exploits •
Author: Michael Moore • Location: Fridley, MN • "I consider myself an amateur but enthusiastic gardener. Gardening lets me escape my day-to-day work of programming and computer work. Blogging about it lets me keep track of what worked and what didn't. Flowers just, but I would much rather grow something I can eat. Our veggie garden is roughly 25x25 feet, and we have or are planting a blueberry plot, strawberries, raspberries, grapes and apple trees around the yard. I don't consider myself a foodie or organic, but I like good food and natural processes and products when possible, effective and cost effective."Garden Dreams (Trädgårdsdrömmar)
• Gardening in Scandinavia •
Author: Ken and Carina Schill • Location: Southwest Sweden • "About a garden around a house from year 1773. Created by a married couple who is crazy about gardening. It is a big garden with all kinds of different plants from bulbs, perennials, bushes and trees, all for a cold climate garden. We also translate our Swedish text in English."Garden Path: A Small Garden in Maine
• a look at my garden and some of my other interests •
Author: Sandy • Location: Southern Maine • "I have had a garden in since 1976. It has changed from a large vegetable patch, to an herb and perennial garden over the years. I like to try many different things, so each year my garden's shape changes a little."Garden Prattles
• Garden Prattles In a Vermont Garden, A Gardening and Composting Blog •
Author: Sarah • Location: Vermont • "Musings from a gardener, writer, artist, seamstress and mother of two who takes times from gardening and raising a family to share insights and experiences about gardening with others."Garden Scrapbooking
• My passions are gardening and scrapbooking •
Author: Bruce • Location: Adirondack Mountains, NY • "This blog will be about gardening, scrapbooking and the progress I make creating my garden scrapbook."gardening for beginners
• To garden is to restore your senses. •
Author: Poppy • Location: Melville, Saskatchewan • "This is a blog for beginning gardens who live in cold climates, and who have either limited space, patios, decks, or balconies, or limited garden space. I strive to give basic descriptions and basic instructions, as well as posting some definitions for the beginner."Gardening for Nature
• Thoughts and images for bringing nature and wildlife into our gardens and lives •
Author: Kathy Green • Location: Monument, CO • "Gardening for nature takes care of many problems for me, so I want to share my successes and failures here with you. My gardens are located along the Colorado Front Range, at an elevation of 7300'. We live on about .8 of an acre, with over 100 Ponderosa Pine and countless scrub oak trees. We get snow anytime up to mid June, so the growing season is rather short. But the sky is crystal blue, and the air is wonderfully clean. I have several gardens that are built to bring in wildlife and nature. We regularly have foxes, coyotes, birds, hawks, squirrel and deer, as well as the occasional black bear and mountain lion. The butterflies and hummingbirds are a constant sight in summertime, and the insect pests are few."Gardening in Syracuse
• growing food - growing flowers - growing community •
Author: Paul Harris • Location: Syracuse, NY • "The ultimate goal of this blog is to provide some sort of online reference point/discussion space/information source for any and all who garden within the sometimes harsh, but always beautiful landscape of Syracuse/Central New York. There are many fascinating ecological and botanical attributes to this part of the country, and there is so much that a gardener here can work with despite the perceived relentless winter. Winter is just another season...for gardening!"Gardening in Vermont - Perennials and Annuals
• Meeting the Challenge of Short Seasons and 30 Below •
Author: Amanda Legare • Location: Cabot, Vermont • "I have gardened for years and am fortunate to be able to pay my bills through horticulture, as owner of "Amanda's Greenhouses and Perennials" for 20 years. However, I am always learning, making mistakes and awed by the the successes. My blog shares my garden diaries, the good and the bad, along with what I hope are humorous commentaries on the business of growing. I share my experiences with zone 4 gardening. I do not do mail order."Gardening Views
• Musings from a passionate gardener •
Author: Muriel • Location: Grand Forks, BC •Gardening with Soule
• a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online •
Author: Author name • Location: blog location • "When the first robin arrives on the scene and the geese are heard flying north overhead, my heart leaps at the possibilities waiting out in my small corner of the Earth. So, as the gardening continues I hope to enlighten you at times and hope to be enlightened by you. Everyone gains their own experience at gardening and I am a whole hearted believer that there is so much to learn from every person that puts spade to dirt in hopes that they will truly reap what they sow. I try to give a lighthearted look at my garden and gardening in general while I also show you some of Garden Shoes Online's products that I have tried myself to let you know what I think first hand. A lot of photos and fun."Gardening, Alaskan Style
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"Two experienced Alaskan gardeners share their ideas of gardening in Anchorage, Alaska. Explore the different parts of this Alaskan garden, or catch up on the latest garden news. You will find tips on growing English delphiniums, David Austin roses, hardy roses, hybrid verbascums, Oriental liles, Trumpet lilies, Orienpet lilies, Asiatic lilies, and Asiflorum lilies(LA hybrids), and many other flowers, especially including fragrant flowers."GARDENVT
• Vermont's gardening resource •
Author: Brian McClintock • Location: Essex Jct., VT • "Gardening news from Vermont and surrounding regions."Get Busy Gardening!
• A blog about Outdoor and Indoor gardening in Minnesota •
Author: Amy • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I created this blog so I can share tips and ideas and also my gardening to do lists. My goal is to help others with my knowledge, and to gain ideas and knowledge from others too. I love gardening of all types, indoor and outdoor; perennials, annuals, tropicals, veggies, houseplants, succulents and even water gardening."Glen Villa
• Site and Insight •
• Site and Insight • Author: Pat Webster • Location: North Hatley, Quebec • I write about garden design, using my own garden and other gardens as illustration. My particular interest is incorporating art into gardens and showing the history of a landscape on the site itself. I’m a sculptor, photographer and amateur historian, and In my blog I write about all three: using art in a garden, showing the history of a site and the people who live on it, and photographing gardens to bring them to life. Glen Villa is a large country property in rural Quebec, part garden, part landscape park, part forest and farm fields. I write about Glen Villa and gardens I visit around the world. Occasionally I review garden books.Green Mountain Gardener
• Artistry in Nature, Plants, and Gardens •
Author: Liisa • Location: Northern Vermont • "A garden addict in need of group therapy for those of us who spend way too much time thinking about, dreaming about, digging, transplanting, getting our hands dirty, learning, and admiring gardens or anything garden-related. I also have a fondness for rare and unusual plants, or anything unique to my area. Having recently moved to Vermont, I would love to share my experiences here in creating my zone 4 gardens, whether it be perennial, annual, or vegetable-related."Green Thumb Geeks
• What happens when engineers close their laptops and grow stuff •
Author: Naseer and Emily • Location: Poughkeepsie, NY • "We are Emily and Naseer, and we’re both engineers in the computer industry. Since getting married and buying our first home in Poughkeepsie, NY, we've developed a deep interested in gardening. Both our parents have decades of experience growing flowers, fruits, vegetables, and raising animals. Combining their advice with our own research–mostly books, the Internet, and friends–this blog chronicles our exploits in the garden. In our first year of gardening (before this blog), we grew some of the vegetables and herbs that we most like to eat, like tomatoes, squash, peppers, eggplant, basil, parsley, chives, and dill. As of this writing (2010), we're expanding our garden in size and variety and venturing into fruit trees and berries. Emily is also interested in growing flowers and shrubs, particularly ones that attract hummingbirds, so we'll be planting more of those as well. Hudson Valley gardening is great because the climate is suitable for a very wide selection of plants, and we intend to explore as much of that as possible in the upcoming years. We use mostly organic methods, but we don't lose sleep over it. And when a technological solution presents itself, we're willing to try it out if we have time–we are geeks, after all. We hope you enjoy reading and learning from this site, and maybe even teaching us a thing or two."Gwendolyn's Garden
• Gardening in Southern Wisconsin •
Author: Gwendolyn • Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA • "Gwendolyn's Garden is a site dedicated to gardening in southern Wisconsin– in temperamental USDA zone 5A. My gardening expertise comes only from experience, not from formal training, so I am happy to try to answer any questions on gardening that you have and will relate some of my favorite trials and tribulations with gardening."Had The Radish
• A STROLL, A RAMBLE, A TRUDGE..gardening in Vermont..an old gardener looking for new tricks while moving from the purely floral to jabbing at sustainability via vegetables and fruits. •
Author: Randi • Location: Vermont •Hagedagbok fra parsellen i Bergen
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Author: Pinneguri • Location: Oslo, Norway • This blog has really nice photos, although it is written in Norwegian.Heather's Garden Blog
• All things gardening from my point of view. A little tidbit here and a little tidbit there." •
Author: Heather Stanley • Location: Blooming Prairie, MN • "Everyone that knows me well knows that I just can't stop talking about my plants and gardens! I'm so enthusiastic about them that I will be completing the Master Gardener course this winter and opening my own gardening business in the Spring."High Altitude Gardener
• Struggles, successes, failures, and "Whoo Hooooo" moments during three seasons of mountain gardening! •
Author: Jayne O'Hara • Location: Colorado Mountains, Colorado • "Sharing my high altitude gardening and landscaping struggles, surprises, and successes . . .starting spring, 2006, continued 2007 & still ongoing, spring 2008. I'm a persevering gardenin' gal. Learned all I know about gardening in Texas but none of that stuff works up here in the Rocky Mountains. But, hey, whoever said "an old dog can't learn new tricks" should've been certified...as a non-gardener. 'Cause learning is growing and growing is learning; we're never too old to learn. And grow! Right?"Idaho Small Goat Garden
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Author: Heather • Location: Central Idaho • "We live in a zone 4/5 small town in Central Idaho. We always have multiple yard projects going and this will serve as our garden journal. We also add various animals to our developing small farm yearly and plan to update their antics as needed."Janet's Garden
• A gardening blog that I hope will be informative and useful, not just a simple report of what I plant when. •
Author: Janet • Location: Ontario, Canada • "My garden is in USDA Zone 4a and is contained in a tiny townhouse lot, which I am cramming as full as I can. I've taught ESL, forecast futures markets, homeschooled five children, been a pastor's wife in a pioneer church and am now contemplating what I will do with my life once the nest empties completely. In the meanwhile, I'm blogging."Jean's Garden
• A Gardener's Reflections •
Author: Jean Potuchek • Location: East Poland, ME • "Jean's Garden provides the reflections of an amateur gardener on her garden and her gardening experiences, including both triumphs and tribulations. Jean is a flower gardener who grows mostly perennials, and does most of her gardening in East Poland, Maine."Just your average Garden Variety
• A brown thumb turns green, Setting up in a new yard. Barrie Ontario, Zone 5a, Sandy Soil, South Facing and sunny. Apparently I love a challenge •
Author: Tracey F • Location: Ontario, Canada •Kaseys Korner
• Gardening, photography and more •
Author: K Paneitz • Location: Colorado • "More by circumstance than design I am a homebody. That being said, I can happily occupy myself more than the 24 hours there are in a day without stepping foot off my property. I cook, garden, create art, experiment with photography, decorate and make occasional forays to flea markets & greenhouses for inspiration. My nickname as a child was Kasey and I plan to gab about anything & everything happening in my little corner of the world so that's how my blog name was conceived."Kelly's Green
• gardens, books, yarn, laundry... •
Author: Kelly • Location: New Hampshire • "Writer, gardener, knitter, mother of 3; recently transplanted from Virginia to New Hampshire. The balance between gardening and other topics (knitting, domestic life, and others) shifts, but it's all so intertwined anyway.... "Land of the Lost Surprise
• a seasonal blog of Wisconsin •
Author: Tam • Location: Central Wisconsin • "This is a playful blog involving small boys, a backyard, and bold adventures in planting and building. I invite fellow gardeners, especially Northern ones, to comment and give advice as we experiment with planting in the shade and creating garden tools out of old appliances."Last Frontier Garden
• An Alaska gardener's perspective •
Author: Christine B. • Location: Anchorage, AK • "I'm on a cold climate gardening adventure. Sense of humor required."Last Frontier Garden
• an Alaskan gardener's perspective •
Author: Christine B. • Location: Anchorage, AK • "I garden in a zone 3/4 area of Anchorage, Alaska. My yard is small, only 1/7 of an acre, so every inch counts. A few summers during college, I worked in the horticulture industry and had the pleasure of being in some of the most beautiful gardens in town (and picked up a botany minor on the way). Lately I have been drawn to lower maintenance plants like ornamental grasses and shrubs. Current collections include: rusty garden art, Viburnums, garden books on many topics, grasses, cheap gloves, Bergenias, and rocks of all sizes. The Master Gardener class opened my eyes to the importance of sharing gardening with others. Enjoy!"Lettuce Patch Gardens
• Gardening, cooking and eating at 6,000' •
Author: Cheryl Spencer • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • "Lettuce Patch Gardens is about my experiences gardening, eating locally, and cooking from scratch in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colorado."Life in Cowtown
• Because SOMEBODY has to live here. •
Author: Coldprairie • Location: Calgary, AB • "Having spent most of my life with zero interest in gardening, I got bit by the bug last winter while flipping through a gardening book. The photos were so great that I was seduced into a serious attempt at growing food (and taking care of the yard). Having no mentor, I relied on the magic of google, blogs and two stellar books to show me the way. Check out my great adventure!"LivingSmall
• Thoughts on literature, food, faith and the subversive power of living small •
Author: Charlotte Freeman • Location: Livingston, Montana • "I'm a writer and editor currently residing in Livingston, Montana. I moved to Montana in 2002 in search of a small community where I could afford to buy a house. I found a house built in 1903, and I've been renovating as funds allow. I also managed to find a fabulous small town full of writers and painters, people who hunt and fish and garden, a place where I can be on a trail 20 minutes from town."Mamma Mia Days
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Author: Donna • Location: Wisconsin (Zone 4) • "Like most people, my days are filled with both cheers and tears. Will share a little of both with you. There will be pictures of whatever catches my eye, especially anything with its roots in the dirt."millertime
• Garden Freak •
Author: Lisa • Location: NE Wisconsin • Great sense of humor and interested in all sorts of plants.Montana Wildlife Gardener
• Montana Native Plants for Montana Native Wildlife •
Author: David • Location: Missoula, Montana • "We created a wildlife garden at our home in a small city lot in the center of Missoula, Montana. Our garden uses plants native to the Missoula valley, and receives no irrigation. Our front yard is a wild Missoula prairie, with over 70 species of plants. Our backyard is a combination of rooms, more traditionally landscaped, but still using Missoula natives. The only thing we water in our yard are our vegetables. Our goal is to use native plants to create a small piece of habitat for wildlife while providing a comfortable and interesting yard for us to enjoy. We have attracted over 50 species of birds to our yard, and countless butterflies and other insects. Our household uses less than 50% of the water in an average Missoula home, but we still have a lush, unique and beautiful yard."Muddy Boot Dreams
• Gardening and photography, with flowers and Bootsie the neighbours cat. A city girl waiting to be transplanted to the country. •
Author: Jen • Location: White Rock, British Columbia • "Gardening and photography, with flowers and Bootsie the neighbour's cat. A city girl waiting to be transplanted to the country."My Northern Garden
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Author: Mary • Location: Northfield, MN • "I'm a lucky gardener. I'm a freelance writer/editor and one of my jobs is editing Northern Gardener, the magazine of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. This blog is a way to share what I'm learning and trying with other northern gardeners. Like most gardeners, I don't know everything about plants or design (far from it!) and I've got other things to take care of besides a garden, like a job, a family, a dog, you get the picture. Still, nothing beats time spent in the garden, or thinking about it."My Sister's Garden
• Two sisters gardening at the east end of Lake Ontario. Country Girl is in Zone 4, Apple is in Zone 5 •
Author: Apple and Country Girl • Location: near Pulaski, NY • Apple:The purpose of this blog is to have a place to journal the details of my garden. When I started seeds, bloom dates, the purchase of new plants etc. Country Girl:I didn't start gardening until we moved here. The couple that lived here for the 50 years before us loved to garden and left us some wonderful surprises!North Country Gardening
• Simple Secrets to Successful Northern Gardening •
Author: Neil Moran • Location: Northern MI • "My blog is geared toward gardeners in the northern tier states of the U.S. and up into Canada. I offer tips primarily on vegetable gardening but I also cross over into landscaping and some flower gardening. As a horticulturist I sometimes ramble on about issues in horticulture in general, such as the use of pesticides, or insects infestations in trees and other plants."North Country Maturing Gardener
• The North Country Maturing Gardener gardens, lives and ages gracefully in Northern New Hampshire. •
Author: North Country Maturing Gardener • Location: North Havervill, NH • "I have been a Master Gardener for the past 17 years or so, but now do most of my gardening on the Internet! I enjoy answering gardening questions and will do that here. I hope you will add comments as well as ask those questions. It's important that we have a dialogue about how gardening can help us all keep our world a good and healthy place!"North Country Reflections
• • My Vermont garden journal • •
Author: Judith Irven • Location: Goshen, Vermont • North Country Reflections is a journal of my gardening life in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. My gardening interests embrace what to grow in a cold climate, how to grow it and, in some cases, how to cook it; how to design a garden in harmony with our natural landscape; and ways to make our gardens more sustainable. I love to visit and learn from other gardens, both contemporary and historic.Northern Gardeners Almanac
• What's happening in northern gardens •
Author: Melanie Watts • Location: northern British Columbia • "I'm Melanie Watts. For twenty years I've been practising organic gardening in Northern British Columbia, Canada. As a Master Gardener I decided to start this site, for novice and seasoned gardeners to share advice, increase knowledge and get information about gardening."Notes From Zone 4
• Mack Hill Farming Journal •
Author: Frank and Lisa Richards • Location: Marlow, NH • "We had the yard landscaped professionally. We weren't particularly happy with the landscaper that we chose, but it did give us some good bones to the landscape, and we really got into gardening after that, with such a pretty blank canvas to work on. I've always wanted an orchard, and a rose garden, a formal herb garden. It is so much work with all these wooded acres to have any of those things. We'd find the time to clear an area, but it all grew back up so quickly. Frank had gotten a tractor, but we have no way to de-stump the area, and the rocks and hills made it all very complex. There was no way to use the brushhog, for example." Consequently they got some Icelandic sheep to help keep the brush down. The garden had taken a back seat but they have plans to reclaim it this spring. Lots of great photos from past years.Obsessive Gardener
• Born and raised in Wisconsin. Opinionated, but open-minded to intelligent arguments. •
Author: Sylvana • Location: Wisconsin • Brand new (as of May 2005) and enthusiastic blogger. Lots of photos.Organic Gardening News and Advice
• Following the trials and tribulations of my long career of organic gardening, now in cold upstate NY •
Author: Scott Supak • Location: Cherry Valley, NY • "The latest organic gardening news and views about organic gardens, farming, and sustainable agriculture from Scott Supak, owner of supak.com, where there's been an organic gardening site since 1995."Out of the blue
• Gardening on a small farm north of Oslo •
Author: Mari Anne Braekkan • Location: Eidsvoll, Norway • "I am living north of Oslo in USDA zone 5 (I think). My farm is 11 decares and the garden is as big as I want it to be. I love my greenhouse because it shortens our long winter. In my blog you can expect to find posts about germination, vegetables, garden constructions and even flowers. Furnishing and holidays you will have to look elsewhere for. This blog is a translation of my Norwegian blog, which I have been writing for a year. Old posts will be translated ...soon."Outside
• What's going on in the yard, garden and beyond. •
Author: Tracy • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I'm a gardener from the frozen reaches of the Upper Midwest. My zone 4a garden includes vegetables, herbs, flowers and lots of native plants that were there when we got there. I'm also lucky enough to live on a fairly good-sized pond, so bird-watching is always good. However, with the good comes the bad. I'm in a constant battle with wildlife. We have a roaming herd of deer that destroys everything in it's path. We have "cute" little bunnies that love to mow down the greens in the garden. And of course, our friendly racoons live in a drain by the pond and drive Dexter, our overly protective mutt, to distraction."Penelopedia: Nature and Garden in Northfield, MN
• Nature and Garden in Northfield, Minnesota •
Author: Penelope • Location: Northfield, Minnesota • "Started in July 2007 with an emphasis on my tiny home garden and the local food movement, my blog has over time drifted to a greater emphasis on local nature notes, birdwatching and phenology, but it is seasonally also devoted to my small home vegetable garden, seed-starting and other gardening topics."Penny O'Sullivan - The world of gardening
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Author: Penelope O'Sullivan • Location: New Hampshire • "Penelope O’Sullivan is the author of “The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants” (Storey Publishing, 2007) and 11 more books on trees, shrubs, hedges, flowers, herbs, and garden design. She also writes numerous articles for magazines, including Organic Gardening, Country Gardens, and Better Homes & Gardens, for which she is also a field editor. < . . . > She lives with her family in New Hampshire’, where she writes, gardens, and practices landscape design."Perennial Passion
• Gardening, Quilting, Decorating, Crafting, Cooking, Tablescaping--just some of my quirky passions... •
Author: Zoey • Location: Michigan • "I garden in lower northern Michigan (zone 4/5) in far less than ideal conditions. I have too many pine trees, too much shade, too many rocks, herds of hosta-munching deer and rabbits who think my lily buds are gourmet appetizers. I am by no means an expert in horticulture or garden design--just an amateur with a shovel and a passion. My garden changes daily during the summer and I will be updating frequently. During the winter months, I blog about my favorite cold-weather hobby--quilting and just my everyday musings. I hope you enjoy your visit, and that you will come back soon."Plants and Stones
• The garden is my playground •
Author: Becky • Location: Rockdale, NY • "I always wanted to keep a garden journal. This blog is as close as I will ever get. I do my blog for fun with dial up so I keep it short and simple." Gorgeous stone walls out in the country.Pleasant Pond Farm
• Gardening, barn and farmhouse talk from Richmond, ME. •
Author: Sandra • Location: Richmond, ME •Potter's Garden
• A tale of a greenhouse from the sassy wife's perspective •
Author: Melissa Potter • Location: Victor, ID • "Potter’s Garden sprung to life in November 2008 in Victor, Idaho after several years of hemming and hawing…uhm, I mean, planning, by creator, builder, greenthumb, glassblower and overall handy man – Jordan Potter. <...> As the little lady in his life, I strongly encouraged (nagged) him to go forth and build. Hope springs eternal, after all. We had to take out a second mortgage to do it as well as experience that “a-ha” moment fresh off of a retreat where all the fresh produce was grown at the retreat center before we did it. But we did it. <...> Now, as the seasons change, Potter’s Garden continues to morph into something we haven’t yet defined…but continue to search for."Round the corner...
• ... there are no squares in Nature! •
Author: Beth • Location: Ketchum, ID •Rustling Leaves
• gardening information and experiences and sometimes more •
Author: Craig Levy • Location: Upstate NY • "My goal is to initiate a conversation and leave everyone with a broader understanding of the world surrounding us. Most of the postings will be about gardening and plants, living a rural life, and our place in relation to the land, plants, and animals that encompass us. But as with most people, I have many and varied interests that will be popping up from time to time."Rustling Leaves -old Wordpress version
• I hope to always be thrilled, surprised, and enthused by what is outside my door. •
Author: Craig Levy Location: Upstate NY "My goal is to initiate a conversation and leave everyone with a broader understanding of the world surrounding us. Most of the postings will be about gardening and plants, living a rural life, and our place in relation to the land, plants, and animals that encompass us. But as with most people, I have many and varied interests that will be popping up from time to time."Secret Farm: A garden blog
• An urban Minnesota garden blog •
Author: Lorika • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I have been organic gardening for about 5 years. My first love is heirloom tomatoes, but I'm really starting to warm up to peppers. I also plant just about every other edible thing I can cram into my small backyard, as well as lilies, tulips and a changing array of other flowers. Another love of mine is photography, so I always try to post interesting pictures of whatever's come up and also the critters that visit the garden."Sin City to Slaterville
• If Vegas could see me now. •
Author: Lynn • Location: Slaterville Springs (Ithaca), NY • "I'm a recent transplant from the Southwest experiencing Finger Lakes four seasons with joy and apprehension, learning a whole new plant vocabulary and trying new things I've never been able to grow. Aside from community plots in Austin, TX, this is my first garden of any real size, so I'm also having fun with design possibilities heretofore out of reach. There's an ample infusion of music links and Beagle pictures here, too."Subsistence Pattern
• We Grow Our Own •
Author: Mr H • Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID (Northern Idaho) • "Weary of the world and its illogical ways my wife and I have chosen a path towards self-reliance in all aspects of our lives. Our main focus is on growing and gathering our own food. We hope to use this blog as an avenue to share with and learn from others with similar interests."The Alaska Novice Garden
• Gardening in Alaska by a Newbie •
Author: Faith • Location: Willow, AK • "A garden blog for new gardeners in AK"The Far North Garden
• Gardening and edible landscaping in cold climates. •
Author: Cassandra • Location: Edmonton, Alberta • "My garden is in Edmonton, Alberta. This blog provides information about gardening, especially food growing, in cold climates and short seasons."The Garden Buzz
• Right now in the garden... •
Author: Rhonda Fleming Hayes • Location: Wayzata, MN • "Rhonda Fleming Hayes has been gardening in some form or fashion since she was a child at her grandmother's side. After leaving her native California, she has followed her husband's career through the South, the Midwest and England gardening as she goes. For the past 10 years she has volunteered as an Extension Master Gardener, currently with the University of Minnesota. Her passions include kitchen gardens and growing habitat for wildlife. She still innocently believes that gardening is the way to wrold peace."The Garden Corner
• A Blog about a Minnesota girl growing her gardening skills. •
Author: Jocelyn • Location: northern Minnesota • "I am a recent college graduate with a passion for gardening. Right now, I am desperately in need of some more gardening space, but there is only so much I can do living in a small apartment with a very small patio."The Giddy Garden Gnome
• A journal documenting the trials and tribulations of gardening on the rocky coast of Downeast Maine •
Author: Giddy • Location: Gouldsboro, Maine • "Gardening fanatic! I love digging in the dirt (what little I have of it!) My zone 5 garden is located on 2 1/2 heavily wooded, rocky acres on the coast of Downeast Maine."The Good Thing - About Gardening
• Organic vegetable, perennial, and water gardening tips and experiences. •
Author: Jackie • Location: Saint Louis Park, MN • "Sharing the experiences of a zone 4 Minnesota gardener as she grows and tends to her organic gardens."The Gorham Garden
• The continuing saga of a backyard vegetable gardener in southern Maine •
Author: Chris • Location: Gorham, ME • "Ever since my Grandmother took me to visit my Great Uncle Lester's meticulously landscaped yard, I've wanted a garden worthy of him. Sadly, he's gone now, so I can't ask him for advice. It's up to a new generation of trial and error in the backyard. I have a garden that I share with my Mother-in-law, lovingly called Kronk. There are fourteen 4'x8' beds with my name on them in the sunniest part of the yard. My gardening credentials consist of lots of reading, trial and error, advice from the old guys (and my mom) and the repeated attempts I make at a homegrown buffet."The Home Garden
• A Dirty Girl's Guide To Gardening •
Author: Dirty Girl • Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • "The Home Garden is a fun and educational guide to gardening, highlighting the trials and triumphs of a Dirty Girl growing flowers and food in the suburbs."The Inspired Garden
• Twenty-Four Artists Share Their Vision •
Author: Judy Paolini • Location: New England • "This blog tracks the gardening and art ventures of the artists featured in my new book, "The Inspired Garden: Twenty-Four Artists Share Their Vision."The Manic Gardener
• An Organic Gardening Blog with Twisted Roots •
Author: Kate Gardner • Location: Bozeman, Montana • "I'm devoted to gardening, determined to do it organically, dogged by ill health and probably damned as well, so what the hell--might as well go for it. The blog is a place where I keep notes on gardening in what I've dubbed "my own little space under the big sky," including ongoing (and not entirely successful) attempts at growing vegetables indoors. It's also where I record and explore what I learn as I research and write about organic gardening, and what I see as I travel. I'd like the blog to become more of a conversation and less of a one-woman show, so here's an open invitation to stop by the site and share your thoughts and experiences."The North Country Gardener
• Nurturing plants above the 42nd parallel •
Author: Judith Irven • Location: Goshen, Vermont • "Reflections of a New England Gardener with Old English Roots! Look at our ever-changing world outdoors, from snowy winters to teasing springs, balmy summers to glorious autumns. See what to grow in this climate, and how to grow it; how to design a garden in harmony with your personal life and with the natural landscape; and what we can do to make our gardens more sustainable and a positive force in our communities and in the environment. I hope it will be of interest to ALL gardeners, whether you live above or below the 42nd parallel!"The optimistic gardener
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Author: Linn Arvidsson • Location: Molkom, Sweden • (Written in English) "Linn is a an enthusiastic gardener and photographer who always believes next season will be the best ever but actually enjoys the present one. In the winter she plans huge projects. In the summer she just sinks into the rhythm of the garden. Lives with her husband, dog, cats and birds in an old Swedish farm house and digs large holes in the very heavy clay that forms the ground of her garden."The Rustic Garden
• Adventures in Adirondack Style Gardening •
Author: CJ • Location: near Lake Ontario, NY • "I live a simple life in a log cabin built by my very handy hubby and our family in Upstate NY. We are raising our three kids, three dogs, three fish and one cat in a home filled with love and chaos. This is my Log Cabin and my Rustic Garden... I hope you enjoy it as much as I do."The Vegetable Garden
• Gardening is such a rewarding activity that I want to share as much of what I have learned as possible. •
Author: DJP • Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin • "I come from Indiana "truck gardening" farm stock. I began my garden in 1976 and have enlarged the space at least once. In 1979 my garden received an "Honorable Mention" in the First Annual Victory Garden Contest. After my retirement in 2002 I did horticulture research and published research in the spring and fall of 2006. I continue to do my own "backyard" research with apples and different vegetables each growing season. My wife and I are both Wisconsin Master Gardener Volunteers. Gardening is such a rewarding activity that I want to share as much of what I have learned as possible. Happy Gardening."The Vermont Gardener
• Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters & Their Friends •
Author: George Africa • Location: Marshfield, Vermont • "Here at Vermont Flower Farm, flowers are our specialty. We've been growing flowers since the early 80's and although our interests have changed over the years, we have arrived at an outstanding collection of astilbes, daylilies, lilium and hostas plus some great shade plants. We'll post pictures of how the gardens develop and the varieties grow. Chances are good that you'll be interested and want to keep coming back. We hope that as you visit and exchange thoughts, questions and pictures with us, you'll get a sense of gardening in Vermont, the people who visit us here and the gardens that interest us. "Through the Garden Gate
• Flowers, Food, and Life •
Author: Jackie Maas • Location: Minneapolis, MN •VERMONT GARDENS
• Always Growing Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters And Their Friends •
Author: George Africa Location: Marshfield, VT "I have recently started Vermont Gardens to share some information about moving our nursery to a new location over the next couple years. My intent is to include business related info to show that there's more to it that sinking a sign in the ground that says "Flowers For Sale".VW Garden
• For the love of pretty plants •
Author: VaLynn Woolley • Location: Spokane Valley, WA • "My yard is just another suburban plot, but I'm trying to take that blank slate and make it something special. I'm trying to balance plant collecting tendencies with the landscape design principles learned as a hort major. Wish me luck with that!"Walk Down the Garden Path
• Join me on a walk down the garden path in my Western Pennsylvania garden. •
Author: Cindy • Location: Baden, Pennsylvania • "My adventures in the garden and with the surrounding wildlife in Western PA."Welcome to MN
• A Home & Garden Journal •
Author: Lauren • Location: Twin Cities Northern Suburbs of Minnesota • "I'm a first time homeowner and a long time garden lover, blogging about my family's home and garden adventures."Wooded Paths
• Gardening on a partially wooded house site, with "public" (access to pedestrians and bicycles) and private paths into the woods. •
Author: DWPittelli • Location: Adams, MA •Year Round Veggie Gardener
• From cold frames to cloches to cold tolerant cultivars - easy ways to extend your veggie harvest •
Author: Niki Jabbour • Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada • "An informative, but light-hearted look at vegetable gardening year round in the North! Niki Jabbour is a professional garden writer and radio show host, whose articles appear in magazines and newspapers across North America. She is currently awaiting publication on her first book. (Storey Publishing, 2011)Zone 4 Dirt Chronicles
• Out Back With My Mud Shoes On •
Author: PattyP • Location: Williston, VT • "I'm a Flatlander living in Vermont Zone 4, and growing things isn't always as easy as putting a seed in some dirt here. We have a pretty specific set of weeks in which certain things will germinate and/or grow. And lots of plants won't make it through our cold winter. I write this online journal to help keep track of what and when I plant/snip/harvest, what worked, and what wilted. My own gardening tips and techniques are mostly self-sprouted, so I earnestly welcome comments and advice."
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Beside the Stream
• Country life at 7,ooo feet •
Author: Alice Outwater • Location: southwest Colorado • "I am writing a blog because of a four-day stretch this fall when a bear kept breaking into my 94-year-old neighbor’s Honey House. First Bob nailed some 2×4s across the door, and the bear tore them down. More wood and bigger bolts came next, and that was history. The handyman wired the door with an electric shock system powered by a car battery, and the bear took that out too. By the time the door was barricaded heavily enough to deter the bear, the Honey House looked like a cartoon version of a shack under seige. On the grand scale of things bear problems aren’t very important, but our little adventures with nature and neighbors highlight a side of life that is getting too little attention. In these times of global change and conflict, this website is dedicated to small happenings, and to the creatures among us who don’t wear clothes."Bev's Colorado Garden
• . . . gardening at the foot of Pikes Peak •
Author: Bev • Location: Colorado Springs (Zone 5a), CO • "I live on a corner lot in the suburbs with 1350 sq. ft. of "parking" or "hellstrips," as they are called. Experiencing a drought in 2002, we decided to convert the strips to waterwise (Xeriscape) landscaping. While I have other gardens, they are my pride and joy. Gardening in Colorado can be either delightful or challenging, and that changes hour-by-hour. We are in a semi-arid climate, with lots of sunny days, desiccating winds, damaging hail, torrential downpours, and extreme temperature changes."Colorado Garden Club
• Gardening for Denver, the Rocky Mountains and Beyond •
Author: Colorado Garden Club • Location: Colorado, USA • "Extreme gardening at its best for Denver and the Rocky Mountain region."Denver Botanic Gardens
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Author: Various authors • Location: Denver, Colorado • "Visit Denver Botanic Gardens' Blog to learn about a wide range of topics through the photos and words of our staff."Dry Ideas
• • Gardens for the high altitude plains of the Rocky Mountain Region. • •
Author: Lise Mahnke • Location: Denver, Colorado • "Xeriscape and water wise techniques for environmentally sound landscapes. Working toward sustainability. Emphasis on garden ecology and working with the natural conditions facing the gardener. Landscape design series."Dung Hoe
• Sometimes it snows more than it grows •
Author: Rosey Pollen • Location: Front Range Mountains, Colorado • "Dung Hoe chronicles my attempts to grow a high altitude mountain garden, despite weather and wildlife. Everyday I step outside into my garden, I learn something new. Much enthusiasm is required to face these trials head on, but I manage with some humor and a tongue in cheek attitude."Gardening for Nature
• Thoughts and images for bringing nature and wildlife into our gardens and lives •
Author: Kathy Green • Location: Monument, CO • "Gardening for nature takes care of many problems for me, so I want to share my successes and failures here with you. My gardens are located along the Colorado Front Range, at an elevation of 7300'. We live on about .8 of an acre, with over 100 Ponderosa Pine and countless scrub oak trees. We get snow anytime up to mid June, so the growing season is rather short. But the sky is crystal blue, and the air is wonderfully clean. I have several gardens that are built to bring in wildlife and nature. We regularly have foxes, coyotes, birds, hawks, squirrel and deer, as well as the occasional black bear and mountain lion. The butterflies and hummingbirds are a constant sight in summertime, and the insect pests are few."Gardening into Thin Air
• • I like the deer but they eat my garden • •
Author: Valerie • Location: Boulder, CO • "I'm gardening in the dry brown of Boulder, Co. My garden helpers include a herd of deer that let me know which plants are wildlife resistant. We get blizzards, thunderstorms, hail, lightning, occasional tornados, drought, floods,& hurricane-force winds here so it's a challenge. Oh, and the soil is rocky."High Altitude Gardener
• Struggles, successes, failures, and "Whoo Hooooo" moments during three seasons of mountain gardening! •
Author: Jayne O'Hara • Location: Colorado Mountains, Colorado • "Sharing my high altitude gardening and landscaping struggles, surprises, and successes . . .starting spring, 2006, continued 2007 & still ongoing, spring 2008. I'm a persevering gardenin' gal. Learned all I know about gardening in Texas but none of that stuff works up here in the Rocky Mountains. But, hey, whoever said "an old dog can't learn new tricks" should've been certified...as a non-gardener. 'Cause learning is growing and growing is learning; we're never too old to learn. And grow! Right?"Kaseys Korner
• Gardening, photography and more •
Author: K Paneitz • Location: Colorado • "More by circumstance than design I am a homebody. That being said, I can happily occupy myself more than the 24 hours there are in a day without stepping foot off my property. I cook, garden, create art, experiment with photography, decorate and make occasional forays to flea markets & greenhouses for inspiration. My nickname as a child was Kasey and I plan to gab about anything & everything happening in my little corner of the world so that's how my blog name was conceived."Lettuce Patch Gardens
• Gardening, cooking and eating at 6,000' •
Author: Cheryl Spencer • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • "Lettuce Patch Gardens is about my experiences gardening, eating locally, and cooking from scratch in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colorado."the art garden
• Welcome, all, as I share my thoughts on gardening, art and joyous living. •
Author: Jocelyn Chilvers Location: Denver, Colorado "I delve into gardening, landscape design, art and happenings in the Denver metro area. Colorado's high and dry gardening climate is unique!"thoughts, ramblings, dreams and ponderings
• Plants that can thrive in Colorful Colorado •
Author: Heather Lollar • Location: Brighton, CO • "I am a gardening fanatic that lives in a small town NE of Denver, CO. I have been an avid gardener for 10 years and learn new things everyday! I'm here to share plants that are hardy in zone 4 and 5. My gardens are a constant testing ground for the new and improved."
Commercial enterprise
Ashridge Trees Blog
• Hedging your bets is better than betting your hedge! •
Author: Ashridge Trees • Location: Castle Cary, UK • "We mainly blog about the hedge row plants and fruit trees in our nursery and the questions we receive about them, but we also find time to write about humourous countryside incidents and share wild recipes."Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Conservation Garden Park
• Utah's premier demonstration garden and destination for waterwise landscaping. •
Author: Conservation Garden Park • Location: Salt Lake City, UT • “Conservation Garden Park is a teaching and demonstration garden of climate-specific plants for Wasatch Front Gardens. We offer FREE garden classes, garden fairs, and online resources, like our waterwise plant database, with the goal of inspiring beautiful landscapes that work WITH our climate rather than fighting it.”Denver Botanic Gardens
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Author: Various authors • Location: Denver, Colorado • "Visit Denver Botanic Gardens' Blog to learn about a wide range of topics through the photos and words of our staff."Dirty Girl Gardening
• A Horticulture Collective •
Author: Jenn • Location: Half Moon Bay, CA • "Banter about any thing dirty, green and interesting!" Dirty Girl Gardening is a sister company to Wildflower Farms.DryStoneGarden
• Plants and Stone for Green Gardens •
Author: BuenoLuna Landscape Designs • Location: San Francisco Bay Area • "DryStoneGarden is a blog project of BuenoLuna Landscape Designs, a small landscape design/build located in the San Francisco Bay Area ( USDA Zone 9b and Sunset Zones 14-17 ). We design and install custom gardens combining dry stack stonework and low-water plants. We are interested in plants, stone, home gardening, landscaping, green building, and sustainability. Our aim with this blog is to gather as much useful information as possible about those topics."Fiddlehead Creek
• Farm & Native Plant Nursery •Garden Planter Store
• Tips and ideas for getting the most out of your garden containers – whether decorating, eating or just enjoying. •
Author: Marion • Location: Thornbury, Ontario • "Container gardening is fast, easy and one of the most rewarding ways to reap the rewards of viewing wonderful landscapes and growing your own fruits and vegetables. See our Tips and ideas for getting the most out of your garden containers – whether decorating, eating or just enjoying."Gardener's Circle Online
• Make Beauty, Make Life, Make Your Outdoors Alive! •
Author: Ed Hebbe IV • Location: Deer Lodge, Montana • "Chronicles of Circle H Growers, a small retail greenhouse, nursery and garden center in southwest Montana. See what happens behind the scenes of a retail growing operation."Gardening With Confidence
• Helping people reach their full gardening potential •
Author: Helen Yoest • Location: Raleigh, NC • "Gardening With Confidence blog provides how-tos, practices, and design information for all gardeners with special emphasis on organic, sustainable gardening. A monthly maintenance guide is also included specifically for Zone 7b gardens."Gardening with Soule
• a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online •
Author: Author name • Location: blog location • "When the first robin arrives on the scene and the geese are heard flying north overhead, my heart leaps at the possibilities waiting out in my small corner of the Earth. So, as the gardening continues I hope to enlighten you at times and hope to be enlightened by you. Everyone gains their own experience at gardening and I am a whole hearted believer that there is so much to learn from every person that puts spade to dirt in hopes that they will truly reap what they sow. I try to give a lighthearted look at my garden and gardening in general while I also show you some of Garden Shoes Online's products that I have tried myself to let you know what I think first hand. A lot of photos and fun."Growing Up
• Sherwood Greenhouses - Regina, Saskatchewan •
Author: Larry • Location: Regina, Saskatchewan • The journal/blog of Sherwood's Greenhouses in Saskatchewan, Canada.Here we gro!!
• To share, create, communicate and cultivate •
Author: groOrganic • Location: California, Florida and Upstate New York • "Where we explore all that nourishes us. From our daily work and play...the food we grow, prepare, and eat. To art and creativity and music... to what makes us laugh and wonder and say hmmmm...to walking barefoot in cool grass and getting very down to earth."Johnnye Merle's Gardens
• Johnnye Merle's Gardens: 'cause our grandma is cooler than yours! We're the most unique nursery and garden designers you're going to find in all of Orange County! •
Author: Johnnye Merle Gardens • Location: Orange County, CA • "Johnnye Merle's Gardens: 'cause our grandma is cooler than yours! We're the most unique nursery and garden designers you're going to find in all of Orange County! We're located in the gardens of Country Roads Antiques, in Old Town Orange. This blog features updates about our garden, design ideas, and random tidbits about plants, gardening, family and, well, life..."Landscaping and Lawn Care Ideas for Kansas City
• • Growing Fertile Plants and Fertile Minds • •
Author: Jeff Hamons • Location: Kansas City, Kansas • "Timely and helpful Lanscaping tips from a professional for gardeners all over the midwest."Lost Valley Gardens Blog
• Organic Gardening in Central Texas •
Author: Carol and Ron • Location: Dripping Springs, TX • "Several years ago my husband and I decided that we wanted to start our own nursery/farm/landscaping business. We sold our suburban house, bought a small parcel of land in a more rural area, and proceeded to invest in and establish our business, Lost Valley Gardens. I now spend every waking hour either working at my day job or my night job. Loving every minute of it."Notes and News from Shady Grove Gardens
• Cut flower farming and growing •
Author: Susan Wright • Location: Zionville, North Carolina • "Welcome to Shady Grove Gardens. We hope the website will be a helpful insight into organic flower farming in the High Country of North Carolina. Follow our farm ventures, weeds, and weddings. Or, come by and meet us at the Watauga County Farmers Market in Boone, NC."Park Seed Garden Journal
• The blog with most everything you ever wanted to know about seeds and gardening from the Geo. W. Park Seed Company •
Author: Thomas • Location: unspecified location •Premium Aquascapes Water Gardening Blog
• • News, events, & water gardening tips from a water garden contractor. • •
Author: Pieter van Westervelt • Location: New Milford, New Jersey • "Latest information on local water gardening events & maintenance issues. Premium Aquascapes is a Certified Aquascape Contractor with 25 years experience in the green industry. We proudly serve Northern New Jersey."Remote Gardener
• Growing food to save the future •
Author: Remote Gardener Greg Hancock • Location: Show Low, AZ • "Our goal is to bring you and ourselves the finest fruits and vegetables available. We also want to show you how it is all done. We believe in healthy, tasty, fresh, and organic fruits and vegetables that are free of insecticides, are non-GMO etc. Our greenhouse team is on a mission to produce only the best produce. Most of our produce is hydroponically grown, making them healthier, making the growing process safer, and making the the produce safe for the consumer. We grow our plants from seedlings so that we know what goes into our produce and we keep on top of what our plants need, and make sure only the best goes into our produce."Riverbend Daylily Garden Blog
• Hybridizing Daylilies is Fun! •
Author: Mike Holmes • Location: Bellbrook, OH • "My name is Mike Holmes. I am co-owner of Riverbend Daylily Garden with my wife Sandy. Our hybridizing garden is located in Xenia, OH. We are in zone 5. We have been hybridizers of daylilies since the mid 1990?s. Thank you for visiting. My daily blog emphasis will be toward the novice daylily hybridizer, advanced daylily hybridizers and anyone who enjoys daylily reading."Scenic Nursery | Gardening Blog
• •Shields Gardens Home Page
• •Snapdragon's garden
• Whats going on in our garden? - flowers to feel good about. •
Author: Jane Lindsey • Location: Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom • "In 2000 I chucked in my job as an art gallery curator and retrained in horticulture. Since 2002 I have been building a business out of my two passions - flowers and fabrics. Earlier this year we launched a mail order business allowing more people to have a bit of Snapdragon style in their lives." (She writes about running her business on Snapdragon's Chat blog.)Thorny Issues
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Author: Lee Ginenthal • Location: Ithaca, NY • "We are a small, family owned boutique nursery offering the best in cold hardy, disease resistant roses, as well as all the information needed to grow them. Located in Ithaca, NY, the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Currently open by chance and by appointment."UC Botanical Garden
• •URB Garden Blog
• Sharing information with the gardening world. •
Author: Bobby Urbanek • Location: Frederic, WI • "Sharing tips, information, reviews and more with fellow gardeners."Urban Garden Solutions
• Healthy. Sustainable. Gardening. Edible Gardening in Small Spaces •
Author: Rachael & Zane Ross • Location: Renton, Washington • "Bringing highly targeted news, information and products together in one place to both raise awareness and help people get on-board with the “Grow Your Own Food Revolution”. Our mission is to promote a healthier, more sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle while maintaining a focus on environmental conservation within the urban and suburban setting. We accomplish this by offering environmentally responsible gardening articles & tips, relevant news and product reviews to enable the time and space limited gardener to grow, store and recycle food in an easy, affordable and eco-friendly manner. “The concept of sustainability is simple – energy out should equal energy back in."Vermont Flower Farm
• •Yardiac.com Outdoor Living and Gardening Blog
• • Hello Fellow Yardiacs! Thank you for visiting our Blog – our desire is for this to be an open forum for all outdoor garden enthusiasts. So come, read, and post often! • •
Author: CrazedYardiac • Location: Greenville, South Carolina • "CrazedYardiac - Are You One? A Yardiac is a person who is passionate (i.e. slightly crazed) about thier lawn, garden, or outdoor decor."
Connecticut
Digital Flower Pictures.com
• A professional estate gardener joins the blogging craze •
Author: Chris Gardner Location: Small City, CT "I am looking forward to taking a moment to find out a little more about the plants I have been photographing. I hope to explore all aspects of plants, flowers, trees and other garden related topics."Garden Junkies
• • Everything you want to know about gardening - and more! • •
Author: Monica Hemingway • Location: Stamford, Connecticut • "After surviving many gardening disasters (most were avoidable - if I'd only known how...), I share my experiences, ideas, (hard-earned!) gardening advice, plant and product reviews, how-to's, and what's going on in my Stamford, CT garden."GardenClips.com
• Video clips for the curious and thoughtful gardener. •
Eric Larson of the Marsh Botanical garden at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut hosts a series of video clips about all things gardening in southern New England.Gardening Gone Wild
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Authors: Fran Sorin, Nan Ondra, Saxon Holt, Steve Silk • Locations: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut respectively • "Those of us who have chosen to become contributors are individuals who have the desire to express our thoughts, ideas, and philosophies about gardening and the world in which we live."Heather's Garden
• I'm a married novice gardener in zone 6b with a very patient husband (VPH) and 2 strong step-sons. •
Author:Heather Location: Branford, CT "I'm a married novice gardener in zone 6b with a very patient husband (VPH) and 2 strong step-sons. We rent the 1st floor of a 2-story house and along with a permissive landlord, we have an upstairs neighbor who's rarely home and never uses the yard."joene's garden
• a chronicle of gardening in central Connecticut •
Author: joene's garden • Location: south central Connecticut • "Follow my blog where I share gardening knowledge developed from from years of get-down-and-dirty work; from errors and successes refurbishing overgrown plots of land; and from carving out a soothing landscape in the middle of a hardwood forest. As an Advanced Master Gardener with experience in floral design, and a contract gardener and garden coach I continue to seek and find new gardening methods, products, and ideas that will help me and readers create and maintain productive and beautiful gardens. Like any consistently curious gardener, I'm not done learning yet."Rivermantic
• The famous frog bridge spans the Willimantic River, a shallow but sometimes rushing watery shaft that drops 90 feet as it passes through this old mill town. There are deep green tree glades on either bank sheltering many birds. •
Author:Pam and Kate Shorey Location: Willimantic River, CTTomato Casual
• Everything Tomato for People Who Love Tomatoes •
Author: Reggie Solomon and others Location: New Haven, CT "At Tomato Casual we are not only obsessed with growing, eating, cooking with tomatoes, we're also obsessed with all things tomato whether it be art, music, wallpaper, recipes or movies."Urban Garden Casual
• Gardening for the Urban Dweller •
Author: Reggie Solomon • Location: New Haven, CT • "Urban gardening is my modern farming legacy. In rural Georgia where I grew up, I always kept a backyard garden, but eventually lost touch with gardening during my college, grad school and early working years. Fortunately, I rediscovered gardening but this time I'm in the city. Gardening in my urban backyard one block away from the intersection of interstate highways I-95 and I-91 bordering New Haven's downtown is a "wee bit" different from rural gardening. Urban Garden Casual is my attempt to bridge the worlds of traditional gardening with the challenges and opportunities of urban gardening while keeping things fun and casual."
Container/Balcony Gardening
66 Square Feet
• New York: one woman, one terrace, twelve seasons. •
Author: Marie Viljoen • Location: Brooklyn, NY • "New York terrace-gardening blog with forays around the world and into my kitchen..."A Garden in the House
• Houseplant How-To, Decoration and Green Living •
Author: Kevin Lee Jacobs • Location: Kinderhook, NY • "Kevin Lee Jacobs, a frequent contributor to African Violet Magazine and Berkshire Homestyle Magazine, writes a daily blog that details his adventures with indoor gardening. Kevin shares his own cultural tips and tricks, and shows how an indoor garden can provide beautiful, living decoration to the home, even as snow blankets the world outside."Been Gardening . . . Bin Gardening
• place to share container gardening experiences, various growing methods, and garden and nature photography •
Author: Karen B • Location:Small rural town outside Atlanta, Georgia • "The idea for the title of this blog, "Been Gardening", was originally supposed to be "Bin Gardening", but that domain name was (not surprisingly) already in use. After a recent, temporary move to NC (for a music position), then back to our GA home, my husband wondered what we would do with all the empty storage bins taking up room in our basement. I told him I was researching various container gardening methods and would use them for planters once I settled on a design that could incorporate the dozens of Sterlite 18-gallon totes we had acquired. This is where the blog begins...it is my quest to grow fresh, organic, tasty vegetables, fragrant herbs, and beautiful flowers in self-watering containers for three seasons of the year, supplementing nutrients by adding oxygenated fish effluent water. We have just begun to prepare the bins for the season and will be posting an update soon. Thanks so much for joining me on this garden adventure! "Bucolic Bushwick
• Rooftop container gardening for the elite urban bourgeoisie •
Author: Elaine Espinosa • Location: Brooklyn, NY • "I'm a woman in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY who grows organic vegetables in a rooftop container garden. I write about what I grow, how I grow it and how I deal with plant disease and pests. I'm new at this so it should be an interesting journey."Container Garden 411
• There’s a beautiful container waiting for you to create. Get Going! •
Author: Theresa • Location: Indiana • "Container Garden 411 is about container gardening with flowers, food, fruit, shrubs, as long as it’s in some type of container. We cover the love of creating beauty this way, while sharing product information that helps one be a more effective container gardener. We give you any quick tips, talk about types of containers, planters, soil recipes, and anything else necessary. If you want to have the most awesome flower experience ever, you are in the right place."Digging Decorating and Design
• The blog of Rebecca Cole, the owner of a full service floral, garden and interiors business. •
Author: Rebecca Cole • Location: New York City • "Rebecca Cole has been gardening on rooftops in New York City for 15 years, has published books on the subject, and now blogs frequently recording her latest gardening and design adventures."Green Space and Rooftop gardening in the City: My Own Little World of Plants
• My own little world of plants •
Author: Christopher Mackay • Location: London, UK • "Follow (and see) my successes and failures day by day (usually) as I attempt to grow some of the choicest plants from the Himalayas and Caucasus: Meconopsis to Mesopotamian Irises on a cold and windy London rooftop."Guerilla Gardening
• A survival guide for gardeners - from my roof to the community garden •
Author: Witch's ball • Location: New York, NY • "gardening and getting together in a NYC community garden as well as on my roof"The Indoor Gardener
• A day-to-day diary of my adventures growing an indoor garden. •
Author: Steve • Location: Great Neck, NY • "A day-to-day diary reporting on my experiences with my indoor garden, dedicated to gardeners like me who've been relegated to apartment living and seek to exercise an itchy green thumb."The Occasional Gardener
• A visual journal •
Author: Chris Location: Harlem, NY and Mamaroneck, NY "I garden occasionally--almost weekly--at a friend's garden in Mamaroneck. I also cultivate a small patch right outside my kitchen window in Harlem, in the summer along with a myriad of jars and pots that congregate around the windows and ledges of my apartment that come to life when the summer sun is high enough and the winter radiators are turned off. This digital plotis a visual journal of my activities in these borrowed, urban and random spaces. From my hotch potch garden I enjoy and cultivate the very same things that artists, medieval monks, peasants and all the folk that identify with the term' gardener' have done for centuries- food, medicine, sanctuary and art." Compiler's note: This site is gorgeous. The Urban Gardener
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Author: Amber Freda • Location: New York City • "Affectionately known by her clients as "The Plant Lady," Amber Freda's firm Star Gardens offers garden design, installation, and plant maintenance services to clients in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The great majority of our clients are in New York City, where our goal is to steadily tranform the concrete jungle into an urban paradise. We are best known for our small urban garden designs, including roof gardens, vertical gardens, terraces, decks, containers, courtyards, flower beds, and water gardens. "Urban Organic Gardener
• New York City Vegetable Gardening in Self Watering Containers •
Author: Mike Lieberman • Location: New York City • "My goal of having this site is to inspire you to start gardening and growing your own food. If I'm doing it, why can't you?"
Delaware
Chitweed
• I am perhaps the Luckiest of Gardeners. I Garden at work, I garden at home...I am always learning from both •
Author: Chitweed Location: Delaware "I happen to be one very lucky gardener. I manage and buy for a family business that has a greenhouse & garden center. Because of this, I get to choose from vendors all over the country for products new and old. I get to try out the 'new' in my home garden, and turn other gardeners onto them as well. I am able to help novice gardeners with the tried and true favorites to start their gardening experience out on the right foot. I share gardening with many people on a one-to-one basis daily. I learn fom experienced gardeners about their trials, triumphs,recommendations, and wish lists. I get secrets and techniques that have been carried down for generations. I renew my love of gardening and get excited all over again with gardeners of all skill levels. All this and I love my job. Yessiree...I'm one lucky gardener."From Seed to Scrumptious
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Author: George W. Davis • Location: Wilmington, DE • "In June of 1974 I started a small garden in the first summer at our first house. In October of 1979 we were in our third house, and yes our third garden. Been here ever since, adding more and more leaves as mulch, but never tilling. No pesticides either. Some special gardening interests are cold frames, compost, beneficial insects, seed saving, and sustainable gardening. My gardens are a mix of veggies and flowers, for aesthetic reasons as well as to attract beneficial insects, birds, bees, butterflies, and especially humming birds. Garden Zone 7"In the Garden with Gentle Palm
• Raising vegetables, flowers, chickens, and Gentle Palm in the Mid-Atlantic •
Author: Portia Location: Delaware "I am a gardener in the Mid-Atlantic with a partner, four kids, parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, an old stone house, a full-time law practice, chickens, guineas, fish, geckos, a dog, a cat, and - sometimes - my sanity."The Allium Garden Blog
• Seeing The World Through The Garden •
Author: Angela G. • Location: Wilmington, DE • "This is a blog about seeing the world through the garden. From travels around the world, to the garden in your own backyard. Will you take the journey with me?"
Denmark
Evigglade?
• My private garden blog •
I like to write about my garden and other beautiful gardens I visit. The photos I use are my own.Flaneur Gardening
• A self-confessed urban flâneur gives gardening a go •
Author: Soren • Location: Kulhuse, Denmark • "City-boy has just bought a summer house with a garden and is now trying to make sense of it all."The Chili Blog
• Hottest fruit ever •
Author: Kenneth Christensen - A proud Dane with dirt under the nails Location: Denmark "A Danish chili lover trying to navigate the hot and spicy world."
England
. . . but it's dirty
• soil, worms and manure everywhere •
Author: David • Location: Lancashire, Great Britain • FunnyA Smallholder's Diary
• Ramblings of a smallholder. •
Author: Mark Daymond • Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom • "My blog is about my attempts to be as self-sufficient as possible. It is primarily about growing my own vegetables and fruit, but also covers (or I intend to cover) keeping chickens, cooking, book reviews, crafts and anything else related."Artificial Grass Blog
• •Bean Sprouts
• One family's search for the good life •
Author: Melanie Rimmer • Location: Cheshire, UK • "Five of us live in a very small ex-council house with a very small garden on the edge of farmland. We grow some of our food on an allotment a couple of miles away. We keep chickens and bees. We try to be "green", whatever that means."Down on the Allotment
• Everyday happenings in my veggie patch, because you can't eat flowers! •
Author: Matron • Location: Hillingdon, West London • "I've been growing vegetables all my life, and my parents 'dug for victory' in London during World War 2 and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment so growing fruit and vegetables is a way of life for me."Fennel and Fern
• The stylish gardening blog •
Author: Isabel • Location: Southampton, UK • "A stylish organic gardening magazine. As well as expert advice on growing flowers, fruit and veg, there's a blog on our re-design project, transforming a scrappy back garden and fire escape on the South Coast into a pocket-friendly potager; inspiration boards; monthly seasonal recipe blogs; allotment blogs; community garden blogs; and money-saving, eco-friendly gardening advice..."First Time Vegetable Growing
• 6 months ago I knew nothing about growing vegetables. This is a blog of my progress starting from the first day of sowing a seed. •
Author: Chef_uk • Location: Sleaford, Lincs, UK • "I'm strimming the weeds for the second time this year on what once was a vegetable garden. We had always wanted to turn it back in to its former life but time and money had slowed down progress. Knowing the patch dies down during winter, now was a perfect time to start planning."Garden Posts
• Garden Posts - A Gardeners Blog •
Garden Posts is a Gardeners blog written about his own vegetable gardening and flower growing exploits in his garden in South Oxfordshire.Garden,pond,home and life diary for hevsdave
• Gardening and home construction projects.Life cooking and family diary. •
DIY Gardening and home construction projects WalcotNLincolnshireGardening and Dogs
• Gardens and Dogs can co-exist •
Author: Barhi • Location: Southampton, England • "Think you can’t have a beautiful garden that you share with your dogs – think again. My two passions are gardening and my dogs, and I want to share ideas of how the two can easily be combined. It is perfectly possible to have your horticultural haven outside the back door and not have a separate “dog area”. These days, few of us have much land so it would be wasteful to separate humans and dogs. Our small suburban garden is shared with our lively Springer Spaniels and is considered to be of high enough quality to be one of 3,600 gardens in the UK to open to the public under the National Garden Scheme. Who am I? I am Finuala Barnes and I live on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. I have loved, shown, worked (and occasionally bred) my Barhi Welsh Springer Spaniels for over twenty years. Our current garden has been open to the public under the NGS since 2007. I have written on gardening for Dog World and the Welsh Springer Spaniel Club ."Gardens and Cats
• I hope you will join us on this garden journey. •
Author: Thora • Location: London, England • "My husband and I moved into this, our new home, at the end of January 2007. I was faced with a lovely 2 bedroom flat, and a huge, shared garden at the back, which was a wasteland. Now, I have created some gardens before out of nothing, but nothing quite on this scale. And let me make it clear from the start, I am not any kind of professional. I have a passion for gardening, and I have had good advice from friends and acquaintances, on what to do, and when and how to do it. The rest is down to me! And some good help from husband and neighbours. <...> I hope you will join us on this garden journey. I hope to share with you all the ups (it’s all been up for me!), the practical, the plants and their names, and what we’ve accomplished."Green Lane Allotments Weather Diary
• Details of weather conditions that affect our gardening in West Yorkshire •
Author: Martyn Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Weather information gathered from a weather station in our garden and how the weather affect our gardening activities and our plants." See also their main gardening blog, Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments.Green Space and Rooftop gardening in the City: My Own Little World of Plants
• My own little world of plants •
Author: Christopher Mackay • Location: London, UK • "Follow (and see) my successes and failures day by day (usually) as I attempt to grow some of the choicest plants from the Himalayas and Caucasus: Meconopsis to Mesopotamian Irises on a cold and windy London rooftop."Horticultural
• Jane Perrone's organic allotment and garden blog •
Author: Jane Perrone • Location: near London, Great Britain • "This blog is for writing about the things I don't get to cover at work: the trials and treasures of nurturing my garden and allotment. I write about the things I wanted to read when I set out learning about horticulture: how do you set up a wormery? What the hell is a barbietola di chioggia? How do I become a gardener if I only have a windowsill in my flat? My nickname at school? Botany. Need I say more? Ok, well I have a smallish garden (which I haven't got around to measuring yet), a five-pole allotment (that's just over 125 square metres) and a lot of houseplants. I went organic four or five years ago."Kate Gould Gardens
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A blog for all garden enthusiastsMy Veggie Plot
• Following a kitchen garden beginner, on his route to success. •
Author: Gordon • Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northeast England • "First time kitchen gardener Gordon, shares his journey into world of 'grow your own'."Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
• Our activities on our allotment plot and in our garden •
Author: Sue Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Read about the ups and downs of gardening on our allotment plot in West Yorkshire where we have had a plot since the 1980's and our garden. As well as being keen gardeners we also enjoy the wildlife that share our gardening spaces with us."Patchy Growth
• Our first allotment in North East England •
A document of two utter novices' attempts to get stuff to grow on a bit of Nunsmoor Allotments in Newcastle upon Tyne, and other related(ish) affairsSoilman's Allotment Blog
• My triumphs and disasters growing vegetables •
Author: Soilman • Location: Southeast England • "I have a small plot that I rent near my home in south-east England. It's called an allotment, for those not familiar with British argot. It's about 4m by 25m. Not huge, but not tiny. Enough to grow enough. For two--the wife and me. I've been doing it for two seasons. This is my third. I'm just a beginner, frankly, and you'll see how many ghastly errors I make as you read this. BUT I have a lot of fun trying. I'll do my best to convey that, plus other rants and observations, on this blog."Spade Work : From Plot to Plate
• Organic gardening and vegetable growing within flooding distance of the Thames, weekend allotmenteering overlooking the North Downs, and tending a monastery garden. •
Author: John Curtin • Location: three places in England •The Galloping Gardener
• Visits to gardens - many in the UK where I live - but also overseas, when I am travelling. How to combine several garden visits in a day and which ones are really worth seeing. •
Author: Charlotte • Location: Sussex, England • "As an inveterate travel, with homes in both the UK and the US, and a passionate gardener, I get to see more gardens than most! My blog is about sharing those wonderful gardens I see with my readers, so that they can visit if they are in the area."The Garden of Eaden
• Combining good gardening practice with sound organic and environmental advice •
Author: Simon Eade • Location: Kent in England • "The Garden of Eaden site publishes articles on all aspects of gardening. It also specialises in organic and sustainable practices, including wildlife and environmental gardening. It inculde plant propagation, pests and diseases, fruit and vegetable production, medicinal plants and home grown recipies."The Japanese Maple Guide
• The ultimate resource for everything Japanese maple •
Author: John Geraghty • Location: St Austell, UK • "The Japanese maple guide is a distillation of all the knowledge I've gained from over thirty years of growing Japanese maples, but not all of them successfully! Mostly, it's been a case of trial and error as, even before the internet, information on growing them properly was patchy to say the least and at times totally misleading. A point worth remembering is that although I don't live in the same town as you, the information I've published here is still relevant to your specific needs. It doesn't matter where you live, you're still growing a non-native plant and as such we all have to provide the same or similar requirements to that found in its native environment for it to thrive."The School Vegetable Patch
• Get school children growing their own. •
Author: Sue Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Information advice and resources for anyone who gardens withs chool children but of equal interest to those gardening with children at home or adult gardener." See also her main gardening blog, Our Plot at Green Lane AllotmentsVeg Plot
• Spawn of allotment 21 •
Author: Frankie • Location: Hereford, UK •Veg Plotting
• Musing on life in the heart of rural Wiltshire. Well, erm, Chippenham actually •
Author: VP • Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK • "It's a rather quirky and eclectic blog with links to lots of further information if you want to know more. I also love having a chat with you in the Comments. Most of the ideas for my blog posts occur to me whilst on my allotment (a bit like a Victory Garden, but without the need for a war going on to have one), but it's not just about growing fruit and vegetables. Large helpings of gardening, life in a small English rural town, a campaign to improve the quality of our public spaces and anything else which happens along my path squeeze themselves in there as well. It's been described by several people as 'entertaining education', which I think is a BIG compliment."Walton's Garden Building Blog
• Handy tips for all types of Garden Buildings •
Providing a few handy tips for your in and around your garden building as well as bringing you something a little more bizarre from the gardening related world.wellywoman
• My life in Wellies •
I spend most of my time in my wellies, whether I'm in my garden, on my allotment or walking in the beautiful countryside around my home. Stories, tips, musings, recipes and reviews in fact anything related to growing or being amongst plants.
Finland
Felsengarten
• Gardening in Finland •
Felsengarten is the place where I want to share my experience gardening in Southern Finland despite all the constraints that country and climate provide.Narcissan narsissit
• Collection of a Daffodil addict •
Author: Narcissa Location: Finland"This is a page for displaying all my daffodil varieties. I made it because I myself would have loved to find something like this, a page with good pictures of the varieties that are most commonly sold, names included."Viherpeukalo keskella kammenta(The Apprentice Green Thumb)
• Viikonloppupuutarhurin jorinoita (Musings of a weekend gardener) •
Author: Narcissa Location: the northern part of southern Finland"My garden is located some 100 kilometres north of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, where I live. It surrounds our summer cottage, which means that I only get to go there on weekends and holidays. I won't be even visiting my garden until April, so most of the pictures during the winter will be old ones, the current snowy pictures were taken over Christmas." Editor's note: This blog is written in Finnish but the photos are wonderful. I have given a rough translation of the title and tagline with the help of the author, who does speak English, so don't hesitate to comment on her blog.Villa Blåkulla
• Helsinki citygardening •
Business woman learns to garden through trial and error in a downtown allotment area.
Florida
Blogging in Myrtle Glen
• So much to dig, so little time! •
my micro blogging about my garden Myrtle Glen, a backyard wildlife habitat in Central FlordiaDanielle's Garden Blog
• fruit, flowers, herbs, veggies, garden •
Author: Danielle Copeland • Location: Florida • "i'm a newly married gen-X-er in south florida. I planted my first garden in late 2006 and have tracked its progress ever since."Family and Flowers
• • Stay-at-home mom and gardener • •
Author: Darla Green • Location: Florida • "I enjoy working in my yard, (actually I like to refer to it as playing) because I love it and try to do something out there everyday. I feel very close to the Lord when I am in my gardens. It seems as though His voice is more clear there. I also enjoy spending time in the kitchen. This summer my friend and I have learned how to can pears, different types of relish, jellie and figs,(we got to use veggies and fruits from our gardens) and we are not finished yet."Florida gardening
• An informational website dedicated to the zen of gardening •
Author: Nancy Weikle Location: FloridaFlorida is a whole 'nother world and requires a whole different approach to gardening. Nancy shares what she's learning.Garden Accessories
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Author: Nancy Weikle Location: FloridaRecommended linksGarden Adventures
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Author: GrowerJim • Location: Orlando, FL • "I live in a 1 acre botanical garden of my own creation. I grow many types of tropical and sub-tropical fruits as well as bromeliads and many flowering plants. My blog is a plant by plant tour of my garden and the happenings within. Visit my blog and experience the tropics for yourself!"Garden Living
• • Outdoor Adventures with Family and Kids • •
Author: Emily Eubanks • Location: Micanopy, FL • "A self proclaimed 'brown thumb,' I've come to believe my brown thumb just needs a little fertilizer. I garden in the early evening - usually followed by the kids and dogs . I do most of the dreaming in the garden and then talk my husband into doing the heavy labor. My gardening zone is 8b and/or 9a depending on the season."GelTech Gardening Blog
• Harnessing the power of Mother Nature •
Blog dedicated to informing the best ways to take care of your garden or lawn.Here we gro!!
• To share, create, communicate and cultivate •
Author: groOrganic • Location: California, Florida and Upstate New York • "Where we explore all that nourishes us. From our daily work and play...the food we grow, prepare, and eat. To art and creativity and music... to what makes us laugh and wonder and say hmmmm...to walking barefoot in cool grass and getting very down to earth."Plant Resources
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Author: Nancy Weikle Location: FloridaRecommended linksPlant Tips
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Author: Nancy Weikle Location: FloridaRecommmended linksSolutions
• • We created this blog to hold space for people who are seeking solutions in a world that can sometimes seem way too focused on problems. • •
Author: Curtis and Peggy Whitwam • Location: Tampa, Florida • "While it is a site dedicated to all types of solution oriented positive intention, the primary way we manifest this is through growing beautiful, edible gardens. We want to share this information with as many people as possible."Spruce Pine Cottage
• Native plants, bugs, gnomes, and such . . . •
Author: Robert MacGrogan and Leslie Kimel Location: Gadsen County, FLThe Good Garden
• Inspiration, advice, and the occasional outrageous opinion for those who love pretty things in general, and gardens in particular. •
Author: Rachel Grace • Location: Orlando, FL (although there are writers from other places, too) • "This blog is about discovering ideas for designing, planting and enjoying my garden and yours. I like to find ideas everywhere: my backyard, my friends’ backyards, books, magazines, newspapers, walks in my lovely Thornton Park neighborhood, and Facebook posts from you guys. Long story short, whether or not I have a blog, I’m going to be reading about, talking about, thinking about and making gardens, so I figured I would do all that for you and with you."The Green B
• The ongoing saga of a Florida garden's transformation (and mabye the gardener's, too) •
A chronicle of learning to garden in Florida
France
A Gardener in France
• English garden designer in the Loire Valley •
Author: A Gardener in France • Location: Chabris, Loire Valley, France • "English garden designers recently moved to central France comment on gardening and French life. Lots of plant photos and news of gardening events, plus book reviews, plant profiles and more."Apprendre le jardin
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My name is David I am the author of articles whom you go to be able to discover here. You will find on this blog of articles having mainly for subject the garden generally, but also of the decoration, the plants by way of the various techniques to have a beautiful garden all year long.Mas Du Diable
• • Living Closer to the Land • •
Author: Laura Hudson • Location: The Cévennes mountains, Languedoc, Southern France • "Mas du Diable is our home, we came here to get closer to the land. Here I write about growing and cooking our own food and the rural skills needed to live on this land. This site is about organic gardening, sustainable living, growing food for the kitchen, living from the land, heirloom seeds, seed saving and rural skills. I also post recipes, articles and resources for living closer to the land."
Georgia
Been Gardening . . . Bin Gardening
• place to share container gardening experiences, various growing methods, and garden and nature photography •
Author: Karen B • Location:Small rural town outside Atlanta, Georgia • "The idea for the title of this blog, "Been Gardening", was originally supposed to be "Bin Gardening", but that domain name was (not surprisingly) already in use. After a recent, temporary move to NC (for a music position), then back to our GA home, my husband wondered what we would do with all the empty storage bins taking up room in our basement. I told him I was researching various container gardening methods and would use them for planters once I settled on a design that could incorporate the dozens of Sterlite 18-gallon totes we had acquired. This is where the blog begins...it is my quest to grow fresh, organic, tasty vegetables, fragrant herbs, and beautiful flowers in self-watering containers for three seasons of the year, supplementing nutrients by adding oxygenated fish effluent water. We have just begun to prepare the bins for the season and will be posting an update soon. Thanks so much for joining me on this garden adventure! "Blackwidow Garden
• Trying my hand at flower gardening..... •
Author: Pam Bevill • Location: Rincon, GA • "I'm an amateur gardener in South Georgia. I live just north of Savannah, Ga, outside a town called Rincon. I've lived here all of my life and grew up on the edge of the town itself when it was small. Now, the town is much larger and I live a few miles outside of town with my husband and two almost grown kids, a son and a daughter. We own and live on 5 acres so I have lots of room to try gardening."Dotty Plants Journal
• Secrets of a Seedscatterer •
Planting bulbs, sowing seeds, striking cuttings and dividing perennials for the garden and personal greenhouse.Garden Mob Perennial & Rose Gardening Scribe
• An interactive online guide to rose gardening, including photographs and descriptions of hundreds of garden roses. •
Author: Barrie • Location: Athens, GA • "Many people regard roses as time-consuming, fussy plants. It is true that some hybrid teas are gawky, disease-ridden affairs best suited for the traditional rose bed, but there are many roses, including hybrid teas, which are beautiful plants, tough and hardy. My hope is that today's consumers will insist on easy to grow roses and today's breeders will focus on hybridizing roses for vigor and disease resistance. It is our hope that you will find many roses to choose from. Some will need spraying; hopefully, most will not. Our endeavor should be to make the rose a citizen in every garden again."Garden Rookie of Georgia
• • A vegetable, herb, and flower garden journal. • •
Author: James Hudson • Location: Augusta, Georgia • "I am a beginner-level gardener with only a few seasons under my belt. I have a small home garden where I grow vegetables for my family to eat. This is the journal of how I learn to grow plants by trial and error."In the Garden
• All things gardening and life! •
Author: Tina, Lola, Skeeter and Dawn • Location: Tennessee, Georgia, Maine • "Daily posts with all things related to gardening and life and wildlife."Niches
• Native Plants, Habitat Restoration, and Other Science Snippets •
Author: Wayne and Glenn Location: Athens, GeorgiaWe have 40 acres of variously forested land with a creek running through a hollow into Goulding Creek. This area is in the Piedmont area of northeast Georgia, about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta. Sparkleberrysprings.com is envisioned as a small business selling native plants and seed. We scour the countryside for seeds, and grow them and evaluate them and maybe propagate the best and sell them. That's the idea, anyway.Seedlings
• • Gardening, Faith, and Flowers • •
Author: Lynn Coulter • Location: Georgia • "I'm a gardener and writer who lives in Georgia. I'm crazy about my family, books, knitting, and biking. Currently I'm writing my third book, Little Mercies, for my publisher, B&H Books. It's due out in the spring/summer of 2010."
Germany
Garten selbstgemacht! - Gartenblog
• Written in German •
Author: Steffi Location: Germany"My gaertnerblog (which means gardeners blog in English) is German but it is a gardening blog."Haus und Garten Blog
• German Blog about House and Gardening. •
Author: Marcel Location: Saxony, Germany "A German Blog where we report every day about a topic that is related to housekeeping and gardening such as lawn care or how to create a new garden. The forum we also have helps beginners and many experts answer their questions."Paradise Found
• A garden addict •
Author: Corinna Schwartz Location: Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany) "A Garden Is... one of life's essentials. I wouldn't know how to do without so I would love to share my experiences with others. My garden which started in 2002 -- even before the house was finished -- is still developing. There is a basic outline, nothing stylish, rather wild in some parts and fairly colourful. Of course it's the plants that are at the center of everything, but I'm also both fascinated and unnerved by all the other visitors such as birds and bugs and slugs and ....Our personal paradise is located in northern Germany in a small village near the Baltic sea. Therefore the climate is fairly moderate; even though the winters can be rather cold, the summers rather wet and any time of the year rather stormy, we usually don't have those extremes that other parts of the country are plagued with.Self-Reliant Yuppies
• spring is upon us and we're ready to start turning this plot into our own little garden of Eden. •
Author: The Muehli's Location: Germany "We're setting a challenge for ourselves: Provide enough produce in our own back yard to supply the majority of our fruit and veggie needs. If we can't grow it, we want to buy it within 10 km of our home. The fun part is we just bought our first home (a farmhouse built in 1834) which needs some TLC, we don’t know much about gardening and we want to do as much as we can around here with our own two hands. We've got a lot of learning to do and a lot of work...this should be interesting ;)"
GWA
bloomingwriter
• A somewhat unruly cottage garden of thoughts, tips, & more-than-occasional rants on gardening, cats & writing. •
Author: Jodi DeLong Location: Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada "I always say my three bad habits are cats, books and plants; this is a perfect place to frolic and share thoughts about these passions. Occasionally, I go off topic and have a rant, usually about weather, bigbox bullies, or right of centre politicians (of the Canadian type). My bark is worse than my bite, though, except where goutweed is concerned."Botanical Gardening Blog
• News, views and clues from BotanicalGardening.com •
Author: Carlo Balistieri • Location: Tuxedo Park, NY • "Do you dream of gardening in your own, private botanical garden? Want to grow all the amazing, exotic plants you find at area garden centers and nurseries? Need help and don't know where to turn? BotanicalGardening.com is your source for sound, solid advice from practical experience. It took years of growing rare and unusual plants to accumulate the know-how condensed into these pages. I've made all the mistakes so you don't have to."bwisegardening
• Adventures in Gardenland •
Author: Barbara Wise • Location: Nashville, TN • " Sage advice and garden chronicles for plant addicts or black-thumb diehards, helping you find success in your gardening endeavors."Central Texas Gardener Blog
• Texas-tough ideas •
Author: Linda Lehmusvirta • Location: Austin, TX • "See what's up this week in my east Austin garden, what to add to your to-do list, and preview this week's Central Texas Gardener."Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Commonweeder
• Welcome to my country garden •
Author: Pat Leuchtman • Location: Heath, Massachusetts • "We moved to our windy hill in Heath, Massachusetts 29 years ago. We considered our climate to be Zone 4, but now I think Zone 5 might be more accurate although the Montreal Express does come roaring across our fields during the long winter. We have lawns, we have flowers. We have berries, veggies and herbs. And chickens. And grandchildren. In June we celebrate with our Annual Rose Viewing and invite everyone to stop and smell our 70+ hardy roses. When not gardening I'm visiting with gardeners, writing about gardening, gardeners, the environment, and books — or reading."Dirty Little Secrets
• Make your garden healthy and happy with these timely tips. •
Author: Kathy Van Mullekom • Location: Yorktown, Virginia • "All about gardening in southeastern Virginia and along the Mid-Atlantic East Coast."Down & Dirty
• What's a little dirt between friends? •
"Ellen Zachos (instructor and coordinator of the Gardening Department in Continuing Ed at the New York Botanic Garden) offers practical, accessible, and ecclectic advice. She writes about urban and suburban gardening, foraging for wild foods (in the heart of NYC!), cooking with garden and wild produce, and enjoying nature with children and friends. Make gardening and the environment part of your everyday life, no matter where you live."Each Little World
• EACH LITTLE WORLD that collides with mine •
Author: Linda Brazill • Location: Madison, WI • "Each Little World burst into being in August 2008 to focus on my perennial passion for homes and gardens. The world of interiors and exteriors; bibliophiles; china and dishing; Domino theory; feasts and fests; food; flowers and gardens; material possessions and textile obsessions; worldly goods and bads."Garden Faerie's Musings
• A little blog about gardens, gardening, visiting gardens, and the little joys of everyday life. •
Author: Monica Milla • Location: Ann Arbor, MI • "Monica is a gardener, writer, and speaker who enjoys getting people excited about many aspects of gardening. Her "pet" topics include gardening for cats and winter seed sowing."Gardening and Yardening
• Our way to preserve our newspaper columns which disappear after they are published •
Author: Nancy Szerlag and Jeff Ball • Location: Attica, MI • "Nancy has been a garden writer for 14 years and Jeff for 26 years. We have many gardens where we test plants, tools, and new products. We both write a weekly column in the Detroit News; Nancy's is called Gardening and Jeff's is called Yardening."Gardening With Confidence
• Helping people reach their full gardening potential •
Author: Helen Yoest • Location: Raleigh, NC • "Gardening With Confidence blog provides how-tos, practices, and design information for all gardeners with special emphasis on organic, sustainable gardening. A monthly maintenance guide is also included specifically for Zone 7b gardens."Gardens by Kelly Productions
• The youngest Master Gardener in Iowa •
Author: Kelly D. Norris • Location: Bedford, IA • "Kelly is a freelance writer and Master Gardener from southwest Iowa. His passion and obsession with horticulture, plants, and gardening embodies nearly every function of his life." This site used to be called The E-Garden Almanac.Glen Villa
• Site and Insight •
• Site and Insight • Author: Pat Webster • Location: North Hatley, Quebec • I write about garden design, using my own garden and other gardens as illustration. My particular interest is incorporating art into gardens and showing the history of a landscape on the site itself. I’m a sculptor, photographer and amateur historian, and In my blog I write about all three: using art in a garden, showing the history of a site and the people who live on it, and photographing gardens to bring them to life. Glen Villa is a large country property in rural Quebec, part garden, part landscape park, part forest and farm fields. I write about Glen Villa and gardens I visit around the world. Occasionally I review garden books.Great Garden Plants Blog
• Learn from the Experts - Mary & Chris •
Author: Mary & Chris • Location: Holland, MI • "Learn from the gardening experts – Mary & Chris as we make your gardening experience enjoyable. Discover new plants, exciting plant combinations, tips, trends, stunning garden photography & more."Hoosier Gardener
• An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics. •
Author: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp • Location: Indianapolis • "Info packed site with monthly checklists, lots of resources and help with gardening. My goal is to help you succeed so you'll keep getting dirt under your fingernails."In Lee's garden now
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Author: Lee Reich • Location: blog location • "Lee Reich, PhD worked in agricultural research for Cornell University and the U. S. Department of Agriculture before moving on to writing and consulting. He grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables on his farmden (more than a garden, less that a farm), including many uncommon fruits such as pawpaw, hardy kiwifruit, shipova, and medlar."Lois de Vries' Garden Views
• Thoughts on Gardening and Environmental Issues •
Author: Lois de Vries Location: LaFayette, NJ "I love working in my own garden as well as touring other people's gardens as a field editor for Better Homes and Gardens Garden Group. Join me on my journey through the gardening life and on my quest to promote land management practices that reconnect people to the Earth."Seedlings
• • Gardening, Faith, and Flowers • •
Author: Lynn Coulter • Location: Georgia • "I'm a gardener and writer who lives in Georgia. I'm crazy about my family, books, knitting, and biking. Currently I'm writing my third book, Little Mercies, for my publisher, B&H Books. It's due out in the spring/summer of 2010."Shirley Bovshow's Edenmaker's Blog
• Eden-making is the art of bringing Paradise to your home •
Author: Shirley Bovshow • Location: Los Angeles, CA • "Musings on gardens, outdoor living, nature-inspired travel, food from the ground, and family life." Shirley Bovshow is an in-demand landscape designer in Los Angeles and the designer/co-host of the television show, “Garden Police” airing on the Discovery Home Channel.Studio G - Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration
• A Landscape designers journal of ideas, inspirations, products and destinations. •
Author: Rochelle • Location: Harvard, MA • "Studio ‘g’ is a design blog dedicated to sharing landscape ideas, hotel resort and spa gardens, outdoor art and design, the latest in landscape products and services and to inspiring readers to recognize a sense of place so as they travel the world they can celebrate and value it. I feature sneak peeks (pictures of interesting gardens and projects by any designer who would like to submit – designers, send me your best!), along with product reviews, inspirations, trends in hospitality and landscape design, interviews, guides to travel and garden related shopping around the world, and trade show and design event coverage. I discuss my industry (residential and commercial land design), my clients industries (hospitality development, spa development, design and construction), and my life as a writer, designer, entrepreneur, mom and a few other titles in an effort to create a thriving online community."The Garden of Words
• A Garden is not a place, It is a Passion, a Passage -Octavio Paz •
Author: Katie Elzer-Peters • Location: Wilmington, NC • "Blog of Katie Elzer-Peters, owner of The Garden of Words, L.L.C. Features a daily photo (mostly garden and plant related) with a catchy headline. Tips on garden writing, and book reviews."The Garden Plot
• The Garden Media Group is a specialty lawn & garden public relations agency. •
Author: Garden Media Group Location: Chadds Ford, PA "The Garden Media Group is a specialty lawn & garden public relations agency. This garden blog does not aim to sell our clients to you but to inform you of the hippest, hottest gardening news, trends and events in our industry today! The Garden Plot is about all things 'Gardening.' Everything from the best soil to use to which plants are best for your region. Dedicated to bringing you only the best in gardening information, we at Garden Media Group welcome all your comments and if you have a book or link we should know about, don't be afraid to share it with us!"The Gardener's Pantry
• All things related to food and gardening •
Author: Rose Marie McGee Location: Albany, OR "I grew up gardening at Nichols Garden Nursery in Albany, OR. Today, my husband Keane, and I operate this family owned mail order seed company and herb nursery. I am the co-author of McGee & Stuckey’s Bountiful Container, a complete guide to creating and growing edible gardens in containers. This blog explores the relationship between gardening and food. I do a fair amount of public speaking on garden related topics and sometimes start my talk by saying this is for gardeners who eat, so it is with The Gardener’s Pantry. Happy gardening." Rose Marie Nichols McGeeThe Laptop Gardener
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Author: Laptop gardener • Location: Austin, TX • This is a blog by the president of Garden Writer's Association. "This is a combination website and blog where I can share with you all manner of things that I find interesting and informative about gardening. So there’s a little about garden design, some tips on how to garden more successfully, a smidgen of serious news that might affect your garden, lots of great plants to know and love, plenty about gardens to visit in North America and beyond, new plants, garden book reviews and anything else that strikes my fancy."The Vermont Gardener
• Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters & Their Friends •
Author: George Africa • Location: Marshfield, Vermont • "Here at Vermont Flower Farm, flowers are our specialty. We've been growing flowers since the early 80's and although our interests have changed over the years, we have arrived at an outstanding collection of astilbes, daylilies, lilium and hostas plus some great shade plants. We'll post pictures of how the gardens develop and the varieties grow. Chances are good that you'll be interested and want to keep coming back. We hope that as you visit and exchange thoughts, questions and pictures with us, you'll get a sense of gardening in Vermont, the people who visit us here and the gardens that interest us. "Transatlantic Plantsman
• Plants, books on plants and using plants •
Author: Graham Rice Location: Pennsylvania (USA - zone 5) and in Northamptonshire (UK - zone 8) "Plants, plant combinations, books and magazines about plants, more stuff about more plants - from both sides of the Atlantic - with occasional asides on wildflowers and wildlife, the transatlantic life and perhaps occasionally fishing, music and books on subjects other than plants."VERMONT GARDENS
• Always Growing Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters And Their Friends •
Author: George Africa Location: Marshfield, VT "I have recently started Vermont Gardens to share some information about moving our nursery to a new location over the next couple years. My intent is to include business related info to show that there's more to it that sinking a sign in the ground that says "Flowers For Sale".
Hawaii
Tropical Embellishments
• One Voice in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean •
Author: Christopher C • Location: the Hawaiian island of Maui • "A Landscape Gardener and Designer on Maui for twenty years. This blog is now an archive of the past. I have left the island."
Honduras
La Gringa's Blogicito
• Gardening and living in La Ceiba, Honduras. Neither is easy for this American woman. •
Author: La Gringa Location: La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras"I moved to Honduras in September 2001 and that's where this story begins. I would love to hear from other Latin American gardeners. Please leave a comment or email me directly. Gracias!"
Idaho
Color Me Green Landscape Design
• Complete Landscape Design and Consultation •
Author: Katherine Janquart • Location: Boise, ID • "I am a landscape designer and horticulturalist in Boise, Idaho. I started my blog to be able to display some of the creative thing that I do. From landscape designs to paintings and jewerly. I try to make my blog informational but yet very personal. I love plants and anything to do with them and love to share my knowledge and opinions about horticulture."Confluence Farm
• Random postings from our micro urban farm in downtown Lewiston, Idaho. •
Author: happyskunk • Location: Lewiston, ID •Gardens of the Wild West
• All about gardening in Idaho and the Rocky Mountains •
Author: Mary Ann • Location: Boise, ID • "A clearinghouse for gardening info in my area. I try to keep it lean and clean."Idaho Small Goat Garden
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Author: Heather • Location: Central Idaho • "We live in a zone 4/5 small town in Central Idaho. We always have multiple yard projects going and this will serve as our garden journal. We also add various animals to our developing small farm yearly and plan to update their antics as needed."Joe's Garden
• This is a place for me to put down my thoughts on my favorite time waster...organic gardening. •
Author: Joe's Garden • Location: Nampa, ID • "So, this is a place for me to put down my thoughts on my favorite time waster...organic gardening. I have come to appreciate the garden life, but have started to discover that I have a hard time remembering the lessons I learn each year. So, I am going to use this space to help me remember and provide another way for me to share my garden. I am a husband, father, computer geek, and part time gardener. My time in the garden helps to stabilize my life and is ultimately the only thing that keeps me sane."Kleiner Park Community Garden
• Building Community Through Gardening •
Advice on running a community garden plus exploring interesting crops to try. An interest in Heirloom seeds and seed saving in order to keep gardening affordable.My Boise Garden
• My 1/3 acre of bliss •
After 28 moves across six states following job transfers, family transitions, etc. , I FINALLY got to land where I really want to be. Moved to Boise in 2010 and plan to stay for keeps. Now I'm learning all I can about gardening in Zone 6B.Notes from a Cottage Garden
• God Almighty first planted a Garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man..." Francis Bacon •
Author: Connie • Location: North Central Idaho • "I have been gardening for 27 years, and still find it to be a most rewarding mix of work and enjoyment! There are always things to learn, improvements to be made, new plants to try, weeds to pull, and the ongoing vision of new garden spaces to be created."Our Life in Idaho
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Author: Kim and Victoria • Location: Boise, ID • "We live in Idaho, zone 6B. We both love to garden and Kim does at least half the work. Our garden includes a pond, moongarden, Asian garden, Tuscan garden, an arbor and various beds."Our Life in Idaho
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Living in Idaho, including gardening, raising chickens, hiking, yurting, etc.Potter's Garden
• A tale of a greenhouse from the sassy wife's perspective •
Author: Melissa Potter • Location: Victor, ID • "Potter’s Garden sprung to life in November 2008 in Victor, Idaho after several years of hemming and hawing…uhm, I mean, planning, by creator, builder, greenthumb, glassblower and overall handy man – Jordan Potter. <...> As the little lady in his life, I strongly encouraged (nagged) him to go forth and build. Hope springs eternal, after all. We had to take out a second mortgage to do it as well as experience that “a-ha” moment fresh off of a retreat where all the fresh produce was grown at the retreat center before we did it. But we did it. <...> Now, as the seasons change, Potter’s Garden continues to morph into something we haven’t yet defined…but continue to search for."Round the corner...
• ... there are no squares in Nature! •
Author: Beth • Location: Ketchum, ID •Seasonal Wisdom
• Celebrating the richness of nature's abundance all year long. •
Author: Teresa O'Connor • Location: Boise, ID • "Interviews, ideas and inspiration about sustainable gardening, seasonal folklore and healthy living delivered weekly."Subsistence Pattern
• We Grow Our Own •
Author: Mr H • Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID (Northern Idaho) • "Weary of the world and its illogical ways my wife and I have chosen a path towards self-reliance in all aspects of our lives. Our main focus is on growing and gathering our own food. We hope to use this blog as an avenue to share with and learn from others with similar interests."The Clearwater Garden Journal
• •The Home Garden
• A Dirty Girl's Guide To Gardening •
Author: Dirty Girl • Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • "The Home Garden is a fun and educational guide to gardening, highlighting the trials and triumphs of a Dirty Girl growing flowers and food in the suburbs."Your Apples Are My Oranges
• A Photo~Garden~Craft~etc Blog •
Author: Emily • Location: Boise, ID •
Illinois
A Well-Watered Garden
• An enthusiastic garden journal of discovery •
Maintaining, enhancing, and nurturing multiple garden beds inherited a year ago.Cheryl's Square Foot Garden
• • My Obsession ... My Outlet • •
Author: Cheryl • Location: Chicago, Illinois • "I started this blog to chronicle the successes and failures of my garden and gardening related activities. I wanted to see how well I could garden organically in my small city lot. (I only recently made the connection that you could make compost instead of going to the store and buying it). Mostly it's a place where I can express my love of gardening and the knowledge I've come across through trial and error, even if's just between me and my computer...but if some like-minded individuals find something interesting and useful, all the better."Dragonfly Corner
• This is a journal of my life as it pertains to family, friends, gardening, and life in general. •
Author: Beckie • Location: Central (the prairie lands) Illinois • "I am a grandma of 7 beautiful girls, and a wife of 41 years to a wonderful husband. I enjoy flowers and plants, nature, reading, cooking, crafting, and of course spending time with family and friends!"Garden Girl
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Author: garden girl • Location: Chicago, IL • "Growing up in a farming, gardening family, I was bitten by the bug early and have been gardening since I was a little girl. Thanks to an 18-year stint in corporate America, I've learned a lot about business management. In 2007, I decided to combine my passion for plants and gardening with my business and entrepreneurial background to grow a garden consulting, coaching, and maintenance business of my own. I love what I do even more than I imagined, and still find time for my own ornamental and kitchen gardens, volunteering as a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener, and sharing my gardening passion through my blog."Glenns Garden
• Getting You Growing In Your Own Special Way! •
Author: Glenn Bronner Location: Chicago, IL "I have put this site together to share 30 plus years expierence in the field of horticulture and gardening. I am a professional grounds keeper and have been all my life. Everyday I get to go to work and do what I love best Garden. I would like to invite you to come and stay a while wonder through my site and learn and share in the world of gardening."got serenity?
• a blog from Northern Illinois about gardening and the stuff that gets in the way of my garden!! The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese!! •
Author: Sissy • Location: Northern Illinois •Growing in Chicago
• Thoughts from a veteran garden writer and avid gardener on how-to, why and what's next •
Author: Beth Botts • Location: Chicago, IL • "After more than 20 years on staff at the Chicago Tribune, where my garden stories won bronze, silver and gold awards from the Garden Writers Association, I'm on my own in the great green world. Raised on the South Side by an organic gardener and environmentalist, I now garden in a leafy suburb on the edge of Chicago--in the deep shade on the north side of a four-story building, in the sunny strip by the garbage cans, in pots on the third-floor porch and on the windowsills in the winter."Jim Anderson
• Garden Consultant and Aesthetic Pruner •
Horticulturist from highly regarded Japanese garden talks about pruning, plants, and design.KJ Gardens
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Author: Kitty Joyce Location: Chicago, ILMike's Garden Blog - Vegetable Gardening Know How and Discussion About Growing Food
• Questions, Answers, Musings about gardening •
Author: Mike Location: West Central Illinois "I have been gardening all my life which right now is a little more than 58 years worth. When I was a child my parents had a garden and I used to work and enjoy eating the stuff from their garden. I have been gardening in my current location for about 28 years or so. I think I will continue as long as I can plant the seed because you cannot beat the fresh food. Regular vegetables is mostly what grows in my garden. Mostly I just grow what I like to eat. I am not going to tell people how to garden. My hope is others will post info on the site about what they do and maybe we all can do a better job in the future."Mr Brown Thumb
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Author: MrBrownThumb • Location: Chicago, Illinois •Mr. McGregor's Daughter
• Garden musings from the land beyond O'Hare •
Author: Barbara Location: Chicago, IL "A life-long resident of Northern Illinois, I have been gardening for almost 20 years. My current garden, Squirrelhaven, is 14 years old. My Zone is 5a."My Skinny Garden
• My attempt to beautify my boring backyard. Landscape design and growing suggestions appreciated. •
Author: Gina • Location: Forest Park, IL • "I'm a novice gardener, do it herself-er, toolbelt diva wannabe. My blog is mostly about my gardening and DIY conundrums but every now and then I grow something really pretty or build something very cool."Oh What A Beautiful Garden – Chicagoland
• Two Gardeners Who Dream Bigger Dreams Than Emperors •
Author: Carol • Location: Elk Grove Village, IL • Gardening on a half acre lot by a pair of addicted gardeners. Mike grows 100 dahlias. Carol tends the rest of the garden. Our goal is more garden, less work. Always with a positive spin, always fun, and always improving our garden. Carol is also a GWA Member who loves learning from and sharing with other Garden Writers.On the Shores of Lake Chicago
• Gardening in Oak Park, IL, in the clay mud of prehistoric Lake Chicago •
Author: On the Shores of Lake Chicago • Location: Oak Park, Illinois • "I am in Oak Park, Illinois, USA (zone 5b) with a semi-native, semi-organic garden and pond."P-ART-Y
• Creative How To's - Cakes - Cooking - Gardening •
I blog about my passions: cooking, gardening and cake decorating. I have been following my organic garden this year which consists of 80 square feet oif vegetablesPlantdex
• Gardening and Plant Cultivation •
Resource for learning about how to grow a wide range of plants, with regular blog topics about gardeningPollinators-Welcome
• A weblog to record the developement of a wildlife friendly garden. •
Author: Gloria • Location: Chicago, IL • "If you have read the book 'Noah's Garden' by Sara Stein then you already understand a lot about my gardening habits. If not, I am a wildlife habitat provider with a easy does it inclination to native plants. No sprays ever. Compost is my friend."Prairie Rose's Garden
• Notes from a beginning gardener with sprinkles of poetry and philosophic musings •
Author: Rose • Location: Central Illinois • "I am a "late bloomer" when it comes to gardening. Born and raised on a farm, I have returned to my country roots. Recently retired, I am looking forward to being able to do all the things I always wanted to do but never had enough time. That includes gardening, of course!"Prairie Tide
• Midwestern Meanderings from a Zone 6 Garden in Peoria, Illinois. •
Not strictly limited to gardening, but there are enough gardening entries to make it worthwhile.Ramble On Rose
• Ramblings about prairie plants, conservation, and the trials of a clay-filled garden •
Author: Rose Rankin • Location: northwest of Chicago, IL • "I'm a freelance writer working and gardening northwest of Chicago. I specialize in native Midwestern plants but I don't necessarily discriminate against exotics."Rosemarie's Garden 2006
• A humerous look into the world of "land management" from a newbie gardener. •
Author: Rosemarie Location: northern Illinois"My goal for this blog is to document my garden this year, the 2nd year we are living in our new house. My personal goal is to become a pretty cultivated gardener; at the very least, I will come to understand the many plants and ecosystem that is living right outside my front door. For those who do read this, I hope you enjoy the journey through my garden and thank you for reading."Suddenly I Seed
• Adventures in landscape design, gardening with kids, growing edibles, gardening for wildlife, and eco-friendly living •
Suddenly I Seed is a blog that highlights plants grown in zone 5, just outside of Chicago, IL, including natives and edibles.Sweet Home and Garden Chicago
• An artist and garden designer dishes the dirt on Chicago gardening. •
Author: Carolyn Location: Chicago, IL "I didn't like gardening growing up on the farm because it was my job to tend the vegetable garden, which those of you who do this know that it is very labor intensive. And, after the vegetables are harvested, guess what ? They have to be preserved for winter which means canning up to a hundred jars of each vegetable. But little by little, the old green thumb that I left back in 'bama came back. As my children grew and I had more time on my hands I began in earnest to create a front and back garden. This is in the reach of everyone who wants to do it. One doesn't have to be a landscape designer to create a beautiful garden, all it takes is the desire, a little sweat equity , a modest budget, the ability to read and ask for help from professionals.Teresa's Garden Song
• Gardening for the soul •
An avid amateur gardener - happy to share and learn. Being in the garden is calming, engaging, and pleasing. Join me!The Casual Gardener
• Gardening and Greening Tips brought to you weekly by "The Casual Gardener" •
Author: Shawna Coronado • Location: Warrenville, IL • "Shawna Lee Coronado is an author, locally syndicated newspaper columnist, health, and greening expert focused on teaching and living a green lifestyle."The Dig-It-Yourself Garden
• Applying a do-it-yourself philosophy to our Chicago garden •
Author: J-Dog • Location: Chicago, IL • "My garden philosophy is: keep it simple and (hopefully) cheap. Why pay $40 for a tomato cage when I can make 20 of my own out of one $35 bail of fencing. I'm not that handy; I don't like power tools. But, with a little creativity, I try to get the most out of my small urban garden. Hopefully you'll find something here that sparks your interest or gives you an idea for your own garden. Thanks for reading!" This author used to write on Snappy Garden Blog.The Garden
• when organic is not enough •
Author: Josh Location: Rockford, IL Interested in permaculture, growing fruit trees.The Greenhouse Megastore Blog
• From the People Who Know Greenhouses •
The Greenhouse Megastore Blog offers greenhouse gardening advice and general gardening and growing advice from the people who know greenhouses.The Hortiholic
• A blog for all those "addicted" to plants and gardening •
A look at perennials and flowering shrubs as well as other gardening topicsThe Yarden
• Urban, organic, awesome •
Author: LaManda Joy • Location: Chicago, IL • "We want to teach everyone we meet how to grow vegetables . . . seriously!"Whispering Hills Nursery Blog
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Gardening and landscaping information for McHenry county and Northern Illinois gardeners, as well as price and stock updates
India
Zazu's Garden
• My personal journey towards greener living and self reliance •
Author: Tara • Location: New Delhi, India • "My journey towards self reliance."
Indiana
Container Garden 411
• There’s a beautiful container waiting for you to create. Get Going! •
Author: Theresa • Location: Indiana • "Container Garden 411 is about container gardening with flowers, food, fruit, shrubs, as long as it’s in some type of container. We cover the love of creating beauty this way, while sharing product information that helps one be a more effective container gardener. We give you any quick tips, talk about types of containers, planters, soil recipes, and anything else necessary. If you want to have the most awesome flower experience ever, you are in the right place."Creative Country Mom's Garden
• Welcome to my Country Home and Garden. •
We live on 7 beautiful acres in Southern Indiana. My garden is 6 years old and I have done all of the "design" myself (if there is one that is!). I am an avid rose collector and love the grandma's garden type-look. If you enjoy country style borders and blooms, please take a look and leave a note. I love to hear from you.Gardening with God
• I have named my blog, "Gardening with God", because I truly believe that all plants, especially herbs, are God's gift's to us. To enjoy, and in some cases, to cure our ailments. •
Author: vonlafin • Location: Indiana •Girl Gone Gardening
• A midwestern Slice of the American Dream- A traveler, walking an uncertain path you are welcome to follow. •
Author: Girl Gone Gardening Location: Hammond, INNot only a garden but an ever growing menagerie.Greenbow
• This is a journal of my gardening and other nature happenings at Greenbow as well as other places I visit. I hope you enjoy gardening, birds and nature as I see them. •
Author: Lisa • Location: SW Indiana • "I like to garden, write, photograph, paint and talk about nature."Hoosier Gardener
• An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics. •
Author: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp • Location: Indianapolis • "Info packed site with monthly checklists, lots of resources and help with gardening. My goal is to help you succeed so you'll keep getting dirt under your fingernails."Jim Shields' Garden Notes
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Author: Jim Shields • Location: Westfield, IN • "This is a record of the day to day flowers and plants, in the garden, patio, and greenhouse here in central Indiana (USA). We are in Westfield, Indiana, a second-tier suburb of Indianapolis. <...> We have cold winters (USDA cold zone 5) and hot, humid summers. We try to grow interesting and unusal flowers here. Besides many daylilies (Hemerocallis), we grow native North American bulbs and exotic South African bulbs." See the Shields' Gardens Ltd website.May Dreams Gardens
• This is May Dreams Gardens because all year I dream of the days in May when the sun is warm, the skies are blue, the grass is green, and the garden is all new again! •
Author: Carol Location: Zone 5, Indiana"We should all strive to sow, grow, and sustain good things in life's garden. I hope you enjoy these brief writings in this garden blog about my gardens, gardening adventures and occasional garden opinions, and are inspired to get out and do a little digging and hoeing in your own gardens, wherever and whatever they may be."Metaphyta
• • The plant kingdom, gardening, and other sources of amusement and frustration in the natural world. • •
Author: Arythrina • Location: Bloomington, Indiana • "Lots of pictures of plants, gardening successes (and some failures too!), pictures taken around town and out of town, and the occasional book review. The home garden is in Bloomington, IN but some work will definitely feature the Pacific Northwest as well... "Robin's Nesting Place
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Author: Robin's Nesting Place • Location: Central Indiana • "I'm a former Alabama girl currently gardening in the great state of Indiana. I am by no means an expert gardener, but I love to nurture and grow plants and I love to surround myself with the beauty of God's wonderful creation. I'm focusing my attention right now on planting things to attract butterflies and birds to my gardens. I also love photography and my blog is a place to combine these two passions, both of which I am learning by trial and error."Seeds, Soil, and Hope
• • A Beginner Gardener's Diary • •
Author: katlow • Location: Evansville, Indiana • "We now live in an era of frugality and will continue to face hard economic times forcing many of us back to the basics. How do we do that when many of us have never lived this kind of life? This blog will capture one family's attempt to grow a successful garden with no previous experience in an effort to become more self sufficient while at the same time rebuilding hope and stability."Shields Gardens Home Page
• •Simply Cultivating — A Heartland Garden
• Mistakes, musings and miracles cultivated in my Heartland Garden. •Sweet Bean Gardening
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Author: Hanni • Location: Warsaw, Indiana • "I'm a frugal Hoosier mama with two little sweet beans - The Tornado and The Professor - who love to "help" me out in our zone 5 garden."The Good Earth
• Musings of a gardener, mother, and former marketing maven •
Iowa
An Iowa Garden
• Gardening in a woods in eastern Iowa; a visual narrative. •
Author: Don Location: Iowa City, IowaSaying this blog is about a garden in eastern Iowa is like saying the Sistine Chapel has some paintings on the ceiling. This guy has more different kinds of unusual plants than anyone else I know. For example, he probably has half a dozen different lady's slippers, which are native North American wildflowers that most gardeners would be pleased to grow one of. Every week I learn of new cultivars, species and sometimes even genera from reading Don's blog. And he's not snobby, either. Actually, he's downright funny. Yessirree, any gardener who names his 350lb angel statue "Hernia, . . . because that's what I think I got moving her" is my kind of gardener.Beyond the Garden Gate
• A blog about gardening, animals, and life in a Midwestern city •
Author: Beth Jordan • Location: Des Moines, Iowa • "My blog is about my garden and my animals, plus animals in general and about things I enjoy doing in (and around) my midwestern city of Des Moines, Iowa. There is a bit of travel thrown in as well."Does Everything Grow Better in My Neighbor's Yard?
• • Everything (and probably more) you ever wanted to know about my mostly Shady Yard/Garden. • •
Author: Shady Gardener • Location: Southeast Iowa • "We moved to this location 5 years ago last October. We're in a hardwood deciduous woodland area. Lots of shade and a minimum of sun. This has proven to be an exciting challenge. I enjoy writing about my gardens and learning from others."Gardens by Kelly Productions
• The youngest Master Gardener in Iowa •
Author: Kelly D. Norris • Location: Bedford, IA • "Kelly is a freelance writer and Master Gardener from southwest Iowa. His passion and obsession with horticulture, plants, and gardening embodies nearly every function of his life." This site used to be called The E-Garden Almanac.In My Backyard
• One of my favorite stories from childhood is "The Bluebird", I was fascinated that the children looked everywhere for the Bluebird of Happiness only to come home and find it in their own backyard;) •
Author: Beverly • Location: Des Moines, IA • "I am a mother, an Army wife, a grandma, I love gardens, babies, books, my family and friends and dancing in the rain..."Pianolady's Gardens
• Live outside, happiness is just a yard away! •
Author: Pianolady • Location: Iowa • "If I'm not playing piano, I'm outside working in the gardens!"Picket Fence Greenhouse and Gardens
• Picket Fence Greenhouse and Gardens •
Gardening Blog for Iowa Midwest gardeningThe Inadvertent Gardener
• Need garden advice? Then you probably shouldn't send me an email. •
Author: Eugenia Location: Iowa City, IA" I was born in Washington D.C. While there are plenty of people in the D.C. area with a penchant for gardening, I was not one of those people. I either over-watered or under-watered, and next thing I knew, whatever green thing I tried to coax along into healthy existence had withered and died. In September 2005, I moved to Iowa City. In April 2006, I decided to overcome my black thumb heritage and plant some herbs in a couple of pots. Next thing I knew, I had a garden. Let’s just say this: apparently, it’s amazing what I’ll do for a good tomato."Topiary & Tiramisu
• Garden design and garden living •
Topiary & Tiramisu is about the craft of garden living. This loviness is inspired by farms, gardens, and vintage charm. Topiary & Tiramisu is a collection of enchanting photographers, artists, foodies, and designers that all love the enchantment of gardens as much as I do. This is not a technical site, but a reflective one…a place to dive into the craft of gardening as a place for living. Enjoy the party.
Ireland
Grow Your Own Plants
• A Beginner's Guide To Raising Your Own Flower, Herb, and Vegetable Plants •
An innovative new website aimed at would-be gardeners who are looking for something to provide an engaging past-time without breaking the bank in these recessionary times. The site gives details of means and methods of producing your own plants, and presented in a blog format, with new articles being added on a regular basis. All content is original, and written by a gardener with over forty years of experience. This refreshing new approach provides relevant information presented in an informal way, and encourages reader participation and feedback.The Irish Oriental Garden
• An oriental garden in Ireland, growing some tropical and sub-tropical flowers, fruit and vegetables. •
Author: Barry • Location: Ireland • "The idea behind The Irish Oriental Garden is an attempt to communicate some practical gardening advice and examples of how to make changes on a budget by turning some of the old and unwanted into the new and fashionable. The blog will bring the reader up to date for the design and development of the garden for the previous 5 years. Once up to date, the blog will change to a ongoing development to include The Irish Oriental Garden and wider botanical aspects of Ireland. It is hoped that the readers will help with the content through dialogue and together perhaps we can solve some issues for other readers, as without the readers the blog is an empty shell, therefore the reader is respected as the prime contributor by interaction and commenting."
Italy
The Balcony Garden
• For all would-be gardeners who don't have a garden at hand ... •
Author: Sue Swift Location: Milan, Italy "Firstly, lack of space. Where do you put your seeds and your cuttings? If you want to grow bulbs, biennuals and perennials where do you put the plants which aren't in flower to make space for those which are? And when you've finally got every inch crammed with plants, how do you get a chair in so you can sit and enjoy them? The position and amount of the sun is also a problem. Then, there's the lack of rain. This not only means that everything has to be watered by hand, with tap water that has an extremely high calcium content, but also that leaves don't get washed naturally. They get dusty and grimy and need cleaning so they can breathe. If you're a balcony gardener, you'll probably be able to add to the list. Gardening books don't seem to help much - they seem to ignore the specific problems and presume you're content to buy pre-grown plants from the garden centre at the beginning of the season and throw them away at the end. So, here's the alternative guide to balcony gardening - problems, solutions, successes and failures. Usually mostly failures, to be honest. But probably some other quirky stuff in between."VenicegardenBlog
• the visual story of the garden I keep in lido of venice •
Author: a gardener in venezia • Location: lido di venezia, Italy • "This is the story of my garden in lido of venice, 10 minutes by foot from the Adriatic Sea. I started to plan it in winter 2003/2004 inspired by a friend, even if this passion was sleeping since I grew tomatoes in my first vegetable patch in 1973. I changed it a lot during these years, moving perennials and bushes, planting and removing trees, making new paths and islands, creating a vegetable patch, planting fruit trees and bulbs and so on, trying to develop it with an humble eye to the masters: Piet Oudolf and the Wirtz above all. The thing is that I've done all the planting and keeping, I have to say with the help of the family and of some good local arms, living and working in Rome."
Japan
Popcorn Homestead
• Words about gardening, place, and whatever else seems relevant to my little life now being lived in the metropolis of Tokyo •
Author: Joan Bailey • Location: Tokyo, Japan • "I blog about organic gardening and farming, food, and sustainable living both here in Japan and a little bit still about Michigan. I share what I learn and see around me, and sources of information that I think are useful, fun, or thought-provoking."
Kansas
Landscaping and Lawn Care Ideas for Kansas City
• • Growing Fertile Plants and Fertile Minds • •
Author: Jeff Hamons • Location: Kansas City, Kansas • "Timely and helpful Lanscaping tips from a professional for gardeners all over the midwest."Patrick's Garden
• A Fresher Look at Midwest Gardening •
Author: Patrick Muir • Location: Shawnee, KS • "A garden writer and KSU Extension Master Gardener’s look at gardening in the Kansas City Region and further out in the Midwest. Also as a quadriplegic using family and friends to help orchestrate his gardens with the benefits of no weeding or watering required on his part!"
Kentucky
Garden Desk
• Documenting happenings in my organic garden! •
Author: Marc Location: northern Kentucky "Many years ago, I placed an old desk out in the garden. From that desk I would record observations of my garden with pen and paper. Now I record them here in this blog. So welcome to my new Garden Desk!"Kerry's Garden
• The trials and tribulations of one Kentucky gardener… •
Author: Kerry Location: Dry Ridge, KY
Louisiana
Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog
• Tracking the cycle of my gardening life •
Author: Jean • Location: North Louisiana • "I've been gardening for 30+ years, the last 4+ years in north Louisiana. My current garden is 3 years old and it's a journey of discovery for me. I am a garden coach, master gardener, and work seasonally at a nursery. Please visit my website: www.thenaturalgardencoach.com."greenfish artist and gardener
• My life and love of creativity and nature •
Author:Laura Location: Covington, Louisiana "daily paintings inspired by various gardens and flowers, current interests and happenings in my own garden with some local flavor added in:swamps, food, art, etc..."Growing Groceries
• • The Garden Blog of James Shoop • •
Author: James Shoop • Location: Franklinton, Louisiana • "The Blog of a totally obsessed food grower. Focused on unusual and under-reported edible plants and my personal quest in developing Mad Growing Skilz"
Maine
Four Green Acres
• Life from scratch •
Author: June, Birch, Blossom and Fern • Location: outside Portland, Maine • "We explore coming from the city and living in Maine, keeping chickens, homeschooling, cooking good food and trying to grow it, building a wood-fired pizza oven, wanting a goat but not wanting a goat enough (yet), reading wonderful books, stirring the compost, and taking time to smell the petunias."Garden Path: A Small Garden in Maine
• a look at my garden and some of my other interests •
Author: Sandy • Location: Southern Maine • "I have had a garden in since 1976. It has changed from a large vegetable patch, to an herb and perennial garden over the years. I like to try many different things, so each year my garden's shape changes a little."In the Garden
• All things gardening and life! •
Author: Tina, Lola, Skeeter and Dawn • Location: Tennessee, Georgia, Maine • "Daily posts with all things related to gardening and life and wildlife."Jean's Garden
• A Gardener's Reflections •
Author: Jean Potuchek • Location: East Poland, ME • "Jean's Garden provides the reflections of an amateur gardener on her garden and her gardening experiences, including both triumphs and tribulations. Jean is a flower gardener who grows mostly perennials, and does most of her gardening in East Poland, Maine."Kelly Ash's Adventures in Flirting With Dirt
• Flirting With Dirt | Kelly Ash | Horticulturist · Writer · Photographer •
Follow me (Kelly) on my Adventures in Flirting With Dirt on the coast of Maine. I am a horticulturist, writer, photographer and all around garden geek! You can usually find me outside, knee-deep in dirt, gardening and looking slightly rumpled. I enjoy blogging about my ever-changing, never-going-to-be-complete garden, propagation and growing. My gardening credentials range from growing with my mom, working for nursery growers, trial and (lots of) error to earning my Masters of Horticulture and becoming an active Maine Master Gardener. I hope to share my gardening exploits with all those who share the earthy love of plants!Maine Gardener
• My garden blog for 2005. •
Authors: Andrew Location: near Portland, Maine "I adhere to gardening with organic methods in raised beds. I primarily grow vegetables, however, I have been working on including flowers for a cutting garden. My thought is to share what I have learned in the garden. Hopefully this will serve to help others and perhaps get back some good advice in return." Looks like he's a good cook, too: recipes included.New Gardener
• Because there's always more to learn. •
Author: Tim Lundie • Location: Portland, ME • "Tips and inspiration for people new to gardening."Pleasant Pond Farm
• Gardening, barn and farmhouse talk from Richmond, ME. •
Author: Sandra • Location: Richmond, ME •The Giddy Garden Gnome
• A journal documenting the trials and tribulations of gardening on the rocky coast of Downeast Maine •
Author: Giddy • Location: Gouldsboro, Maine • "Gardening fanatic! I love digging in the dirt (what little I have of it!) My zone 5 garden is located on 2 1/2 heavily wooded, rocky acres on the coast of Downeast Maine."The Gorham Garden
• The continuing saga of a backyard vegetable gardener in southern Maine •
Author: Chris • Location: Gorham, ME • "Ever since my Grandmother took me to visit my Great Uncle Lester's meticulously landscaped yard, I've wanted a garden worthy of him. Sadly, he's gone now, so I can't ask him for advice. It's up to a new generation of trial and error in the backyard. I have a garden that I share with my Mother-in-law, lovingly called Kronk. There are fourteen 4'x8' beds with my name on them in the sunniest part of the yard. My gardening credentials consist of lots of reading, trial and error, advice from the old guys (and my mom) and the repeated attempts I make at a homegrown buffet."The Inspired Garden
• Twenty-Four Artists Share Their Vision •
Author: Judy Paolini • Location: New England • "This blog tracks the gardening and art ventures of the artists featured in my new book, "The Inspired Garden: Twenty-Four Artists Share Their Vision."
Malaysia
Garden Chronicles
• My Love, My Life, My Dreams ... My Heaven, My Earth & My Joys ... •
Author: James • Location: Selangor, Batu Caves, Malaysia • "These are the Chronicles of my little garden with all the matters of life, plants and nature that gives me inspiration."Tropical Gardening
• • About a tropical garden in Malaysia, South East Asia. Maintained by an amateur gardener and his partner who make their own organic compost, grow flowers and vegetables, and have two dogs. • •
Author: Julian • Location: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia • "I'm doing anthropological research on Malaysian blogs. I also like to do gardening, and keep a blog as a record of how the garden changes, and to share my experience with others. My partner, known here as WW (Wonderful Wife, Wonder Womyn, or Whipping Witch – depending on circumstances) also loves our garden and does much of the work."
Manitoba
A Student Gardener
• Forever learning •
My blog is about gardening and landscaping in zone 3 (and sometimes 4). Often a woodland setting, definitely not too formal a style of gardening.Aagaard Farms -The Vine
• What's growing down on the farm! •
Author: Norah Tolmie • Location: Brandon, Manitoba (Zone 2B) • "We're 'Growing Good Food for Our Neighbours!' Our blog is about our market garden, CSA, Farmers' Markets and chickens in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Zone 2B (!)."
Maryland
A Bumblebee Garden
• The story of a busy country garden, the food it inspires and the creatures who happen by •
Author: Robin Location: Huntingtown, MD "I'd like to say that every day is a non-stop thrill here on Bumblebee Blog, with a knee-slapping incident to recount. In fact, it's curious how my idea of fun has changed over the years. Maybe you'll agree that some of what I see and observe is at least mildly interesting!"A Maryland Country Garden
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Author: Julia Green Location: Maryland"I garden in an outer suburb of Washington, DC on 6.4 acres."Bumblebee Blog
• Busy living the good life •
Author: Robin • Location: Huntingtown, MD • "I’d like to say that every day is a non-stop thrill here on Bumblebee Blog, with a knee-slapping incident to recount. In fact, it’s curious how my idea of fun has changed over the years. Maybe you’ll agree that some of what I see and observe is at least mildly interesting! And no, my name isn’t really Bumblebee."Fleeting Architecture
• An Ancient Gardener Aging in Place •
This blog is disguised as a mild-mannered description of how I work to age in place in our garden. But it is really a way to share my DH (Dear Husband's) beautiful photos of our garden and travels (to accessible places).Garden Putter
• A great day is a day spent puttering in the garden •
Author: Beth Py-Lieberman • Location: Silver Spring, MD • "By day The Putterer, aka Beth Py-Lieberman, is an editor at Smithsonian magazine. At night and on the weekends, when The Putterer is not busy as a wife and mother, she likes to putter in the garden. Where in the world does it all come together? In the garden. A great day is a day spent puttering in the garden."Garden Rant
• Uprooting the gardening world •
Authors: Susan Harris, Michele Owens, Amy Stewart • Locations: (roughly) Washington, D.C., upstate NY, California • "We think that gardeners everywhere deserve better than the drivel they are handed by the mainstream media, and maybe we should stop complaining about those awful gardening magazines and TV shows and offer an alternative. Gardening: a serious subject for serious writers. Also, an amusing subject for amusing writers. Hear that, you bores at Fine Gardening?"Garden Shoots
• A Landscape Designer Branches Out •
Author: Melissa Clark • Location: Chevy Chase, MD • "My blog is about my interest in landscape design (my profession) and photography (of gardens and other things - my real passion)."Garden Variety
• A blog for the Mid-Atlantic gardener by The Baltimore Sun's Susan Reimer •
Author: Susan Reimer • Location: Annapolis, MD • "Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety. Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her. She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone."MacGardens
• • A gardener's world from the hill on Ball Rd • •
Author: John Willis • Location: Frederick, Maryland • "This blog is meant to my capture observations as an itinerant gardener on seven acres of stony hillside in mid-Maryland (Frederick County to be precise). We have a mixture of fields, overgrown orchard, and natural forest which has grown up over the last thirty years. In addition we spend a fair amount of time tending to perennials around the yard and a 5000 sq.ft. vegetable garden. Retirement has given me time to photograph the surroundings and to observe the healthy bird population that visits our mulberry and cherry trees. I continue to be fascinated by the things which have always been here (apparently) and are newly observed (like the orchard orioles this past year) and the things which are harvests from many years in one place (like the large clumps of daffodils in the woods that were planted decades ago and then forgotten until recently)."My Brown Thumb
• growing, cooking, eating •
Author: Valerie • Location: Bethesda, Maryland (outsided DC) • "I am a novice gardener in Bethesda, MD (zone 6B)."Sustainable Gardening Blog
• A blog by Susan Harris, one of the authors of Garden Rant, the popular gardening blog •
Author: Susan Harris • Location: Takoma Park, MD • "I'm a gardening coach, GardenRant blogger, Master Gardener, garden writer, and activist for urban and suburban greening. On this website I combine my own articles with some terrific ones written by top horticulturists and garden writers from around the country."Takoma Gardener
• Mainly about gardening, with reports from an active garden club and detours to books, movies, events, and anything I'm feeling cranky about. •
Author: Susan Harris Location: Takoma Park, MD "Self-taught lifelong gardener now working as a gardening coach, writer of a local gardening column, gardening activist in the lefty town of Takoma Park, Maryland just outside D.C., ringleader of the venerable Takoma Horticulture Club, and lover of plants and nature."Tinroofgardens
• Musings from a Zone 7 garden in Maryland •
Our enormous back yard in all its glory.
Massachusetts
A Garden by the Ruins near Narberth
• A meandering journey of a novice (but aging) gardener as he learns more about the science and craft of gardening. •
Author: The Garden Keeper Location: Narberth, MassachusettsA Garden is a Place, Not an Object
• • Advice and Aphorism from a Massachusetts Gardener • •
Author: Cory Alexandre and Hank • Location: Dedham, Massachusetts • "A Landscape Designer working in and around Dedham Masachusetts. After 5 years of writing a monthly gardening article for the local newspaper, I needed a place to stretch my thoughts and share my musings on the garden and the landscape industry. Hopefully interesting, occasionally educational and at times absurd."A Growing Tradition
• Four seasons, one evolving garden. •
Author: Thomas • Location: Methuen, MA • "Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around my Dad's vegetable and flower garden. My father and his garden are now gone, but I'm hoping to carry on (and pass on) a tradition he started. This is a chronicle of my efforts."Adventures in my Urban Garden
• Mishaps and accidental miracles in the life of a novice gardener. •
Author: Nancie • Location: near Boston, MA • "I am hoping people will read the updates, be amused, maybe learn something and HOPEFULLY leave comments with advice."An Urban Garden Without a (real) Gardener
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Author: Brian • Location: Boston, MA • "We know there are giant thriving country gardens, windswept gardens by the sea with gorgeous and dramatic plants, quaint yards with pockets of gardens, and on and on. And then there are odd, small, almost useless gardens in downtown urban areas across America and, indeed, the world. I have one, my own li'l victory garden, and I need all the help I can get."CapeCodGarden
• Making a garden on a small plot in a small town on Cape Cod. •
Author: Cape Cod Gardener Location: Cape Cod, MACommonweeder
• Welcome to my country garden •
Author: Pat Leuchtman • Location: Heath, Massachusetts • "We moved to our windy hill in Heath, Massachusetts 29 years ago. We considered our climate to be Zone 4, but now I think Zone 5 might be more accurate although the Montreal Express does come roaring across our fields during the long winter. We have lawns, we have flowers. We have berries, veggies and herbs. And chickens. And grandchildren. In June we celebrate with our Annual Rose Viewing and invite everyone to stop and smell our 70+ hardy roses. When not gardening I'm visiting with gardeners, writing about gardening, gardeners, the environment, and books — or reading."dreams and bones
• Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones We are made of dreams and bones Need a place to call my own 'Cause the time is close at hand •
Author: Leslie • Location: Massachusetts •Garden In The Burrow
• plants and rants by garden diva Cheryl Monroe •
Author: Cheryl Monroe • Location: Jefferson, MA • "I am a master gardener living in Jefferson, MA"Garden Misadventures
• • Containers, Cold-frames, and Community Gardening: the urban garden experience. • •
Author: Margaret (Margo) • Location: Belmont/Arlington border, Massachusetts • "After years of container gardening and a cold-frame set up on a 2nd story porch, I've signed up for a community garden plot. It's been many years since I've had my own plot of soil to play with, and the blog is part online garden journal, part photo-essay of my progress and stumbles along the way. Welcome all."Gardenscapes Zone 5 Blog
• Gardens created in harmony with nature •
This monthly blog offers seasonal gardening advice, tips on gardening with and for wildlife, local garden-oriented events and an update on what's happening in my gardens here in Zone 5/6 Western Mass.Growing Wisdom with Dave Epstein :: Fresh Video
• Advice, inspiration and information for gardeners •
Author: Dave Epstein Location: Boston, MA Hosted by well-known New England meteorologist and horticulturist David Epstein, Growing Wisdom is a weekly video podcast presenting hands-on gardening advice and inspiration for home gardeners. The GrowingWisdom.com website contains compelling articles, podcasts and blogs that provide timely, week-by-week instruction on topics such as flower and vegetable gardens, lawn care and garden pests.Growing With Plants
• Discover a new world of unusual plants to learn and grow with •
Author: Matt Mattus Location: Massachusetts, USA"If you are curious about plants, and bored with the ordinary, and enjoy learning about new and interesting plants that you won't see at your local garden center, then this blog is for you. Learn, explore and grow!"INCITE gardening
• • A journey in light, texture, and color beyond my front door • •
Author: Hostabuff • Location: Newburyport, Massachusetts • "INCITE gardening shares my personal experiences, adventures, photos and views on gardening."New England Habitat Gardening
• Natural Habitat and Wildlife Gardening in New England •
Author: Ellen Sousa • Location: Spencer, MA • "Blog from a small central MA farm landscaped as a natural habitat for horses, people and wildlife."Old House, Old Garden
• Chronicles of living in, and gardening around, an 1852 New England farmhouse •
Author: Michael Weishan • Location: Boston, MA • "Michael Weishan, gardening book author, columnist, designer, and former host of The Victory Garden on PBS, narrates his trials, tribulations and (occasional) triumphs living in, and gardening around an 1852 farm house outside of Boston."Rainy Day Garden
• "How many Flowers fail in Wood -- Or perish from the Hill -- Without the privilege to know That they are Beautiful." - Emily Dickinson •
Author: V • Location: Zone 6 Massachusetts •Reed's Garden Ramblings
• Sharing my passion for garden design and plants in the suburbs of Boston. •seeds and string
• A sisterly urban gardening blog. •
Author: Amy & Mel • Location: Somerville, MA • "This blog was originally created by big sister Mel to keep her far-flung loved ones updated on her farm adventures. It has since evolved into a forum where we two sisters can share our creative garden endeavors and adventures, both big and small, with our loved ones. Enjoy!"Studio G - Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration
• A Landscape designers journal of ideas, inspirations, products and destinations. •
Author: Rochelle • Location: Harvard, MA • "Studio ‘g’ is a design blog dedicated to sharing landscape ideas, hotel resort and spa gardens, outdoor art and design, the latest in landscape products and services and to inspiring readers to recognize a sense of place so as they travel the world they can celebrate and value it. I feature sneak peeks (pictures of interesting gardens and projects by any designer who would like to submit – designers, send me your best!), along with product reviews, inspirations, trends in hospitality and landscape design, interviews, guides to travel and garden related shopping around the world, and trade show and design event coverage. I discuss my industry (residential and commercial land design), my clients industries (hospitality development, spa development, design and construction), and my life as a writer, designer, entrepreneur, mom and a few other titles in an effort to create a thriving online community."The Alternative Gardener
• finding new ways and new places to garden •
Author: Andria Post Ergun • Location: Boston, MA • "The following blog details my humble efforts to garden in a dense, urban setting with no particular landscape to call my own. After years of puttering around inside my home, I have finally decided to reconsider my traditional ideas about gardening...."the back quarter acre
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Author: Doctor Mom • Location: Middlesex County, MA •The Clueless Gardeners
• We're two gardeners trying to find our way to a healthy and productive organic garden. •
Author: Chris & Michelle • Location: Franklin, MA • "This blog covers our gardening experiences and discoveries in these our formative gardening years. We're focused on organic methods and use native plants whenever possible. We also like to take lots of pictures with a focus on macro photography, bringing the little elements of the garden into view."The Obsessive Gardener
• • Creative sustainable urban gardening • •
Author: oldeforest • Location: Boston, Massachusetts (Jamaica Plain) • "This is a blog about the evil plan to take over a small patch of ground in Boston and make it a place where my eccentric household and myself can escape the asphalt, concrete, and cranky urban dissidents that dominate the local landscape. Our garden will not adhere to the precepts and conventions of most landscape architects who seem unduly preoccupied with nice straight lines and galvanised metal (my sister excluded of course). It will not, on the other hand, be a cute little cottage garden. We are not cute little cottage people. What exactly it will be I don’t know yet, but I hope to share the process of figuring that out with you, my delightful readers, whoever you may be."The Serendipitous Garden
• The best vignettes in my gardens always seem to be happy coincidences. •
Author: Lisa S. • Location: Plymouth, MA Zone 6b • "The best vignettes in my gardens always seem to be happy coincidences. The planned seems 'ho-hum'. But serendipitous combinations often attract my attention and admiration."Turning Toward the Light
• •welcome to Horticultural Services Blog
• The answers to everything you need to know about your garden. •
Primarily gardening issues and solutionsWooded Paths
• Gardening on a partially wooded house site, with "public" (access to pedestrians and bicycles) and private paths into the woods. •
Author: DWPittelli • Location: Adams, MA •
Michigan
All About My Garden
• A blog about my garden and anything that strikes my garden fancy •
My blog tracks the development of my personal garden and anything that strikes my garden fancy.I love historic gardens, window boxes and plant combinations that provide season-long interest. I include articles about my garden, the gardens I visit and the things I learn along the way.Best of all, my blog has lots of pictures.Backyard Gardening Blog
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Author: Chris Beasley • Location: lower Michigan • "The goal of this blog is for me to share my passion with the world, and also to provide tips I've learned through my own experiences and through watching countless episodes of shows like Gardening by the Yard. I live in the city, technically "near-suburbs" I guess, and my lot isn't the biggest thing in the world, but I make the most of it. Since buying this house I've put in over 500 linear feet of brick retaining wall, a new fence, and hundreds of plants. I've probably spent nearly $10k and hundreds of hours of labor over the past two years on my landscape. I mostly grow flowers and perennials, but I've also planted some trees and foliage plants."Crazy Aunt Ter's Life And Times
• Homesteading and Knitting in Northern Michigan •
Author: Ter • Location: Northern Michigan • "I'm a computer geek by day, but nights and weekends will find me madly digging in the dirt, playing with my critters, wrapping string around sticks and riding my bike!"Dirt Simple
• the observations of a landscape designer •
Author: Deborah Silver • Location: Sylvan Lake, MI • "This blog touches on a variety of garden and landscape trade secrets and tips. It is a collection of thoughts and observations from the field. Recently there has been a focus on cold weather gardening and spring plantings. Each post contains vivid images relating to the post from various design projects. The author, Deborah Silver, has had a successful landscape design company in MI for 23 years as well as owns and operates Detroit Garden Works, a high end garden store.(www.detroitgardenworks.com)"fast grow the weeds
• This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes." •
Author: El • Location: southwest Michigan • "Our household is a creative one; it's an old farmhouse that's full of books, smells of home cooking, sounds like a library, feels a little chilly (that is what sweaters and socks are for), and is in general a comfortable, bright place. I share the farm with my artist husband, our acquisitive four-year-old daughter, a couple pampered house pets and a few coddled yard birds. We're striving to live lightly on this earth. Our combined interests include permaculture, intensive food gardening, orcharding and viniculture, food preservation, poultry, and simple, earnest food. Our methods are slow but our outlook is long."Garden Faerie's Musings
• A little blog about gardens, gardening, visiting gardens, and the little joys of everyday life. •
Author: Monica Milla • Location: Ann Arbor, MI • "Monica is a gardener, writer, and speaker who enjoys getting people excited about many aspects of gardening. Her "pet" topics include gardening for cats and winter seed sowing."Gardening and Yardening
• Our way to preserve our newspaper columns which disappear after they are published •
Author: Nancy Szerlag and Jeff Ball • Location: Attica, MI • "Nancy has been a garden writer for 14 years and Jeff for 26 years. We have many gardens where we test plants, tools, and new products. We both write a weekly column in the Detroit News; Nancy's is called Gardening and Jeff's is called Yardening."Gardening in Lower MI
• It's Memorial Weekend and we are going to plant our garden tommorrow. Follow us through the summer..... •
Author: Vickie • Location: Lower MI • "My blog shows all the areas I plant in our backyard, which is under an acre. I have a vegetable garden, herb garden, and flower garden. I explain how to build tepees for beans to climb, a trellis for cukes to climb, how to plant potatoes, and explain about my compost bin. I have pictures also of my Mom's flower garden and plan to show my father-in-laws garden when we visit in August."Going Native
• gardening methods. •
Going Native focuses on native plants, natural gardening methods, and all things good to eat.grandgardener
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Author: Lauren Taylor • Location: Grand Rapids, MI • "MY MISSION: Spread my love and knowledge of gardening. This blog is a journal of gardening information and inspiration for gardeners and "wannabe" gardeners of all ages and backgrounds. I believe that gardening is a way of living. It changes the way you see and experience the world. I'd like to share some of that with you!"Great Garden Plants Blog
• Learn from the Experts - Mary & Chris •
Author: Mary & Chris • Location: Holland, MI • "Learn from the gardening experts – Mary & Chris as we make your gardening experience enjoyable. Discover new plants, exciting plant combinations, tips, trends, stunning garden photography & more."Happy Home
• an adventure in urban homesteading •
I got into canning and local food about 5 years ago, which was my first foray into "urban homesteading". When my partner and I moved into our house several years ago, I planted my own garden for the first time ever!Sharing my learning experiences as I experimented with gardening, new homeownership, canning and preserving, and trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle were my motivations for beginning this blog. Now, 3 years later, these things are still what keep me blogging. If you have thoughts, questions, ideas to share, please don't hesitate to email me: happyhomeypsi@gmail.com.In the Garden Online
• The mission of In the Garden Online is to foster a love of gardening and to provide practical, earth-friendly information for Michigan gardeners. •
Author: Colleen Vanderlinden • Location: Harper Woods, MI • "In the Garden Online is a web site and blog for Michigan and other Great Lakes gardeners. The blog is basically a journal of what's happening in my garden (and sometimes what's happening in my life) as well as any useful tips or tricks that I use along the way. The overall site contains plant profiles, features on various gardening subjects, book reviews, and useful charts and lists for gardeners. "LibrariAnne
• Librarian, knitter, gardener, rocker, reader. •
Author: Anne • Location: Canton, MI • "I blog about my veggie and flower gardens, and about how we're redoing our front yard to be completely free of lawn. I occasionally blog about other things than gardening, but it is my primary passion and topic for posting right now."Michigan Garden Muse
• • Sowing and sometimes reaping on the northwest Michigan coast • •
Author: Michigan Garden Muse • Location: Michigan • "What you will find herein is an ongoing personal journal of garden events, inspirations, amusements, difficulties, victories, and assorted other topics which may sprout in the mind of the writer. The writer is a novice gardener, not a professionally trained horticulturist, and thus Garden Muse opinions and ruminations ought not to be taken as advice to be followed except at your own whimsy. The name Garden Muse reflects the fact that my garden is my personal muse, giving me many a fine new idea and philosophical point of view. As well, the name means this journal will contain musings founded upon the art of gardening. The garden in question is in Leelanau County, northwest Michigan, close upon the shores of Lake Michigan.The garden described in this journal is the first one ever attempted whole by the writer. What the writer knows about gardening and landscaping has been learned from planting desired specimens, watching and hopefully learning from the results, and reading far and wide in garden books and magazines. The writer is a working stiff who gardens when off the employment timeclock."North Country Gardening
• Simple Secrets to Successful Northern Gardening •
Author: Neil Moran • Location: Northern MI • "My blog is geared toward gardeners in the northern tier states of the U.S. and up into Canada. I offer tips primarily on vegetable gardening but I also cross over into landscaping and some flower gardening. As a horticulturist I sometimes ramble on about issues in horticulture in general, such as the use of pesticides, or insects infestations in trees and other plants."Our Twenty Minute Garden
• A Lovely Yard in Less Time Than a Sit-Com •
Author: Jan Leach • Location: Michigan • "We decided to reclaim our yard 20 minutes at a time. And here you can track our daily efforts, successes and failures. Our garden was a mess this spring, nearly destroyed and we have no one to blame but ourselves! We were naive to think a foundation could be dug with stirring up a little dust so to speak. But we're determined to make our yard even better than before, and even more, to do it in less than 20 minutes a day. We're not certain that it can be done but we'll document what we do complete like some high-tech garden journal. And you're all free to watch and comment as we go."Perennial Passion
• Gardening, Quilting, Decorating, Crafting, Cooking, Tablescaping--just some of my quirky passions... •
Author: Zoey • Location: Michigan • "I garden in lower northern Michigan (zone 4/5) in far less than ideal conditions. I have too many pine trees, too much shade, too many rocks, herds of hosta-munching deer and rabbits who think my lily buds are gourmet appetizers. I am by no means an expert in horticulture or garden design--just an amateur with a shovel and a passion. My garden changes daily during the summer and I will be updating frequently. During the winter months, I blog about my favorite cold-weather hobby--quilting and just my everyday musings. I hope you enjoy your visit, and that you will come back soon."The Gardens of Gear Acres
• A 21st century potager trying to maintain a 1930's charm. •
Author: Jan • Location: Grand Blanc, MI • "The Gardens of Gear Acres is a gardening blog. Read along as we plant a 21st century potager while trying to maintain a 1930's charm."The Plant Hunter
• Join the Hunt for New Plants •
Author: Tim Wood • Location: Grand Haven, MI •Thyme for Herbs
• • "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." William Shakespeare • •
Author: Jane Marie • Location: Michigan • "Did you ever smell a sprig of lavender and think you went to heaven? That's what I think of heaven anyway. I hope God will allow us to surround ourselves with our favorite things. And for me that means quilts, music, flowers and herbs; especially lavender and lily-of-the-valley.<...>You can cook with herbs, use them for medicinal purposes, or just grow them for the fun of it. They can even be used to decorate your table or made into gifts. I plan to offer all of my many ideas to you, and will share my years of trial and error with you."
Minnesota
33 Barefoot Lane
• Freshly Handmade or Grown On Our Family Farm •
Author: Cheryl • Location: Minnesota • "I'm Cheryl, a farm wife and homemaker, mother and grandmother, and a Master Gardener. Family, farming, gardening, cooking, crafting, agates, and coffee – these are a few of my favorite things! We live, work, and play together on our organic family farm in Minnesota's heartland; we specialize in pasture raised pork, organic grains, hand made soaps and lotions, and fresh cut flowers from our cutting gardens. My philosophy about new ideas, ventures, and business is: "Wouldn’t it be fun?". Somehow I always forget about the work involved, even after all these years when I should know better."A Little St. Paul Garden
• How we are learning about urban farming and gardening •
Author: Kelli • Location: St. Paul, MN • "Since moving into my new house with my new husband and slowly taking over the yard, I find myself captivated with all kinds of organic gardening ideas, especially for growing food in limited urban spaces. This is about exploration and projects in the garden."Conservatory Craftsmen
• Designers and Builders of America's Finest Conservatories •
Design tips and project photos of our jobsDazzle Gardens Blog
• Let us dazzle you! •
Author: Betsy Danielson • Location: Sandstone, Minnesota • "Dazzle Gardens enhances indoor and outdoor gardens spaces by sharing fresh ideas, inspiring design, gritty facts, seasonal tips and other newsworthy information about flowers and plants."Dust Bath
• Chickens, crafts and canning. (Gardening too, but that didn't rhyme.) •
Author: Catalina • Location: Minnesota • "The adventures of an optimistic vegetarian in a pessimistic world. I intensively garden a small city lot using square foot gardening methods."Fridley Farmer
• My gardening, programming and other DIY exploits •
Author: Michael Moore • Location: Fridley, MN • "I consider myself an amateur but enthusiastic gardener. Gardening lets me escape my day-to-day work of programming and computer work. Blogging about it lets me keep track of what worked and what didn't. Flowers just, but I would much rather grow something I can eat. Our veggie garden is roughly 25x25 feet, and we have or are planting a blueberry plot, strawberries, raspberries, grapes and apple trees around the yard. I don't consider myself a foodie or organic, but I like good food and natural processes and products when possible, effective and cost effective."Fridley Farmer
• Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota •
I consider myself an amateur but enthusiastic gardener. Gardening lets me escape my day-to-day work of programming and computer work. Blogging about it lets me keep track of what worked and what didn't. Flowers are nice, but I would much rather grow something I can eat. We have apples, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb, strawberries, grapes, a large vegetable and herb garden and some flowers.Get Busy Gardening!
• A blog about Outdoor and Indoor gardening in Minnesota •
Author: Amy • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I created this blog so I can share tips and ideas and also my gardening to do lists. My goal is to help others with my knowledge, and to gain ideas and knowledge from others too. I love gardening of all types, indoor and outdoor; perennials, annuals, tropicals, veggies, houseplants, succulents and even water gardening."Heather's Garden Blog
• All things gardening from my point of view. A little tidbit here and a little tidbit there." •
Author: Heather Stanley • Location: Blooming Prairie, MN • "Everyone that knows me well knows that I just can't stop talking about my plants and gardens! I'm so enthusiastic about them that I will be completing the Master Gardener course this winter and opening my own gardening business in the Spring."My Northern Garden
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Author: Mary • Location: Northfield, MN • "I'm a lucky gardener. I'm a freelance writer/editor and one of my jobs is editing Northern Gardener, the magazine of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. This blog is a way to share what I'm learning and trying with other northern gardeners. Like most gardeners, I don't know everything about plants or design (far from it!) and I've got other things to take care of besides a garden, like a job, a family, a dog, you get the picture. Still, nothing beats time spent in the garden, or thinking about it."Outside
• What's going on in the yard, garden and beyond. •
Author: Tracy • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I'm a gardener from the frozen reaches of the Upper Midwest. My zone 4a garden includes vegetables, herbs, flowers and lots of native plants that were there when we got there. I'm also lucky enough to live on a fairly good-sized pond, so bird-watching is always good. However, with the good comes the bad. I'm in a constant battle with wildlife. We have a roaming herd of deer that destroys everything in it's path. We have "cute" little bunnies that love to mow down the greens in the garden. And of course, our friendly racoons live in a drain by the pond and drive Dexter, our overly protective mutt, to distraction."Penelopedia: Nature and Garden in Northfield, MN
• Nature and Garden in Northfield, Minnesota •
Author: Penelope • Location: Northfield, Minnesota • "Started in July 2007 with an emphasis on my tiny home garden and the local food movement, my blog has over time drifted to a greater emphasis on local nature notes, birdwatching and phenology, but it is seasonally also devoted to my small home vegetable garden, seed-starting and other gardening topics."Secret Farm: A garden blog
• An urban Minnesota garden blog •
Author: Lorika • Location: Minneapolis, MN • "I have been organic gardening for about 5 years. My first love is heirloom tomatoes, but I'm really starting to warm up to peppers. I also plant just about every other edible thing I can cram into my small backyard, as well as lilies, tulips and a changing array of other flowers. Another love of mine is photography, so I always try to post interesting pictures of whatever's come up and also the critters that visit the garden."Soil and Solidarity
• Stewardship of and fair access to our food •
I write about gardening, urban farming, and food security issues -- environmental and economic. I believe that healthy individuals and healthy communities rely on wise stewardship of our food and the ecosystem it grows in.The Crabgrass Chronicles
• Gardening and Growing in the Midwest •
Tips, tricks, and garden musings from your average struggling gardener.The Garden Buzz
• Right now in the garden... •
Author: Rhonda Fleming Hayes • Location: Wayzata, MN • "Rhonda Fleming Hayes has been gardening in some form or fashion since she was a child at her grandmother's side. After leaving her native California, she has followed her husband's career through the South, the Midwest and England gardening as she goes. For the past 10 years she has volunteered as an Extension Master Gardener, currently with the University of Minnesota. Her passions include kitchen gardens and growing habitat for wildlife. She still innocently believes that gardening is the way to wrold peace."The Garden Corner
• A Blog about a Minnesota girl growing her gardening skills. •
Author: Jocelyn • Location: northern Minnesota • "I am a recent college graduate with a passion for gardening. Right now, I am desperately in need of some more gardening space, but there is only so much I can do living in a small apartment with a very small patio."The Good Thing - About Gardening
• Organic vegetable, perennial, and water gardening tips and experiences. •
Author: Jackie • Location: Saint Louis Park, MN • "Sharing the experiences of a zone 4 Minnesota gardener as she grows and tends to her organic gardens."The Zone 3 Gardener
• Hot ideas for cold weather gardening •
Follows an amateur gardener as he struggles to produce a variety of vegetables from his garden, north of Duluth, MinnesotaThrough the Garden Gate
• Flowers, Food, and Life •
Author: Jackie Maas • Location: Minneapolis, MN •Welcome to MN
• A Home & Garden Journal •
Author: Lauren • Location: Twin Cities Northern Suburbs of Minnesota • "I'm a first time homeowner and a long time garden lover, blogging about my family's home and garden adventures."
Mississippi
Dirt 2 Diamonds
• see the diamond amongst the dirt. •
Author: Dorothy Guyton Location: Mississippi "I am the author of 'Diary of a Wannabe Gardener.'I thoroughly enjoy gardening and have a partiality towards roses. I continue gardening even though I have a paralyzing fear of worms, slugs, snakes, and centipedes. I suffer from flower withdrawal during the winter months and have difficulty gardening during the hot summer months of July and August."
Missouri
....the garden-roof coop
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Author: Rebecca Nickols • Location: Strafford, Missouri • "I've been a Master Garden for 5 years and recently a "backyard chicken farmer." My blog includes my experiences, knowledge, mistakes and dreams about topics of gardening, chicken raising, photographing gardens/insects.. I've decided that if there isn't anyone around to talk to and it's too cold outside to garden.. then blog!"Gardening to Distraction
• Thoughts and notes gardening on a MO Hill •
Author: Charlotte Ekker Wiggins • Location: Rolla, MO • "In theory, gardening on the side of a Missouri limestone hill is not supposed to work but I've been doing it since 1982. I actually started gardening when I snuck coffee beans into my Mother's favorite orchid when I was 2. Today I'm a Phelps County, MO Master Gardener still marvelling over the large crop of rocks I seem to grow in between native wildflowers, rescued plants and garden wildlife."In My Kitchen Garden
• An Offshoot Of Farmgirl Fare •
Author: FarmGirl Susan Location: Missouri, USAI am terrible about keeping gardening records. I'm hoping this informal, journal-type blog will inspire me to better document what transpires each season inside my garden gate. I am a Northern California native who escaped to the country life in 1994. I now naturally raise everything from llamas and lettuce to sheep and Swiss chard on my 240-acre remote farm.It's Not Work, It's Gardening!
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Author: Alan Lorence • Location: suburban St. Louis, Missouri • "A daily "diary" of my suburban St. Louis garden: the plants I grow, the projects I tackle, and the discoveries I make."Oh Grow Up!
• A Garden Journal •
Author: Patsy Bell Hobson • Location: Missouri •Veggieville: Gardening to Fight Hunger
• Gardening to Fight Hunger •
Author: MMcClure • Location: Kansas City, Missouri • "Interested in learning how to grow vegetables at home? Follow us through the gardening season to watch progress at the Harvesters Demonstration Garden in Kansas City, Missouri. Learn about ways to incorporate edibles into your landscape through inspiring gardens in our metro area."
Montana
dig this chick
• the dirt: seeds of insight gleaned from gardening in Montana and running with a sprightly dog •
Author: "dig this chick" • Location: Missoula, MT • "A blog about growing with my garden and cultivating love, humility and my own strength while on a run with my dog. Also befitting these organic roots and strides are cooking and baking, contemporary art, design and fashion."Energies of Creation
• Exploring creativity in art, gardening, and energy healing. •
Author: Lexi Sundell • Location: Montana • "I am an artist, gallery owner, gardener, and energy worker. These writings explore my adventures combining these aspects of my creative energies. I garden extensively in the difficult Montana climate, creating massive explosions of poppies while filling a large hoophouse with tomatoes every summer. My gardens are an interactive collaboration with nature and provide most of the material for my paintings."Gardener's Circle Online
• Make Beauty, Make Life, Make Your Outdoors Alive! •
Author: Ed Hebbe IV • Location: Deer Lodge, Montana • "Chronicles of Circle H Growers, a small retail greenhouse, nursery and garden center in southwest Montana. See what happens behind the scenes of a retail growing operation."LivingSmall
• Thoughts on literature, food, faith and the subversive power of living small •
Author: Charlotte Freeman • Location: Livingston, Montana • "I'm a writer and editor currently residing in Livingston, Montana. I moved to Montana in 2002 in search of a small community where I could afford to buy a house. I found a house built in 1903, and I've been renovating as funds allow. I also managed to find a fabulous small town full of writers and painters, people who hunt and fish and garden, a place where I can be on a trail 20 minutes from town."Montana Wildlife Gardener
• Montana Native Plants for Montana Native Wildlife •
Author: David • Location: Missoula, Montana • "We created a wildlife garden at our home in a small city lot in the center of Missoula, Montana. Our garden uses plants native to the Missoula valley, and receives no irrigation. Our front yard is a wild Missoula prairie, with over 70 species of plants. Our backyard is a combination of rooms, more traditionally landscaped, but still using Missoula natives. The only thing we water in our yard are our vegetables. Our goal is to use native plants to create a small piece of habitat for wildlife while providing a comfortable and interesting yard for us to enjoy. We have attracted over 50 species of birds to our yard, and countless butterflies and other insects. Our household uses less than 50% of the water in an average Missoula home, but we still have a lush, unique and beautiful yard."The Manic Gardener
• An Organic Gardening Blog with Twisted Roots •
Author: Kate Gardner • Location: Bozeman, Montana • "I'm devoted to gardening, determined to do it organically, dogged by ill health and probably damned as well, so what the hell--might as well go for it. The blog is a place where I keep notes on gardening in what I've dubbed "my own little space under the big sky," including ongoing (and not entirely successful) attempts at growing vegetables indoors. It's also where I record and explore what I learn as I research and write about organic gardening, and what I see as I travel. I'd like the blog to become more of a conversation and less of a one-woman show, so here's an open invitation to stop by the site and share your thoughts and experiences."
Nebraska
The Deep Middle
• Poetry, Nonfiction, Environment, Gardening, Je Ne Sais Quoi--All in the Cornfield •
Author: Ben Vogt Location: Lincoln, NE "GARDEN: Zone 5 in eastern Nebraska, on less than 1/4 acre, born in July 2007. My main back garden is roughly 1500 square feet on the southeast side. It is an ornamental garden, with sections inspired by Japanese gardens and prairie gardens and even desert gardens. I prefer texture and size over color, scent and sound over perfect placement. I like to flirt with my plants."
Netherlands
Bifurcated Carrots
• Heirloom gardening and the lives of Pat ‘n’ Steph •
Author: Patrick Wiebe Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands "About the name Birfucated Carrots: To bifurcate means to divide into two or more parts or branches. Last year in our garden we planted some amazing carrots, all heirloom or old varieties. We had purple, white, yellow, orange and multicolor ones. The one thing they all had in common was they nearly all bifurcated because of the hard clay ground they were grown in. They tasted fine, and were a delight to eat, they just looked a little funny both because of the colors and the shapes."BLISS
• A bit of Bliss a day, keeps the doctor away! •
Author: Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen • Location: Dinteloord, Noord Brabant, Nederland • Although she lives in Netherlands, this blog is written in English.Stuff I Grow
• All the plants I grow in a limited space •
Growing rare tropicals and fun succulents in limited space while keeping everything alive outside of their preferred climate.
Nevada
High Desert Gardening
• • My adventures in gardening (with Chickens) in the Northern Nevada High Desert. • •
Author: KMU • Location: Nevada high desert • "I am an avid gardener with aspirations to some day own 20 acres of wooded rolling green hills. In the mean time, I am re-learning everything I've ever known about gardening in an attempt to grow things in the Nevada High Desert."
New Hampshire
Kelly's Green
• gardens, books, yarn, laundry... •
Author: Kelly • Location: New Hampshire • "Writer, gardener, knitter, mother of 3; recently transplanted from Virginia to New Hampshire. The balance between gardening and other topics (knitting, domestic life, and others) shifts, but it's all so intertwined anyway.... "Liza and John's Garden
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Author: Liza and John • Location: Atkinson, New Hamspshire • "The Purpose of this blog is to share our gardens and other hobbies with our friends, relatives and all others who are interested in enjoying them with us. We have about 10 acres here in southern New Hampshire that include: Trees, Ledge, Rocks, Gravel, Loam, Hard Pan and other natural things. We share our garden with many creatures like Deer, Birds, Squirrels, Bears, Turkeys, Frogs and Toads, Snakes and so on. If it exists in our area we have it living here or it has visited us. Liza has become very good with her camera and has a vast photo collection to show. All photos used in this blog are by Liza."New Hampshire Garden Notes
• Thoughts and musings from amongst the plants. •
A personal diary of sorts about my favorite hobby - flowering perrenial gardening.New Hampshire Garden Notes
• Musings and Ramblings From Amongst the Flowers •
New England Gardening - Zone 5North Country Maturing Gardener
• The North Country Maturing Gardener gardens, lives and ages gracefully in Northern New Hampshire. •
Author: North Country Maturing Gardener • Location: North Havervill, NH • "I have been a Master Gardener for the past 17 years or so, but now do most of my gardening on the Internet! I enjoy answering gardening questions and will do that here. I hope you will add comments as well as ask those questions. It's important that we have a dialogue about how gardening can help us all keep our world a good and healthy place!"Notes From Zone 4
• Mack Hill Farming Journal •
Author: Frank and Lisa Richards • Location: Marlow, NH • "We had the yard landscaped professionally. We weren't particularly happy with the landscaper that we chose, but it did give us some good bones to the landscape, and we really got into gardening after that, with such a pretty blank canvas to work on. I've always wanted an orchard, and a rose garden, a formal herb garden. It is so much work with all these wooded acres to have any of those things. We'd find the time to clear an area, but it all grew back up so quickly. Frank had gotten a tractor, but we have no way to de-stump the area, and the rocks and hills made it all very complex. There was no way to use the brushhog, for example." Consequently they got some Icelandic sheep to help keep the brush down. The garden had taken a back seat but they have plans to reclaim it this spring. Lots of great photos from past years.Penny O'Sullivan - The world of gardening
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Author: Penelope O'Sullivan • Location: New Hampshire • "Penelope O’Sullivan is the author of “The Homeowner’s Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The Essential Guide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants” (Storey Publishing, 2007) and 11 more books on trees, shrubs, hedges, flowers, herbs, and garden design. She also writes numerous articles for magazines, including Organic Gardening, Country Gardens, and Better Homes & Gardens, for which she is also a field editor. < . . . > She lives with her family in New Hampshire’, where she writes, gardens, and practices landscape design."
New Jersey
A Gardening Year
• The adventures and misadventures of an heirloom gardener •
Author: Old Roses Location: Middlesex, NJGrow With Me In My NJ Garden
• Planting Flowers, Fruit, Veggies and Nuts in My Yard at the Jersey Shore •
Author: Lisa • Location: Beachwood, NJ • "This Jersey Shore Gardening blog explains a novice gardener's trial and errors attempting to grow flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits and nuts in a yard in Ocean County, NJ."Heirloom Gardener
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Author: heirloomgardener • Location: Chatham, New Jersey • "I fell in love with gardening about ten years ago on a small urban plot in Brooklyn Heights and now indulge this passion in Chatham, New Jersey (zone 6b). My garden is on a sloped less-than-half an acre and includes a Cutting Garden, a Rose Garden, a Children's Garden, and several mixed borders. Outside of the garden, I am a full-time mother of five."Lois de Vries' Garden Views
• Thoughts on Gardening and Environmental Issues •
Author: Lois de Vries Location: LaFayette, NJ "I love working in my own garden as well as touring other people's gardens as a field editor for Better Homes and Gardens Garden Group. Join me on my journey through the gardening life and on my quest to promote land management practices that reconnect people to the Earth."MucknMire
• Gardening in zone 6 •
Author: Ki Location: Central New JerseyInteresting trees/plants, landscaping with rocks and our struggle with ridding ourselves of the tyranny of the "lawn" will be explored. Other interests such as digital photography, art (painting) and bicycling may occasionally crop up as well as any off beat topic that may prove to be interesting.Premium Aquascapes Water Gardening Blog
• • News, events, & water gardening tips from a water garden contractor. • •
Author: Pieter van Westervelt • Location: New Milford, New Jersey • "Latest information on local water gardening events & maintenance issues. Premium Aquascapes is a Certified Aquascape Contractor with 25 years experience in the green industry. We proudly serve Northern New Jersey."Princeton Home and Garden
• A blog on homes, gardens, real estate and life in and around Princeton. •
Author: Jennifer E. Curtis • Location: Hopewell, NJ • "I am a realtor in the Princeton, NJ region interested in sharing thoughts on homes, gardens and real estate. I am also a garden designer with a love of perennials, natives and organic materials. Welcome to my site to talk houses, plants and properties."The Compost Bin
• Gardening Tales from a New Jersey Compost Bin •
Author: Anthony • Location: New Jersey • "Hi, my name is Anthony and I’m a compost addict. As far as addictions go, this one is actually pretty useful. Every year my vegetable garden does great, my trees and shrubs are healthy and strong, I don’t have to worry about the kids playing in the yard because I don’t use any herbicides or pesticides and I’m also reducing the amount of waste that’s being sent to the landfill. I started composting shortly after I started gardening. Hauling bags and bags of top soil and composted manure from big box stores every weekend wasn’t my idea of a fun hobby so I looked into composting for my organic soil needs. Turns out it was a good move. Now all my yard waste and kitchen waste goes into my compost bins. And the compost that I make is used to keep my plants looking great. They say that when you start blogging you should pick a topic that you enjoy. Compost was that topic for me and I haven’t looked back."ToyTrains1's Gardening Journal
• A journal about my garden and my roses •
Author: Dave Location: New Jersey "I had the house built about a dozen years or so ago on a corner plot of land so I have three yards and three gardens: front, side, and back. Each has its own rose garden. Once I had the house and actually had a garden, I discovered that I not only liked gardening, I actually had a bit of a green thumb. That's actually fairly strange; I grew up in New York City (Brooklyn to be precise) and was very good at killing anything green that was growing between the slabs of concrete! "
New Mexico
Giantveggiegardener's Blog
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Author: Giantveggiegardener • Location: Santa Fe, NM • "I am a Master Gardener living in Santa Fe, New Mexico where the growing season is short, the altitude is 7000 feet high, the soil very alkaline, miserably hard and lacking organic materials. It is considered to be a high desert but is located at the base of the Sangre De Cristos mountains and below a ski area. It is in a Zone 5 growing season. So to say it is challenging growing things here is an understatement. I am an organic grower who practices sustainable growing techniques. I want to share my 25 years of growing experience and knowledge with the public. I’m no expert, but I’d like to share what I’ve learned and picked up through the years as well as share this season’s gardening as it unfolds."
New York
66 Square Feet
• New York: one woman, one terrace, twelve seasons. •
Author: Marie Viljoen • Location: Brooklyn, NY • "New York terrace-gardening blog with forays around the world and into my kitchen..."A Garden in the House
• Houseplant How-To, Decoration and Green Living •
Author: Kevin Lee Jacobs • Location: Kinderhook, NY • "Kevin Lee Jacobs, a frequent contributor to African Violet Magazine and Berkshire Homestyle Magazine, writes a daily blog that details his adventures with indoor gardening. Kevin shares his own cultural tips and tricks, and shows how an indoor garden can provide beautiful, living decoration to the home, even as snow blankets the world outside."A GUIDE TO NORTHEASTERN GARDENING
• Landscape Design by Lee •
Author: Lee Location: South Shore of Long Island This blog features articles on general gardening, landscape design principles, gardening tips, planting, pruning, garden maintenance, specialty gardens and more.A Way to Garden
• Horticultural How-to (and woo-woo) •
Author: Margaret Roach • Location: Copake Falls, NY • "A longtime garden editor and writer (New York Newsday newspaper, Martha Stewart Living magazine, books) who took a career detour and is now returning in the form of a blog. I recently retired (at a very young age, thank you) to my 2.3-acre garden in a Zone 5B area of New York State, which was the subject of my book "A Way to Garden." The garden is open for tours as part of the national Open Days visiting scheme of the Garden Conservancy."Acorn Place
• Building a garden; maintaining a yard •
A blog about my efforts to maintain my garden and my backyard, and thoughts about nature, science, history, and life.Adirondack Chapter - North American Rock Garden Society
• The Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society serves members in Central New York, including the Ithaca, Syracuse and Binghamton areas. •Art of Gardening
• Garden travel, ideas, inspiration and great Buffalo gardens by the well-traveled president of Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest garden tours in the country. •
Author: Jim Charlier • Location: Buffalo, NY • "I'm no great gardener. I'm no great writer either. I'm not even a good photographer. But I like gardens, I like design, I like to travel and like to share. So here's some gardens I've visited, and when I can, I'll show how I've incorporated what I've seen in my garden. A picture is worth a thousand words, so, if you don't mind, I'll have more photos and fewer words. If you're looking for Latin names, plant lists and hardiness zones, this is not the site for you. If you're looking for inspiration, ideas, and to see gardens you may never have seen, or would like to visit, this site is for you. To see what I do when I'm not doing what I do, visit JimCharlier.com."Art of Gardening (older version)
• Gardens & Travels & Ideas & Inspiration •
Author: Jim Charlier • Location: Buffalo, NY • "I like gardens, I like design, I like to travel and like to share. So here's some gardens I've visited, and when I can, I'll show how I've incorporate what I've seen in my garden. A picture is worth a thousand words, so, if you don't mind, I'll have more photos and fewer words. If you're looking for Latin names, plant lists and hardiness zones, this is not the site for you. If you're looking for inspiration, ideas, and to see gardens you may never have seen, or would like to visit, this site is for you."Baneberry Garden Blog
• A garden of mostly native plants created by a plant addict •
Author: Drew • Location: Queensbury, NY • "A blog by a Native plants designer, consultant and educator abouts plants, garden design, gardens and the wildlife that inhabit them with a little bit of ethnobotany thrown into the mix."Baneberry Garden Blog
• A garden of mostly native plants created by a plant addict •
Author: Drew Monthie name • Location: Upstate NY, Adirondacks region •Bloomin' Blogger
• Gardening in the Adirondacks •
Author: Bloomin' Blogger • Location: Fulton County, NY • "We reside in Fulton County in the southern part of the Adirondack Park. I tend to limit myself to zone 4 plants, but have a few things that are zone 5 that do well. We were limited to shade plants until 1998 when we had a big wind storm and lost a lot of our trees. It was sad, but the upside was the new things I could grow. "Botanical Gardening Blog
• News, views and clues from BotanicalGardening.com •
Author: Carlo Balistieri • Location: Tuxedo Park, NY • "Do you dream of gardening in your own, private botanical garden? Want to grow all the amazing, exotic plants you find at area garden centers and nurseries? Need help and don't know where to turn? BotanicalGardening.com is your source for sound, solid advice from practical experience. It took years of growing rare and unusual plants to accumulate the know-how condensed into these pages. I've made all the mistakes so you don't have to."Bucolic Bushwick
• Rooftop container gardening for the elite urban bourgeoisie •
Author: Elaine Espinosa • Location: Brooklyn, NY • "I'm a woman in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY who grows organic vegetables in a rooftop container garden. I write about what I grow, how I grow it and how I deal with plant disease and pests. I'm new at this so it should be an interesting journey."Cohocton River Rock Micro Farm
• Home Vegetable Gardening - Organic Farming - Home Fruit Farming •
Author: Spencer Carter • Location: Corning, NY • "What does Cohocton River Rock Micro Farm mean? Please allow me to work backwards. I several garden beds were I grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The flowers in my garden are not only for beauty but to help with pest control. However, the primary focus is growing food and I associate food with farms not as often with gardens. I thought “mini farm” might create the impression my garden is bigger than it is. So in the interest of full disclosure I decided upon “micro farm.” Our “micro farm” is located near the slow, meandering, and small Cohocton River. I have been using “river rock” as part of the landscaping around my garden. So with everything put together the name became Cohocton River Rock Micro Farm. I hope you enjoy what you find on my blog. I welcome your comments, suggestions, and stories."Cold Climate Gardening
• Hardy plants for hardy souls •
Author: Kathy Purdy • Location: NY's Southern Tier • You are here. In addition to the blog and this directory, I provide pages of links to helpful sites and a selection of little-known essays for you to read. If you want to know more about this site, choose About this Site in the Category box. If you want to know more about the growing conditions of our contributors, click Contributors in the sidebar.Colors Of The Garden
• Snips of this and that about gardening and daily living in the country •
Author: Kerri • Location: upstate NY • "Our farm is in Upstate NY and we milked cows until 2000. Now My husband and I both work off the farm, and it's different! I spend as much time as possible outside gardening in the summer because I grew up in Australia where summers were long and hot and I want to soak up all the warmth I can! Our summers here in NY are way too short! I inherited the gardening bug from my mum. Thanks Mum!"Digging Decorating and Design
• The blog of Rebecca Cole, the owner of a full service floral, garden and interiors business. •
Author: Rebecca Cole • Location: New York City • "Rebecca Cole has been gardening on rooftops in New York City for 15 years, has published books on the subject, and now blogs frequently recording her latest gardening and design adventures."dlyn
• It's a tough job being me but someone has to do it •
Author: Dlyn • Location: northern Tioga County, NY • Personal blog concerning gardening, photography, recipes, humorDown & Dirty
• What's a little dirt between friends? •
"Ellen Zachos (instructor and coordinator of the Gardening Department in Continuing Ed at the New York Botanic Garden) offers practical, accessible, and ecclectic advice. She writes about urban and suburban gardening, foraging for wild foods (in the heart of NYC!), cooking with garden and wild produce, and enjoying nature with children and friends. Make gardening and the environment part of your everyday life, no matter where you live."Down My Garden Path
• A day-to-day account about the goings on in my gardens •
Author: Claire Siconolfi • Location: Clifton Park, NY • "Many things are new to me at the moment, so I am discovering a whole new world. My most recent discovery is the pleasures of Gardening. Join me as I help you explore my successes and failures in full technicolor."Ellis Hollow
• Gardening, politics, and more •
Author: Craig Cramer Location: Ithaca, NY "I live in a unique setting. On one side is a busy road and a quick hop into a very cosmopolitan (if somewhat small) city. On the other side is a large wetland and a ridge that's just spectacular in fall when the colors change. Every morning when I walk out the back door, I feel like I'm on vacation. On a good day, I say that I'm a naturalistic gardener inspired by the genius of Piet Oudolf. Most of the time, though, I describe myself as a sloppy gardener who just loves to grow stuff. I often employ the "pot and shovel" design method: I wonder around with a pot in one hand and a shovel in the other hoping I can find a spot for the plant in the pot. My blog is mostly about gardening with some music, art and politics mixed in."Fiddlehead Creek
• Farm & Native Plant Nursery •Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery
• A Chronicle of our Life on the Farm •
Author: Fiddlehead Creek • Location: Hartford, NY • "Fiddlehead Creek Farm and Native Plant Nursery is run by husband and wife team Emily and Chris DeBolt. Emily is the plant nerd, Chris is the hops guy, and we share the rest of the farm activities. See also the nursery website."Five Wells
• Building my own Eden, one weed at a time. •
Author: Mary Ann • Location: Freeville, NY • "My hippie self-sufficiency urges, which were pushed to a back burner when my kids were teenagers, have been reawakening. I'm raising some chickens, re-establishing beehives, planning part of the garden more for food than flowers."Flatbush Gardener
• Adventures in Neo-Victorian, Wild, Shade, Organic and Native Plant Gardening, Garden Design, and Garden Restoration. •
Author: Xris (Flatbush Gardener) • Location: Flatbush, NY • "I moved to New York City, to the East Village, in 1979. I started city gardening soon thereafter. I moved to Brooklyn in 1992. I now make my home and garden in Flatbush, Brooklyn (USDA Hardiness Zone 7a/6b, AHS Heat Zone 5)."Garden at 21 Washington
• Life in my western NY garden. •
Author: Jen Reardon • Location: Genesee county, NY • "I've been around gardening since I was a child. Once I was able to buy my own house, I was determined to have beautiful gardens even though my entire lot is only 40x90 feet. I've dug up most of the yard and have started experimenting with edible landscapes and square foot gardening. I'm a certified Master Gardener through Cornell Cooperative Extension and can't imagine life without gardening!"Garden Center Guide
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The Garden Center Guide gives you information of garden centers and plant nurseries in the US, including opening times, offers, customer reviews and directions.Garden Detective
• • A garden blog by Jessica Damiano that gets to the root of things • •
Author: Jessica Damiano • Location: Glen Head, NY • "Jessica Damiano is a journalist with more than 20 years experience in radio, television, print and online media. She has worked on Newsday's interactive endeavors since 1994, and currently is a Newsday.com Internet news manager. Jessica enjoys toiling in her garden -- an ongoing work in progress -- and helping local gardeners solve their horticultural problems in her column, Garden Detective, which appears every Thursday in Newsday. She lives in Glen Head, NY, with her husband John, daughters Justine and Julia, Boxer-Ridgeback mutt Shelby, and a whole bunch of perennials, vegetable plants and weeds."Garden Rant
• Uprooting the gardening world •
Authors: Susan Harris, Michele Owens, Amy Stewart • Locations: (roughly) Washington, D.C., upstate NY, California • "We think that gardeners everywhere deserve better than the drivel they are handed by the mainstream media, and maybe we should stop complaining about those awful gardening magazines and TV shows and offer an alternative. Gardening: a serious subject for serious writers. Also, an amusing subject for amusing writers. Hear that, you bores at Fine Gardening?"Garden Scrapbooking
• My passions are gardening and scrapbooking •
Author: Bruce • Location: Adirondack Mountains, NY • "This blog will be about gardening, scrapbooking and the progress I make creating my garden scrapbook."Garden Walk, Garden Talk
• Gardening in the Falls •
Author: Donna • Location: Niagara Falls, NY • "Take a tour of garden walks in and around Western New York. Then, let's talk gardens."Garden, by Chance
• In which I profess to know practically nothing about gardening, but am having a really fun time figuring it out. •
Author: Amy Greenan • Location: Niagara Falls, NY • "When I was four, my parents bought an old abandoned farmhouse with some acreage in a small town in western New York. I have many memories of helping out in the large gardens that they built (wait, do you build a garden?), though not always happy. While I loved being able to crunch on a string bean or some sweet peas right off the vine, I really didn't care much for the dirty, hands on hard work that was required to keep the gardens thriving. It was just never my cup of tea. Looking back now, though, I know how lucky I was to have that gardening experience. <...> Fast forward to two years ago this August, when my boyfriend and I bought our first house. While we don't have much property, what is there came installed with some garden materials. The house came with some lovely rose bushes, rose of Sharon abound, a gorgeous weeping cherry tree, a lilac, a flowering quince, and a healthy patch of spearmint. There were also a few small bushes including holly, azalea, and rhododendron, not to mention several clumps of hostas and centaurea. The following spring we also discovered that previous owners had planted hundreds of bulbs including several varieties each of daffodils, tulips, crocus, and hyacinth. I found myself getting really excited about having our own land to work and take care of. Sure enough, I finally got bit by the gardening bug. I finally fit in with the rest of my mom's side of the family, who are all gardening nuts." (Read the rest here.)Gardening and Gardens
• Gardening from the Everyday to the Unique •
Author: Kate Walz • Location: Port Washington, NY • "My blog is about my own gardening experiences in Long Island, New York, but also highlighting cool gardens, garden accents and plants I find along my daily travels."Gardening in Syracuse
• growing food - growing flowers - growing community •
Author: Paul Harris • Location: Syracuse, NY • "The ultimate goal of this blog is to provide some sort of online reference point/discussion space/information source for any and all who garden within the sometimes harsh, but always beautiful landscape of Syracuse/Central New York. There are many fascinating ecological and botanical attributes to this part of the country, and there is so much that a gardener here can work with despite the perceived relentless winter. Winter is just another season...for gardening!"Gardening While Intoxicated
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Author: Elizabeth Licata Location: Buffalo, NYGardening While Intoxicated
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Buffalo, NY Garden blog by EALGardening with Soule
• a blog by Teresa Soule and Garden Shoes Online •
Author: Author name • Location: blog location • "When the first robin arrives on the scene and the geese are heard flying north overhead, my heart leaps at the possibilities waiting out in my small corner of the Earth. So, as the gardening continues I hope to enlighten you at times and hope to be enlightened by you. Everyone gains their own experience at gardening and I am a whole hearted believer that there is so much to learn from every person that puts spade to dirt in hopes that they will truly reap what they sow. I try to give a lighthearted look at my garden and gardening in general while I also show you some of Garden Shoes Online's products that I have tried myself to let you know what I think first hand. A lot of photos and fun."Gardens Eye View
• Thoughts about life, living, and gardening . . . •
Author: Donna • Location: Brewerton, NY • "I’m a 53 year old gardener in central NY State near Oneida Lake. My day job has been in public education for 27 years, but my passion lies in all types of gardening. I have loved digging in the soil since I was little, but only really became addicted to gardening for the last 20 years. My journey through life has been enriched and influenced by my gardening experiences. This blog is about discovering my life and soul through lessons learned in the garden. Currently I garden in zone 5. My style ranges from English to cottage. We have many types of gardens here from vegetable gardens to rain gardens, xeric, shady, a meadow we created from seed and a pond we constructed. Recently I have had folks ask me to design gardens for them. So I am embarking on a new venture and business that will be rolled out soon."Get in the Garden
• Sowing the seeds of change . . . one garden at a time •
Author: Lisa Gustavson • Location: blog location • "Come along as I share my love of all things gardening always with a look ahead to the next planting season. It all started 14 years ago with heirloom seeds and grew from there! I’ll share updates and articles as well as favorite books, recipes and projects for garden and home. You’ll also get a good look at my day-today adventures of being a wife, mom to four kids and zookeeper to three pets. It gets a little crazy here sometimes, but I wouldn’t have it any other way!"Green Thumb Geeks
• What happens when engineers close their laptops and grow stuff •
Author: Naseer and Emily • Location: Poughkeepsie, NY • "We are Emily and Naseer, and we’re both engineers in the computer industry. Since getting married and buying our first home in Poughkeepsie, NY, we've developed a deep interested in gardening. Both our parents have decades of experience growing flowers, fruits, vegetables, and raising animals. Combining their advice with our own research–mostly books, the Internet, and friends–this blog chronicles our exploits in the garden. In our first year of gardening (before this blog), we grew some of the vegetables and herbs that we most like to eat, like tomatoes, squash, peppers, eggplant, basil, parsley, chives, and dill. As of this writing (2010), we're expanding our garden in size and variety and venturing into fruit trees and berries. Emily is also interested in growing flowers and shrubs, particularly ones that attract hummingbirds, so we'll be planting more of those as well. Hudson Valley gardening is great because the climate is suitable for a very wide selection of plants, and we intend to explore as much of that as possible in the upcoming years. We use mostly organic methods, but we don't lose sleep over it. And when a technological solution presents itself, we're willing to try it out if we have time–we are geeks, after all. We hope you enjoy reading and learning from this site, and maybe even teaching us a thing or two."Guerilla Gardening
• A survival guide for gardeners - from my roof to the community garden •
Author: Witch's ball • Location: New York, NY • "gardening and getting together in a NYC community garden as well as on my roof"Here a garden, there a garden
• Ramblings of a Central New York Gardener •
Author: Bonnie • Location: Central New York • "Rambling thoughts and pictures of my gardens, perhaps a recipe or two, general ramblings during the non-gardening months."Here we gro!!
• To share, create, communicate and cultivate •
Author: groOrganic • Location: California, Florida and Upstate New York • "Where we explore all that nourishes us. From our daily work and play...the food we grow, prepare, and eat. To art and creativity and music... to what makes us laugh and wonder and say hmmmm...to walking barefoot in cool grass and getting very down to earth."Hudson Valley Garden Scout
• I believe we can all be better gardeners by being more aware of what is going on around us! •
I will be blogging about problems or interesting things I see going on in my yard and in my area of NY, hoping to provide some education and answers for subscribers.Long Island Gardening Community Resource
• • Information and Stories from David Greenberg, a Long Island, NY gardener. • •
Author: David Greenberg • Location: Long Island, NY • "This blog began with an inspiration to follow the life, death, and resourcefulness of the plants in my garden. I also wanted to find out what my fellow gardeners were up to as well. I am working on how to make this site a community place (in addition to just adding comments to my blog entries), but for now I will concentrate on what is happening in my garden."Musings of a Garden Historian
• My blog is dedicated to well-known and arcane bits of garden history, horticulture, and the world of vernacular gardening. •
Author: K Johnson • Location: Huntington, NY •My Sister's Garden
• Two sisters gardening at the east end of Lake Ontario. Country Girl is in Zone 4, Apple is in Zone 5 •
Author: Apple and Country Girl • Location: near Pulaski, NY • Apple:The purpose of this blog is to have a place to journal the details of my garden. When I started seeds, bloom dates, the purchase of new plants etc. Country Girl:I didn't start gardening until we moved here. The couple that lived here for the 50 years before us loved to garden and left us some wonderful surprises!New York Flora Association Blog
• Reporting on the flora of New York •
Author: NYFlora • Location: Upstate New York •Nicki's Thoughts, Art & Friends
• Just the words that come to my mind and the art that comes from my mind •
Author: Nicki • Location: Upstate NY •Organic Gardening News and Advice
• Following the trials and tribulations of my long career of organic gardening, now in cold upstate NY •
Author: Scott Supak • Location: Cherry Valley, NY • "The latest organic gardening news and views about organic gardens, farming, and sustainable agriculture from Scott Supak, owner of supak.com, where there's been an organic gardening site since 1995."Plants and Stones
• The garden is my playground •
Author: Becky • Location: Rockdale, NY • "I always wanted to keep a garden journal. This blog is as close as I will ever get. I do my blog for fun with dial up so I keep it short and simple." Gorgeous stone walls out in the country.Rooting For Ideas
• Garden Designer gives tips •
I have worked as a Garden Designer for 20 years. The blof is based on my garden in upstate New York. I am also a garden writer and post articles I have written for Kaatskill Life Journal- a quarterly journal.Rustling Leaves
• gardening information and experiences and sometimes more •
Author: Craig Levy • Location: Upstate NY • "My goal is to initiate a conversation and leave everyone with a broader understanding of the world surrounding us. Most of the postings will be about gardening and plants, living a rural life, and our place in relation to the land, plants, and animals that encompass us. But as with most people, I have many and varied interests that will be popping up from time to time."Rustling Leaves -old Wordpress version
• I hope to always be thrilled, surprised, and enthused by what is outside my door. •
Author: Craig Levy Location: Upstate NY "My goal is to initiate a conversation and leave everyone with a broader understanding of the world surrounding us. Most of the postings will be about gardening and plants, living a rural life, and our place in relation to the land, plants, and animals that encompass us. But as with most people, I have many and varied interests that will be popping up from time to time."Sin City to Slaterville
• If Vegas could see me now. •
Author: Lynn • Location: Slaterville Springs (Ithaca), NY • "I'm a recent transplant from the Southwest experiencing Finger Lakes four seasons with joy and apprehension, learning a whole new plant vocabulary and trying new things I've never been able to grow. Aside from community plots in Austin, TX, this is my first garden of any real size, so I'm also having fun with design possibilities heretofore out of reach. There's an ample infusion of music links and Beagle pictures here, too."The Dirt Diva
• Edible Landscaping in the Sullivan County Catskills •
The Dirt Diva blog is my business's website, where photos of my various projects are posted, with blog entries occurring most frequently in winter.The Indoor Gardener
• A day-to-day diary of my adventures growing an indoor garden. •
Author: Steve • Location: Great Neck, NY • "A day-to-day diary reporting on my experiences with my indoor garden, dedicated to gardeners like me who've been relegated to apartment living and seek to exercise an itchy green thumb."The Occasional Gardener
• A visual journal •
Author: Chris Location: Harlem, NY and Mamaroneck, NY "I garden occasionally--almost weekly--at a friend's garden in Mamaroneck. I also cultivate a small patch right outside my kitchen window in Harlem, in the summer along with a myriad of jars and pots that congregate around the windows and ledges of my apartment that come to life when the summer sun is high enough and the winter radiators are turned off. This digital plotis a visual journal of my activities in these borrowed, urban and random spaces. From my hotch potch garden I enjoy and cultivate the very same things that artists, medieval monks, peasants and all the folk that identify with the term' gardener' have done for centuries- food, medicine, sanctuary and art." Compiler's note: This site is gorgeous. The Real Dirt On Gardening
• Thyme-ly Tips for Northeast gardeners from gardening expert Greg Draiss. Gardening in the news with "The Seedling Journal" and video from "Veggie-TV •
Author: Greg Draiss • Location: Athens, NY • "Down to earth straight forward gardening advice from the grandson of President Roosevelt's gardener!"The Rustic Garden
• Adventures in Adirondack Style Gardening •
Author: CJ • Location: near Lake Ontario, NY • "I live a simple life in a log cabin built by my very handy hubby and our family in Upstate NY. We are raising our three kids, three dogs, three fish and one cat in a home filled with love and chaos. This is my Log Cabin and my Rustic Garden... I hope you enjoy it as much as I do."The Urban Gardener
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Author: Amber Freda • Location: New York City • "Affectionately known by her clients as "The Plant Lady," Amber Freda's firm Star Gardens offers garden design, installation, and plant maintenance services to clients in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The great majority of our clients are in New York City, where our goal is to steadily tranform the concrete jungle into an urban paradise. We are best known for our small urban garden designs, including roof gardens, vertical gardens, terraces, decks, containers, courtyards, flower beds, and water gardens. "The Urban Planter
• This blog is dedicated to greening urban spaces, documenting my gardening experiences in New York City •
Author: Katie • Location: Brooklyn, NY • This is her old blog; see new blog at Green. "At work I spend all day designing, installing, and maintaining meticulously stunning gardens in very restricted spaces. So when I come home... It's good to know yourself as a gardener, your habits, etc. My compulsion is to over-plant my personal gardens. This is partly because I obsess over and fall in love with new plants daily and must have them. Then I irrationalize any spacing advice given on tags, in books or by my own common sense and cram them together. This is 'cottage garden style', no?"Thorny Issues
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Author: Lee Ginenthal • Location: Ithaca, NY • "We are a small, family owned boutique nursery offering the best in cold hardy, disease resistant roses, as well as all the information needed to grow them. Located in Ithaca, NY, the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Currently open by chance and by appointment."Urban Organic Gardener
• New York City Vegetable Gardening in Self Watering Containers •
Author: Mike Lieberman • Location: New York City • "My goal of having this site is to inspire you to start gardening and growing your own food. If I'm doing it, why can't you?"Your Easy Garden
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Easy gardening site and more by Tesselaar Plants written in a personal style by garden writer/journalist Lisa Hutchurson.
New Zealand
Ewen's garden
• A collection of columns, paintings and photographs about gardening on an offshore island in New Zealand. •
Author: Ewen • Location: Waiheke Island, New Zealand • This blog does not appear to be being updated anymore, but I thought the archives would be interesting for some.Heritage Irises
• • A blog to share with the world the magic of Irises growing in New Zealand • •
Author: Iris Hunter • Location: East Taratahi, Wairarapa, New Zealand • "A blog to share with the world the magic of Irises growing in New Zealand and to feature some very special New Zealand raised varieties especially the brilliance of our very own Jean Stevens"Moosey's Garden Journal
• The latest and greatest from Moosey herself. •
Author: Moosey Location: West Melton, New ZealandMy garden covers an area of about three acres. It is an informal rambling country garden, with emphasis on foliage plants and New Zealand natives. There are also lots of roses (over 250 at last count), shelter belts of gums, wooded areas, and a lot of lawns to mow.Mooseys Country Garden News
• The Garden News page displays the fifteen most recent additions to Mooseys Country Garden. •
Author: Moosey Location: West Melton, New ZealandWith over 2500 pages, its easy to get lost at Moosey's Country Garden! If you're a regular or a return visitor to my garden you can see what I've been working on recently... Two weeks can be a long time in the life of a garden, especially now that the head gardener is a happily semi-retired person (hopefully not being too boring). There is a certain pattern of repetition in gardening, though, so please be understanding if I'm saying the same things over and over again!Out from under my hat ... and in my garden
• Scrapped images and records of a New Zealand urban organic gardener •
Author: Julianne of Christchurch • Location: Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand • "Out from under my hat records one urban gardener's experiences of organic gardening, harvesting, vegetable growing, cooking and recipes, garden planning, composting, seed-saving, mosaics, skin care products from your garden and companion planting."Quarter Acre Roots
• • Feeding ourselves from the garden and moving to organic food • •
Author: Robin • Location: Carterton, New Zealand • "We've been increasingly trying to grow more and more vegetables in our garden to give us beautiful healthy food. This blog is about our experiences along the way, why we love it, and how our friends can learn from our mistakes."
Newfoundland
baymansblog
• growing green in NL •
short season gardeningGardening in Newfoundland
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Author: VickyTH • Location: Newfoundland • "Here we’ll post about feats of gardening in Newfoundland, share photos and tips about what will grow and how and discuss failures and tribulations in the hopes that a collective wit will yield solutions. The subject? Gardening in Newfoundland, Canada. Labrador, too."
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountain Area Plants
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Author: Karen • Location: Boone, NC • This is a personal website focusing on the plants from a garden in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It is more of a photoblog with cultural details than a daily record of experiences.Cliffside Roses
• My blog on my rose gardens, raising vegetables, composting and all of the things I learn and learn not to do. •
Author: virale • Location: North Carolina • "My blog on my rose gardens, raising vegetables, composting and all of the things I learn and learn not to do."Defining Your Home, Garden and Travel
• Home, Garden and Travel Tips •
Author: Freda Cameron • Location: Chapel Hill, NC • "Does Bambi visit your garden? My deer friends are numerous, but I'm determined to grow a colorful flower garden right smack in the middle of their meadow. When I need a gardening break, I pack one carry-on bag and head for someplace interesting. My days of museum-chasing are over--it's all about being, rather than seeing."Galloping Horse Garden
• "It will never be seen on a galloping horse." •
A New York City transplant's garden adventures in Cary, NC.Gardening Under The Influence
• So many plant, so little time •
Gardening in the little town of Bethlehem, NCGardening With Confidence
• Helping people reach their full gardening potential •
Author: Helen Yoest • Location: Raleigh, NC • "Gardening With Confidence blog provides how-tos, practices, and design information for all gardeners with special emphasis on organic, sustainable gardening. A monthly maintenance guide is also included specifically for Zone 7b gardens."Green
• New blog of The Urban Planter (Katie) •
Author: Katie • Location: Brevard, NC • The Urban Planter moved from NYC to North Carolina, and this is her new blog.Katie's Corner
• Katie's Weekly Lawn Care Column •
Katie's Corner is a weekly column about lawn care and gardening tips suited those starting to garden to seasoned gardeners and landscapers.Leave Me Alone, I'm Digging
• A Gardener's Notebook •
Author: David Whitehead • Location: Greensboro, NC • "Dispatches from a Gen-X gardener"Morgan Creek Chronicles
• Dispatches about the earth, told from the soul •
Author: Garden Girl • Location: Chapel Hill, NC • "I am a gardener, chef and writer telling stories about life in my garden. I write about flowers, growing vegetables and cooking and eating them, and about the natural world of the NC piedmont."Nevertheless...
• Gardening, Kayaking and Fishing in NC •
Author: Melissa Reynolds • Location: Charlotte, North Carolina • "I love the outdoors. Particularly being on the water in a kayak, or digging in the dirt of a garden. I've been learning about farming and gardening since last year through some seasoned farmers, and have had an amazing time!"Notes and News from Shady Grove Gardens
• Cut flower farming and growing •
Author: Susan Wright • Location: Zionville, North Carolina • "Welcome to Shady Grove Gardens. We hope the website will be a helpful insight into organic flower farming in the High Country of North Carolina. Follow our farm ventures, weeds, and weddings. Or, come by and meet us at the Watauga County Farmers Market in Boone, NC."Outside Clyde
• Living the life of gardening in the low spot on a North Carolina mountaintop. •
Author: Christopher C • Location: North Carolina •Randy and Meg's Garden Paradise
• Butterflies, dragonflies, flowers and all things found in nature around our organic gardens just north of Durham, NC •
Author: Randy Emmitt • Location: Rougemont, NC • "Been gardening all my life it seems. The past 10 year focusing on butterfly gardening. Meg and I have some small veggy plots too. We love eating greens fresh from the garden. Been a nature photographer for some time focusing mainly on macro. I bird, butterfly and dragonfly watch at an advanced level. If you like these subjects please visit my blog."Sweet Home and Garden Carolina
• Gardening in the Southern Part of Heaven •
From Sweet Home Chicago I have pulled up stakes and moved back to my native South.The Garden of Words
• A Garden is not a place, It is a Passion, a Passage -Octavio Paz •
Author: Katie Elzer-Peters • Location: Wilmington, NC • "Blog of Katie Elzer-Peters, owner of The Garden of Words, L.L.C. Features a daily photo (mostly garden and plant related) with a catchy headline. Tips on garden writing, and book reviews."
Norway
Hagedagbok fra parsellen i Bergen
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Author: Pinneguri • Location: Oslo, Norway • This blog has really nice photos, although it is written in Norwegian.Out of the blue
• Gardening on a small farm north of Oslo •
Author: Mari Anne Braekkan • Location: Eidsvoll, Norway • "I am living north of Oslo in USDA zone 5 (I think). My farm is 11 decares and the garden is as big as I want it to be. I love my greenhouse because it shortens our long winter. In my blog you can expect to find posts about germination, vegetables, garden constructions and even flowers. Furnishing and holidays you will have to look elsewhere for. This blog is a translation of my Norwegian blog, which I have been writing for a year. Old posts will be translated ...soon."
Nova Scotia
bloomingwriter
• A somewhat unruly cottage garden of thoughts, tips, & more-than-occasional rants on gardening, cats & writing. •
Author: Jodi DeLong Location: Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada "I always say my three bad habits are cats, books and plants; this is a perfect place to frolic and share thoughts about these passions. Occasionally, I go off topic and have a rant, usually about weather, bigbox bullies, or right of centre politicians (of the Canadian type). My bark is worse than my bite, though, except where goutweed is concerned."Nova Scotia Garden
• A lazy man's garden •
My backyard vegetable garden in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. With pictures.Online Center for Orchid Gardeners
• Growing with Passion: The Orchid Way •
Author: Jacob Locke • Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia • "I have been an Orchid enthusiast for over 20 years. I has spent several years traveling to various parts of Asia, New Zealand and tropical Africa to study species of Orchid plants and have become an expert in my field. My interest started as purely a personal passion, but over the past few years I have spent a great deal of time discussing and advising friends and new acquaintances on the finer aspects of growing Orchids often in exchange for a coffee at the local coffee house. I am constantly trying to work off the caffeine buzz!! Orchids are magical in every sense and they conjure many deep emotions for many enthusiasts. My primary goal is to assist those wanting to bring the exotic Orchid into their home environment by sharing my knowledge and experiences. This site is dedicated to that purpose."VeggieSmith
• Our journey from gardening neophytes to mavens…we hope. •
Author: Cheri and Mike • Location: Kentville, Nova Scotia • "A blog about learning to be gardeners. We're trying the "square foot gardening" method. We're mostly about trying to produce FOOD, although we have branched out a little bit to include other gardening projects. I started the blog a couple of months ago." (as of 6/11/2009)Wild Flora's Wild Gardening
• "In service to all creatures, great and small" •
Author: Wild Flora • Location: Nova Scotia, Canada • "Burned out after more than 20 years as a Chicago journalist, in 1993 I moved to Seattle and began designing wildlife-friendly gardens and natural landscapes. Now I live on my own 250 acres of land in the Acadian Forest region of the Northeast; I am making a home both here and, increasingly, on the Internet. Having had a well-misspent life, I now have the time to indulge my interests: food, plants, critters, ecology, technology, philosophy. My goal is to help you create and enjoy a garden that will be good for you, good for the planet, and good for all the critters, human and otherwise, that visit it."Year Round Veggie Gardener
• From cold frames to cloches to cold tolerant cultivars - easy ways to extend your veggie harvest •
Author: Niki Jabbour • Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada • "An informative, but light-hearted look at vegetable gardening year round in the North! Niki Jabbour is a professional garden writer and radio show host, whose articles appear in magazines and newspapers across North America. She is currently awaiting publication on her first book. (Storey Publishing, 2011)
Ohio
A Study in Contrasts
• The mostly garden-related musings of a transplant living near the sandy shores of Lake Erie. •
Author: Kim Location: Lakewood, OH "I live (and garden) near the sandy shores of Lake Erie in NE Ohio. My house, built in 1919, occupies a small urban lot. I am trying to build a small garden there that 1) thinks big, 2) is environmentally sensitive, 3) marries form (aesthetics) with function (edibles), and 4) still fosters the sense of wonder and humour that all memorable gardens seem to have."Chiot's Run
• • A chronicle of a garden • •
Author: Susy Morris • Location: Ohio • "This is a journal of my small gardens in north eastern Ohio, zone 5(a). Our yard is very small and fairly shady. We are surrounded by woods all 3 sides. The soil is made up of rocks and clay, not the best, but I’ve spent 6 years adding chicken manure & compost. Our gardens are named after our dog. We started calling our dog “chiots” when she was a puppy."Cincinnati Cape Cod
• A Renaissance woman who has recently discovered she is also one of those cat people. •
Author: Kasmira Location: Cincinnati, OH A mix of home remodelling and gardening posts, related with intelligence and humor.Epiphany Sanctuary
• ~Share in the tranquility and joy~ •
Author: Christine Location: Cincinnati, OH "A Contemplative Christian in Cincinnati, slowly building a prayer garden and discovering the Love of God~ hoping to share the joy of life and peace of mind that I've been given."her able hands
• in the kitchen, in the garden & on the page •
Author: Kelly Ferry • Location: Northeast Ohio • "I’m Kelly Ferry, a native New Englander, transplanted to Northeast Ohio via New York. <. . .> For the first three years here, we lived on four acres in the country. We homeschooled, ran a small market garden and tried our hand at homesteading. Sort of. We unfortunately spent most of our time driving into the nearest big town. So this summer we moved there, into a beautiful little farmhouse on an acre. <. . .> I dream of one day living in the mountains of Vermont, being part of the growing local food entrepreneur movement there, and having my family a little bit closer. But for now we’re here and it feels so good to be making the most of it in every way."Ilona's Garden Journal
• Recording events of my garden season and its inspirations •
Author:Ilona Location: Ohio"I am an ambitious gardener, far outstripping my abilities and finances when planning. Always optimistic for the NEXT season...this is a trait amongst gardeners; maybe that is why we congregate ...we know our peculiarities and even revel in them!"Life in Robin's Nest
• Notes from my garden and life in Central Ohio •
Author: Robin • Location: one of the suburbs of Columbus, OH • "Join me in journaling the blooms of my new garden here in central Ohio. We moved to this area in 2004, and purchased a new home with nothing but lawn, so we started from scratch. The builders stripped off the topsoil, leaving us with nothing but rock hard clay and stones to build on, so we constantly struggle to make our garden grow. But lots of progress has been made, and this blog has helped to record my garden as it come to life!"Maplestone Blog
• Japanese Maples •
All about Japanese Maples and ConifersMeadowwood Garden
• Adventures in Vegetable Gardening •
Author: Brian • Location: Baltimore, OH • "In July, 2007 a lifelong dream was fulfilled with the purchase of a rural house sitting on almost 5 acres of beautiful land in Fairfield County, Ohio. The property quickly became known as "Meadowwood" among friends and family. I grew up on a street named Meadowwood Lane. That fact, coupled with the secret meadow that was discovered on the other side of the woods made the name a perfect choice. Secret meadow? After the purchase closed it was discovered that the property line extended out into the meadow next door instead of following an old tree line as we had thought. You can’t see the meadow from the rest of the property, and hardly anyone thinks that section of the meadow is owned by me. Thus the "secret meadow" was born! A walking path along the woods that border the meadow has become a popular destination for guests. In 2008 another lifelong dream was fulfilled with the construction of a 1000 sq. ft. vegetable garden on the property. Immediately dubbed "Meadowwood Garden," it became the inspiration for this website."Our Little Acre
• Beautifying Our Little Acre, one flower at a time. Okay, maybe two... •
Author: Kylee Location: Northwest Ohio "This blog shares the adventures of a rural Ohio gardener (me) and my camera that seems to be stuck in macro mode much of the time. I tell what I know and what I'm learning about plants, flowers, butterflies, insects, and birds, and because my life only consists of 95% gardening, the rest of me is thrown in from time to time."Riverbend Daylily Garden Blog
• Hybridizing Daylilies is Fun! •
Author: Mike Holmes • Location: Bellbrook, OH • "My name is Mike Holmes. I am co-owner of Riverbend Daylily Garden with my wife Sandy. Our hybridizing garden is located in Xenia, OH. We are in zone 5. We have been hybridizers of daylilies since the mid 1990?s. Thank you for visiting. My daily blog emphasis will be toward the novice daylily hybridizer, advanced daylily hybridizers and anyone who enjoys daylily reading."Riverwood Farms
• A soldier in Iraq with a garden back home •The Hellenbrechts in Ohio
• Ed Hellenbrecht and Renée Beaulieu, lifelong residents of the Northeast (NY/CT and CT), up stakes and pursue a new job to Cincinnati, OH. •
Author: Renee • Location: Cincinnati, OH •This Garden Is Illegal - A Garden Blog
• A gardener in the suburbs Cleveland, Ohio waxes on and off about her garden, the flowers, what she wants to do in her yard and how it all fits into her everyday life. •
Author: Hanna Location: Cleveland, OhioAfter reading enthusiastic reviews about this blog at other gardening blogs, I am finally getting around to adding this to my directory. I regret that it took me so long. Enjoy.Whispering Crane Institute
• I design residential, industrial, and commercial landscapes; using both curvilinear and geometric themes. The Whispering Crane Institute also provides seminars and workshops for those in the "Green Industry" •
Author: Rick Anderson Location: Dennison, OH"My hope is to use this site to spread some info about the art and practice of Landscape Design. I will also pass along comment on industry happenings, events, etc., and any other thing going on in my World."
Oklahoma
All the Dirt on Gardening
• A Columnist for the Muskogee Phoenix •
Author: Molly Day Location: Muskogee, OK"Molly Day came to gardening late in life but she is making up for lost time by reading and writing about soil and plants while experimenting with flowers and vegetables to see what works. Join in the conversation and talk about your successes and disappointments in the garden."CompostaBlog
• Good ways to grow healthy food. •
Author: Jodi Avery • Location: Claremore, Oklahoma • "I was at a garage sale the other day and spoke with a woman 70+ and she made a comment that has stuck with me for a while... she said, "I think people were healthier when they all had their own gardens..." I couldn't agree more. Learn gardening methods and get help on composting and organic gardening, we learn as we go!"Growing Thumbs
• Growing our thumbs by growing our gardens •
Author: Curtis Location: Oklahoma "Take a ride in my garden. Growing Thumbs is also about sharing tips and tricks to make gardening more fun and productive. It is my goal to share and learn gardening experiences. In essence growing plants and greening up thumbs."Plants & Bulbs
• • Tips for Flowering plants, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs and more! • •
Author: Angela England • Location: Oklahoma • "Plants & Bulbs blog shares tidbits of information from Angela England, the Suite101 Plants & Bulbs Feature Writer with learning series, plant profiles and tough plants for tricky garden spots."Red Dirt Ramblings
• Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil •
Author: Dee Nash • Location: Oklahoma • "I'm an obsessive gardener who attempts to grow over 90 rose bushes (at least that was the last count) along with daylilies and other heat-loving perennials. When I started gardening over twenty years ago, I began with three rose bushes: 'Double Delight,' 'Tiffany' and 'Queen Elizabeth' that I bought at the local discount store. Two were Hybrid Teas, and the other a Grandiflora. I built a small raised bed for them and lavished them with food and chemicals. They were beautiful, and I was hooked. I don't like to spray anymore, so I now grow mostly disease resistant roses and drought resistant plants to make my job easier. I discovered a garden plan with geometric shapes like triangles and diamonds. It looked very French, and I wanted mine to look just like it. HH built it and it is the center of the over one acre I now tend."
Ontario
1-2-3 Go Garden!
• Every day my garden changes. I record the changes photographically, but now I want to keep a journal. This is my journal. •
Author: Karen Location: Ontario, CanadaAs the Garden Grows
• What's blooming today? •
Author: Tricia • Location: Toronto, Ontario •Barbara's Garden Chronicles
• • Trials and Tribulations of a Certified Plant Nut! • •
Author: Barbara Phillips-Conroy • Location: Oakville, Ontario • "Follow the progress of my shady garden and join me on my garden travels as I look for more plants that I just cannot do without."Country gardener
• For gardeners with acreages - and too much to do! •
Author: Yvonne Cunnington Location: Ontario, Canada"I'm a garden writer, photographer and lecturer, living on an acreage in the country, where I have lots space to try out new plants (err, used to - my gardens are pretty full now). I favor contemporary, easy-care garden styles, and to work with nature, rather than fighting it. Nature tends to win anyway!"Crafty Gardener ... In The Canadian Garden
• Gardening & Crafting Snippets from my personal website, craftygardener.ca •
Author: Crafty Gardener Location: Quinte West, Ontario, Canada "I love gardening and crafting. If something holds dirt it will be turned into a planter. So, don't take your shoes or boots off if you visit my garden. ~zone 5b, Canada ~ 'garden architecture' ~ garden whimsy ~ wildlife brush area ~ bird friendly ~ annual 'pot garden' ~ colourful perennial gardensDoug Greens Gardening
• A Collection of Useful Techniques and Interesting Plants •
Author: Doug Green Location: Ontario, CanadaDoug Green is an award winning garden writer living on an island in Lake Ontario and gardening as much as he possibly can. He used to own one of the largest nurseries in his region but gave it up to write full time (there are only so many millions of plants one wants to truly grow and dig).Empress of Dirt: The Garden
• Zone 5A and proud of it •
Author: The Empress Location: Ontario, Canada"About the garden: zone 5a ~ started 1996 ~ organic ~ minimal watering ~ clay soil ~ flowering perennials, berries, veggies ~ low budget: $100/yr"Garden Geek
• Yes, the 'Garden Geek' who rarely posts about gardening. But it's my passion. Honest. Look at my thumbs. SO green. •
Author: Randa • Location: Ontario, Canada • "I live in the country, and I love to garden. It is where I go to escape."garden muses
• A Toronto gardening blog •
Paul Jung writes about some potentially humourous thoughts, observations, and ramblings about gardening in zone 6ish TorontoGarden Planter Store
• Tips and ideas for getting the most out of your garden containers – whether decorating, eating or just enjoying. •
Author: Marion • Location: Thornbury, Ontario • "Container gardening is fast, easy and one of the most rewarding ways to reap the rewards of viewing wonderful landscapes and growing your own fruits and vegetables. See our Tips and ideas for getting the most out of your garden containers – whether decorating, eating or just enjoying."Garden.ca blog
• Garden.ca Canada-Canadian Landscaping and Gardening blog •
Author: Ian Clark • Location: Sunderland, Ontario • "Do you garden in Canada and are looking for gardening design ideas, plans and garden landscape designs for the Canadian climate? Find the plants, flowers and garden supplies you need here at Garden.ca"Gardening Pomona
• Where I describe the trials and tribulations of my garden •
Author: Patty • Location: Burlington, Ontario • " I have been keeping garden journals ever since I moved to this house and now my blog is another way to record my garden through the seasons. Year to year things change in the garden, and I want to record those happenings -especially the funny ones. Hopefully other gardeners will enjoy those moments with me."Green Trips
• Seen and Recorded •
Author: David Location: Ontario, CanadaPhotosGrow See This
• Urban Garden Spotting •
Author: Beth Lawrence Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada "I design and build gardens professionally in the city of Toronto, what happens at our job sites are some of the stories of my blogging life. I have video podcasts as well, that are fun, silly and informative. As I drive around the city from job to job I find unusually beautiful plants and photograph them. Or a plant with an amazing scent that every one must go and smell. Hence the name grow see this!"Janet's Garden
• A gardening blog that I hope will be informative and useful, not just a simple report of what I plant when. •
Author: Janet • Location: Ontario, Canada • "My garden is in USDA Zone 4a and is contained in a tiny townhouse lot, which I am cramming as full as I can. I've taught ESL, forecast futures markets, homeschooled five children, been a pastor's wife in a pioneer church and am now contemplating what I will do with my life once the nest empties completely. In the meanwhile, I'm blogging."Just your average Garden Variety
• A brown thumb turns green, Setting up in a new yard. Barrie Ontario, Zone 5a, Sandy Soil, South Facing and sunny. Apparently I love a challenge •
Author: Tracey F • Location: Ontario, Canada •Maddie's Gardening Chronicles
• A blog chronicling the growth of my Ottawa vegetable garden from dream to dinner. •
This blog centres around my vegetable garden, and all my adventures in getting it to grow. I claim no particular expertise or wisdom - I'm here to learn and discover. I'm especially interested in how we can nourish and protect our world, especially on a personal and immediate level.marmalade
• Celebrating three years of online yammering. •
Author: Marmalade Location: Toronto,Canada This is a multi-topic blog, with a gardening category.My Allotment in Life
• A first attempt at an organic vegetable allotment •
Author: Duncan Read • Location: Ottawa, Ontario • " My name is Duncan, and I'm a 35-year old law student living in downtown Ottawa, ON. Apart from surviving another two years of law school, my short-term goals are to find a couple of acres somewhere, and to make a decent start on developing a self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the meantime, I thought I'd better get myself a little real-world experience. Here's my first attempt to grow my own food, as naturally as possible on a 25' x 50' city plot."My Garden
• Bill and Ben, The Flowerpot Men. The first TV gardening celebrities. What an influence they had on my interest in gardening. •
Author: David Location: Ontario, CanadaPhotos onlyNature Nut
• An unassuming place to talk about perennial gardening, with occasional forays into camping, canoeing and life outdoors. •
Author: Mia Location:Ottawa, CanadaEven in the depths of winter, my plans for additions to my garden are germinating.Niagara Tropicals
• • A guide to growing "hardy tropicals" in southern Ontario, Canada. • •
Author: Tony • Location: St. Catharines, Ontario • " I have been gardening for about eight years and have developed an interest in growing out of zone plants. I started a blog on this a few weeks ago and think it may be of interest to other people in southern Ontario who suffer from zone denial."One decked up fully blossomed Blog
• Decks, landscaping and occasional flower infused irreverence •
We write about gardening, yard landscaping and relax area construction (i.e. decks), and everything in between. Like a pretty flower garden, we infuse lots of color/colour into the words. WE seek to inform and entertain with subject matter that is often dry and musty.Orchid Log
• Just to keep track of my orchids •
Diary of a new orchid grower.Ottawa Hortiphilia
• An enabling site for the horticulturally obsessed. Life around my urban plot is green! (except in the middle of winter in Canadian zone 5a then it's mostly sludgy brown and white.) •
Author: Ottawa Gardener Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "I live and garden on an urban plot in Ottawa, Canada, zone 5a, with an average frost free growing period of about 4 months. My current plant fetish is anything edible but I am open to low care perrenials, and self seeding annuals. This blog features gardening, often sumamrizing my feverish googling on plant related subjects so that you may be spared such long internet hauls (or so that you know that you aren't the only one spending hours trying to determine if you can overwinter globe artichokes in a pot)."realmud garden
• •Romantic Gardening
• Here, we hope to inspire gardeners to garden using all their senses •
My blog is about romancing the garden with tips and articles leaning toward the aesthetics of garden design.The Bloomin' Blog
• Journal and tips for blooming flowers and veggies in the garden •
Author: GP • Location: Mississauga, Ontario • "A home gardening blog by a hobby gardener. Explores and gives tips on planting seeds, prepping garden beds, growing vegetables, flowers, herbs container gardening and organic gardening methods. Also the occasional recipe for your home grown veggies and herbs."The Joy of Gardening in Southern Ontario
• I love gardening in my Zone 5 garden. Much magic and joy happens in this small space every year. •
Author: David the Plant-o-Holic Location: Ajax, Ontario, Canada"I started thisbecause I wanted to express my love for gardening so here goes. small greenhouse enables me to keep all sorts of tender flowers, shrubs and herbs growing through the winter and enables me to give the large number of seeds that I grow a head start. Our house has many plants in it, hibiscus, coffee, succulents, bamboo, orchids and orchid lilies."
Oregon
::: an eclectic garden :::
• dirt...garden as allegory...occasional imagery •
Author: Sally Basile Location: South Oregon, zone 7"a small, intensively planted collection of sacred and mundane flora"Arabella's Garden -- The View From Home
• Thoughts from my garden in the sagebrush ocean of Central Oregon •
Author: Li'l Ned • Location: Bend, OR • "Home is my favorite place to be. The view from here includes my garden, my sweetheart of 40 years, my kitties, pianos, and all the people who make music with me, and my once-small town in the high desert, Bend, Oregon."Blooming Desert's Daily Dirt
• High Desert Hardy gardening •
I am an A.P.L.D. certified, landscape designer and licensed landscape professional in Bend, Oregon. I have a deep passion for outdoor living spaces and am challenged daily with our High Desert climate. My recent interest in High Desert hardy succulents and vertical gardens has taken me for quite a designer's ride! I am always looking for inspiration through my travels and through the natural environment. This blog is just an way I can share my experiences and excitement with other garden enthusiasts. CheersBlunders with shoots, blossoms 'n roots
• Gardening by trowel and error! •
Author: Tessa • Location: Redmond (formerly Portland), OR • "This is my personal gardening blog of all my (mis)adventures or 'blunders' and successes in the garden."Diary of a Northwest Gardener
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Author: Sara Hammond • Location: Trail, OR • "I have lots of bits of information that might help folks have more success in small farms or gardens. I have been an organic grower for over 30 years. Farm name is Elk Creek Gardens. I have a successful CSA formed 10 years ago. Have market and some wholesale experience, wildcrafting, and season recipes to share. I hope I can help folks by showing what I am doing and explaining basic tools and methods."digging in the dirt
• tales and photos of sporadically enthusiastic gardening in the pacific northwest •
Author: Jen Location: Multnomah County, ORGreat photosDustpan Alley
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Author: Angelina • Location: Pacific Northwest • This blog isn't solely a garden blog; I've linked to the Kitchen Garden labeled posts. Angelina says, "I am a writer. I have one husband, one child, one dog, two cats, and four chickens. There's almost nothing I won't tell you. I write a lot about what life is like being mentally ill. But I also love writing about everything domestic- what is going on in our kitchen, our garden, and our other homesteading projects."Garden Question Lady
• So, I am here in Southern Oregon ready to answer any gardening/farming questions you would like to send my way. •
Author: Sara Hammond • Location: Trail, Oregon • "I have lots of bits of information that might help folks have more success in small farms or gardens. I have been an organic grower for over 30 years. Basic diary format with articles about specifics. Farm name is Elk Creek Gardens. I have a successful CSA formed 10 years ago. Have market and some wholesale experience, wildcrafting, and season recipes to share. I hope I can help folks by showing what I am doing and explaining basic tools and methods."Gardener to Farmer
• Organic vegetable gardens respond well to humor. •
My journey from ornamental to edible gardening...with a lot of extra nonsense thrown in for good measure.Grace Peterson
• • Fusing my love of writing and gardening • •
Author: Grace Peterson • Location: Oregon • "I write a monthly garden column for a regional newspaper and began my blog to further reach my readers. Now I'm branching out into Cyberworld. I live in Oregon's Willamette Valley and I'm a shameless plant-a-holic. My garden is eleven years old and houses way too many plants. Regardless of its imperfections, my garden is my nirvana."Home Garden Diggers
• For Home Gardeners Who Love To Dig In The Dirt •
Home Garden Diggers is a about learning How to Garden and How to Landscape, as well as having some Gardening Tips and a lot of personal experience gardening in a Zone 8 Garden in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.LauriesGarden.com
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Author: Laurie Kuttner Location: OregonA horticultural nursery worker tells all.Mad About Gardening
• Our mission is to Cultivate, Educate, and Advocate for the Gardening Community. •
The Solly name has been synonymous with gardening in the pacific northwest for 4 generations. Our goal is to continue the tradition started by our great-grandfather, Cecil Solly, to help foster people's passion for gardening. To do that we offer a variety of gardening videos and articles to help educate you on everything from how to plant vegetables or creating compost to trimming your fruit trees or cooking with your fresh produce. Let our four generations of gardening experience help you to create a garden that thrives.My Oregon Garden
• • The sorry tale of one man's attempt to kill off every flower and vegetable that he encounters in a vain effort to grow his own garden in one of the most fertile places on earth. If you're a vegetable, no one can hear you scream. • •
Author: Ronan • Location: Independence, Oregon • "I'm new to both the USA and to gardening. Maybe my vain attempt at growing a garden from scratch will amuse and horrify you in equal parts."Portland Landscaping Blog
• All Things Landscaping in Portland •
Ben Bowen, a third generation landscaper blogs for Ross NW Watergardens.Reading Dirt
• Reading our way down the garden path: a site for the literary gardener •
Author: Karen Bledsoe Location: Salem, OR"What's Reading Dirt about? It's a site for the literary gardener. It's all about what's up in my garden, what's up in other gardens, and what I've been reading in the way of garden-related literature lately. Readers who have written garden-related books are welcome to contact me about getting their books reviewed here. I'm not fond of vanity published books, but I'll look at any from a traditional publisher and self-published (under your own imprint) books. I'll also review gardening websites. Drop me a line, dirt-lovers!"Rogue Valley Gardener
• Learn. Grow. Share. •
A place for gardeners living in Southern Oregon to share what they know, connect with others, and learn a lot about gardening, food, and other related happenings in our beautiful valley.Sassy Gardener
• Here in Oregon, they say you can throw seeds at the ground and they'll grow. We'll see about that . . . •
Author: Sassy Gardener Location: North Portland, OR "El Jardin Encantado is the name of our garden here in North Portland. Now in its 9th year of existence, we’ve managed to rid it of most of its grass and fill it with perennials, edibles and lots of things that smell fantastic."The Gardener's Pantry
• All things related to food and gardening •
Author: Rose Marie McGee Location: Albany, OR "I grew up gardening at Nichols Garden Nursery in Albany, OR. Today, my husband Keane, and I operate this family owned mail order seed company and herb nursery. I am the co-author of McGee & Stuckey’s Bountiful Container, a complete guide to creating and growing edible gardens in containers. This blog explores the relationship between gardening and food. I do a fair amount of public speaking on garden related topics and sometimes start my talk by saying this is for gardeners who eat, so it is with The Gardener’s Pantry. Happy gardening." Rose Marie Nichols McGee
Pennsylvania
Carolyn's Shade Gardens
• The Joy of Gardening in the Shadows •
Author: Carolyn Walker • Location: Bryn Mawr, PA • "Practical information about all aspects of gardening in the shade based on my experiences at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens. Particular emphasis on how to have color in full dry shade, off season interest in the garden, organic practices, and low maintenance gardening. Plant focuses include hellebores, snowdrops, native plants, hostas, and unusual bulbs."Dianne Rambling on...
• The blog of a domestic goddess: wife, mom, gardener, stitcher, baker . . . •
Author: Dianne Location: Southeastern PennsylvaniaDown & Dirty
• What's a little dirt between friends? •
"Ellen Zachos (instructor and coordinator of the Gardening Department in Continuing Ed at the New York Botanic Garden) offers practical, accessible, and ecclectic advice. She writes about urban and suburban gardening, foraging for wild foods (in the heart of NYC!), cooking with garden and wild produce, and enjoying nature with children and friends. Make gardening and the environment part of your everyday life, no matter where you live."edge effect
• sometimes my head just gets way too full •
Author: Meresy_g Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"A random diary of musings ranging from what the dog did to weird stuff I see on the way to work to annoying things my husband says to little things that make me smile."Gardening Gone Wild
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Authors: Fran Sorin, Nan Ondra, Saxon Holt, Steve Silk • Locations: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut respectively • "Those of us who have chosen to become contributors are individuals who have the desire to express our thoughts, ideas, and philosophies about gardening and the world in which we live."Growing Goodness
• A garden blog with maternal overtones •
Author: Jeannette Williams • Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania • "My site is dedicated to growing good things, both plants and children. I discuss the value and benefits of plants, both wild and domestic, including the lowly "weed". I offer how-to help, reviews of books, plants, and "weeds", recipes, natural health, crafts, and even poetry about nature! I also hope to help the readers pass on a love of nature to their children."Hayefield
• A Pennsylvania Plant Geek's Garden •
Author: Nan Ondra Location: Bucks County, PA "I consider myself an equal-opportunity plant geek, but my current "thing" is colored foliage (specifically, variegated and chartreuse leaves). And ornamental grasses. And meadows. And herbs. And vegetables. Oh, and shrubs, too. And annuals, of course. --just about all kinds of outdoors plants, actually. I also enjoy raising plants from seed."Morning Glories
• A Late Bloomer Discovers the Joys of Gardening •
Author: Beth • Location: Southeast Pennsylvania • "I am a pianist, piano teacher and church musician. I live (and garden) in Southeast Pennsylvania. I have owned my home since 1998, and over the years I've done the basic outdoor upkeep plus a few improvement projects. But a couple years ago something clicked for me and I began to really enjoy gardening. I always have a backlog of interests, activities and involvements I'd like to pursue, and gardening has been one of them. So I decided to take it on as a hobby. I frequently tell my adult students how wonderful lifelong learning is and how much I admire their commitment to develop new skills -- gardening is doing the same thing for me! As you can tell from the blog title and some of the quotes on the main page, my favorite time to work in the yard and garden is the morning. I'm out several mornings a week (in season), and in the process I'm getting to know every square inch of my small (1/4 acre) property extremely well."Notes from Wazoo Farm
• • Bungling through life with a trowel • •
Author: Kim • Location: Waynesburg, Pennsylvania • "On Wazoo Farm we love good company and solitude too, delicious food and beer, home-grown tomatoes and herbs, sound naps and late nights, happy children and lovely books."Pearled Earth
• Tending an urban garden. Writing on the wild side. •
Author: Zoe • Location: Scranton, PA • "Zoë is a gardener by profession and pastime. She blogs about sticks, stones, petals and bugs, along with other ephemera which take a brief roost in her brain before fluttering out the exit ear and away on the wind."Pete's Garden Blog
• • Organic (mostly!) gardening in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia • •
Author: Pete • Location: Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • "Organic (mostly!) gardening in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia"Prim's Place in Spring Valley
• My garden is a place where I like to begin my day. I end my day here after work, to unwind, shake off the cares of the day and get centered again ~ back to who I am •
Author: Primrozie Location: Western Pennsylvania"Gardening is my favorite past time. I have a small area for gardening so it can sometimes become a challenge. Some years I use containers as well as the (6) raised beds we built."Riverrim blog
• Thoughts from life around the riverrimâ„¢ ..including spinning, weaving, knitting, gardening, chickens, rabbits and whatever wild life wanders by. •
Author: Cyndy Location: Pennsylvania Lots more besides gardening.The Big Blog Of Gardening
• Real information on gardening in the Lehigh Valley (Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton), Pennsylvania. Help with vegetables, fruit, shrubs, trees, flowers, composting and soil conditioning. •
Author: Todd Heft • Location: Bethlehem, PA • "Todd Heft is an avid gardener who lives in Northeast Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley) and who thinks constantly about how to grow things, even when he’s at work in his cubicle. He grew up in a rural section of Bethlehem, PA, on the edge of a farm field, which is where he grew fond of the aroma of fresh manure. He is happiest when he has dirt under his fingernails and an aching back."The Garden Plot
• The Garden Media Group is a specialty lawn & garden public relations agency. •
Author: Garden Media Group Location: Chadds Ford, PA "The Garden Media Group is a specialty lawn & garden public relations agency. This garden blog does not aim to sell our clients to you but to inform you of the hippest, hottest gardening news, trends and events in our industry today! The Garden Plot is about all things 'Gardening.' Everything from the best soil to use to which plants are best for your region. Dedicated to bringing you only the best in gardening information, we at Garden Media Group welcome all your comments and if you have a book or link we should know about, don't be afraid to share it with us!"The Write Gardener
• Life in and out of the garden •
Author: TC Conner • Location: Mercer, Pennsylvania • "Reading about gardening should provide images of both the garden and the gardener. Those images come in many shapes, sizes, and colors; all of which reflect the intricate web of life in and out of the garden."Transatlantic Plantsman
• Plants, books on plants and using plants •
Author: Graham Rice Location: Pennsylvania (USA - zone 5) and in Northamptonshire (UK - zone 8) "Plants, plant combinations, books and magazines about plants, more stuff about more plants - from both sides of the Atlantic - with occasional asides on wildflowers and wildlife, the transatlantic life and perhaps occasionally fishing, music and books on subjects other than plants."Veggie Gardening Tips
• Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener •
Author: Kenny Point Location: Harrisburg, PA "Gardening is a gift I've developed the same way that anyone can... through trial and error. I was introduced to the world of gardening when I was about ten years old. Thanks mom! Upon switching to organic growing practices in the early 80's I stopped all use of chemicals in the garden. In 1985, a few years after graduating from college, I left a great job with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C. and moved to Pennsylvania to accept an internship on a forty acre organic farm. Some of my friends thought it was a crazy idea, but it turned out to be the best decision I ever made. Over a few short years I learned an incredible amount about gardening, nature, and self sufficiency. Since then I have continued to garden and share my experiences through through my ebook, articles, and this blog."Walk Down the Garden Path
• Join me on a walk down the garden path in my Western Pennsylvania garden. •
Author: Cindy • Location: Baden, Pennsylvania • "My adventures in the garden and with the surrounding wildlife in Western PA."Wife, Mother, Gardener
• Blooms at Gilmore Gardens •
Author: Julie Witmer • Location: Pittsburgh, PA • "A beautiful photo journal of ornamental gardens on our small borough lot. Following through the seasons, we aim for "a continuous thread of succession" planting, in the words of Christopher Lloyd... though spring is definitely our strong point so far."Your Small Kitchen Garden
• • For kitchen gardeners with limited space • •
Author: Daniel Gasteiger • Location: Lewisburg, PA • "Your Small Kitchen Garden is for people who grow--or who want to grow--their own food, though in limited space. I explore how to grow vegetables and fruit, offering an offhanded, less-is-more approach to gardening for people who love it, but who don't want it to own them."
Portugal
Le jardin de Sophie
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Author: Sophie Bellais Location: Portugal Written in FrenchLugar do Olhar Feliz
• Un jardin habite - A garden to live in •
Prince Edward Island
Aiken House & Gardens
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Author: Carolyn • Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada • "I live on Prince Edward Island Canada. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have seven children and nine grandchildren. My hobbies include gardening, decorating, photography, baking, reading and afternoon tea. I love to share my hobbies with you through my blogs."CanoeCorner
• Tales of a west coast gardener pulling up roots to chase a dream in the eastern maritimes. •
Author: Marguerite • Location: Canoe Cove, Prince Edward Island, Canada • "I'm a former zone 9 gardener that recently relocated from the west coast of Canada to the zone 5a climate of the Canadian Maritimes. We bought a century old farmhouse on an acreage in Prince Edward Island and so begins our adventure. My partner opened his own business and I finally have a property big enough and sunny enough to create any garden I can dream."
Quebec
allanbecker*gardenguru
• Perennial flower gardening and design •
Author: garden guru • Location: Montreal, Quebec • "Gardeners love to share plants and experiences. Please join me as I write about flower gardening and design, some of the gardening books I've reviewed, and tips and tricks I've collected over time."Glen Villa
• Site and Insight •
• Site and Insight • Author: Pat Webster • Location: North Hatley, Quebec • I write about garden design, using my own garden and other gardens as illustration. My particular interest is incorporating art into gardens and showing the history of a landscape on the site itself. I’m a sculptor, photographer and amateur historian, and In my blog I write about all three: using art in a garden, showing the history of a site and the people who live on it, and photographing gardens to bring them to life. Glen Villa is a large country property in rural Quebec, part garden, part landscape park, part forest and farm fields. I write about Glen Villa and gardens I visit around the world. Occasionally I review garden books.Jardinage - Banlieusardises.com
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Author: Martine Gingras Location: Quebec, CanadaThis is in French. Martine is sort of a wacky Martha Stewart.
Rhode Island
Blithewold
• a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife •
Author: Kris Green • Location: Bristol, Rhode Island • "Blithewold is a 33 acre public garden on the Narragansett shore in Bristol, RI, USA. The blog is an editorial straight from the potting shed shouting secrets, telling stories,'fessing up and bringing our love of horticulture to the public."Earth Friendly Gardening
• Sustainable Gardening for a Healthy Planet •
Author: Caroline Brown • Location: Providence, RI • "Earth Friendly Gardening is a blog about gardening, particularly sustainable gardening. I’m interested in how gardening is related to nature and natural ecosystems, and the connection between people and earth, water, and sky. Here, I hope to share resources and information on how to garden in a more “earth-friendly” (sustainable) manner. I also blog about nature, ecology, conservation, and agriculture. You’ll read a lot about sustainable farming and living, local food, native and invasive plants, trees, the links between human and consumption and natural ecosystems, and other environmental and nature-related issues."Garden eLetter
• Garden Newsletter for those interested not only in horticulture, but also the design of a great garden. •
Author: Linda Finn • Location: Middletown, RI • A new blog started March 2009.Green Zone
• gardening on the homefront •
Author: Sarah Zurier • Location: Providence, RI • "Green Zone is an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden installation located at Firehouse 13 in Providence, RI for the summer of 2008. It is planted in the detritus of wartime consumption: used tires, plastic shopping bags, and discarded shoes. The blog provides updates on Green Zone and surveys civilian wartime gardens, edible landscapes, community gardens, and the like."
Saskatchewan
A Prairie Journal In Saskatchewan
• Thoughts and information on garden growing on the Canadian Prairies •
Author: Clayton • Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan •Edible Blue Honeysuckle
• The new dream crop for Prairie Berry and Fruit Growers •
Author: Clayton • Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan •gardening for beginners
• To garden is to restore your senses. •
Author: Poppy • Location: Melville, Saskatchewan • "This is a blog for beginning gardens who live in cold climates, and who have either limited space, patios, decks, or balconies, or limited garden space. I strive to give basic descriptions and basic instructions, as well as posting some definitions for the beginner."Growing Up
• Sherwood Greenhouses - Regina, Saskatchewan •
Author: Larry • Location: Regina, Saskatchewan • The journal/blog of Sherwood's Greenhouses in Saskatchewan, Canada.kate smudges in earth, paint and life
• random notes on the quirky ways life has of smudging our edges •
Author: Kate Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada "Isn't it truly our memories that keep us nurturing our gardens from one season to the next? As with children, we get to know our plants intimately and can sense when something just isn't right."Northern Exposure Gardening: My Zone 1b Garden
• • Remarkably, we grow more than snow mold and lichen • •
Author: Gardenista • Location: La Ronge, Saskatchewan • "A website to document the challenge of growing a variety of perennials in a northern Canadian climate. La Ronge, Saskatchewan is in Zone 1b (USDA zone 2a), sitting on the Canadian shield at 55° 06' N latitude, 105° 16' W longitude. However, the moderating effect of Lac La Ronge and 4 feet of snow protect many perennials that should never grow here (coral bells). Like many gardeners, I tempt the fates by planting those 'borderline' hardiness perennials and then admit defeat or proclaim my triumphs when I see if they've lived through the last winter. I post plenty of pictures of my gardening projects and welcome comments."
Scotland
Abriachan Nurseries - The Garden On Loch Ness
• The Garden On Loch Ness •
Author: Cat Davidson • Location: Scotland - Loch Ness • "A Special Garden on the shore of Loch Ness. A peaceful, beautiful garden, with dazzling highlights in every season. Full of winding woodland paths leading to stunning views of the loch and brimming with vibrant, unusual plants. This Blog is to give you a wee glimpse into the garden, the wildlife, our family, the sales nursery and the truely stunning area in which we live. I hope you enjoy."Garden Man's musings
• Garden musings from the Scottish highlands •
Author: name of author Location: Tain, Scotland "A working gardener's ramblings about gardening, life and incidental things"Leaves 'n Bloom
• a journal of inspiration down by the Lade •
Author: LeavesnBloom • Location: Perthshire, Scotland • "I'm from the UK and garden in Scotland. I've really been gardening since I was young under the guiding hand of my granddad who was a great inspiration to me. My garden is situated in a valley in NE Scotland along by a river and Lade in a frost pocket which also is in a rain shadow with part of the garden being heavy clay. I love foliage and texture in the garden along with flowers but over the years flowers have become less important to me tho I try to have something in flower every month of the year."shirls gardenwatch
• • A Gardenwatch Diary following the seasons through plants, visiting birds and wildlife from a small private garden in Perthshire, Scotland. Includes Nestbox with camera and video of garden and birds. • •
Author: Shirl • Location: Perthshire, Scotland • "A Gardenwatch Diary following the seasons through plants, visiting birds and wildlife from a small private garden in Perthshire, Scotland. Includes Nestbox with camera and video of garden and birds."Snapdragon's garden
• Whats going on in our garden? - flowers to feel good about. •
Author: Jane Lindsey • Location: Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom • "In 2000 I chucked in my job as an art gallery curator and retrained in horticulture. Since 2002 I have been building a business out of my two passions - flowers and fabrics. Earlier this year we launched a mail order business allowing more people to have a bit of Snapdragon style in their lives." (She writes about running her business on Snapdragon's Chat blog.)
South Africa
God's edible garden
• The journey - God's edible garden •
A progress report on my backyard vegetable garden...my aloe garden
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Author: Eurica Teichmann • Location: Moorreesburg, South Africa • "There are more than 120 aloe species in South Africa - add the rest of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar and you have shapes, sizes and blooms for every taste and garden. Top that with hybrids and there is never a dull moment in pot plants or the garden. Also a few tours and photos of aloes and succulents in their habitats."Soekershof; the scientific background
• Soekershof Walkabout; (popular) "scientific" background including links to other sites about cultivation of succulents including cacti •
Author: Herman van Bon and Yvonne de Wit Location: South Africa "Soekershof Walkabout is a sacred enterprise, based on an appreciation of nature, humor, play, creation, expression and respect for the land, and the growth and development of the people and plants who participate -employees and visitors alike. This blog is a service tool for customers of the Soekershof nursery and other succulent lovers. This blogsite provides visitors with information about all (basic) aspects of cultivating succulents including cacti in South Africa."
South Carolina
Children of the Corm
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Author: Jess • Location: Charleston, SC • "A newbie gardener tackles creating a new garden from the ashes of an historic house restoration."Compost in my Shoe
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Author: Jim • Location: Charleston, SC • "...enjoying my life long journey through the garden....come along for the ride! Work for Charleston Parks Conservancy and have my own garden/floral design freelance business"Red Worms
• Everything you need to know about composting with Red Worms •
Author: Sam Carterson • Location: Raleigh, NC • "This is a blog on composting with worms and the benefits they provide to your garden. Composting with worms is great since it is faster, cleaner and doesn't smell like normal composting. Worms can eat your table scraps in a small bin that you keep anywhere in your home. The compost that the worms makes is excellent for your garden."The Garden Blog
• A biology professor tells it like it is •
Author: Nelumbo Location: Piedmont, South Carolina "If you are the type of gardener who takes yourself seriously, go compost yourself. Human flesh is a great source of Nitrogen. Your prize peonies will bloom eternally. Go sacrifice yourself! Now!This blog is for the rest of us."Totally Terra-Firma
• Always Remember -- The Good Earth Provides the Soil That Ultimately Feeds the Soul -- Terra Firma •
Author: Monteen "Tiny" Cobb • Location: Columbia, SC • "Welcome to Totally Terra Firma!! This is my website where I chronicle my day to day gardening endeavors. In addition to my own gardening exploits, I enjoy visiting other people’s gardens and sharing those experiences as well. I invite you to visit my website often, and register so that you can follow me on my journey. Also, post comments regarding my blog and feel free to share information on your gardening experiences as well."Yardiac.com Outdoor Living and Gardening Blog
• • Hello Fellow Yardiacs! Thank you for visiting our Blog – our desire is for this to be an open forum for all outdoor garden enthusiasts. So come, read, and post often! • •
Author: CrazedYardiac • Location: Greenville, South Carolina • "CrazedYardiac - Are You One? A Yardiac is a person who is passionate (i.e. slightly crazed) about thier lawn, garden, or outdoor decor."
South Dakota
A Healthy Gardener
• Eat, Garden and be Healthy •
Author: Gloria Bonde • Location: Hot Springs, SD • "I have gardened for over 25 years. I am a member of the local county extension master gardeners. I garden organically, and like to grow food and eat food in season. Last summer, I made a sourdough bread started from captured "wild yeast" from my grapes and am enjoying the uniqueness of truly eating local bread. I love flowering low growing ground covers as a substitute for lawns and have been experimenting with them for years. And I love vines. I have a seven foot arbor that surrounds the back yard and in the summer is enveloped with vines.The scent of the garden in the morning feels like vacation. Summer is one long vacation for me."
Spring Fling 08
A Bumblebee Garden
• The story of a busy country garden, the food it inspires and the creatures who happen by •
Author: Robin Location: Huntingtown, MD "I'd like to say that every day is a non-stop thrill here on Bumblebee Blog, with a knee-slapping incident to recount. In fact, it's curious how my idea of fun has changed over the years. Maybe you'll agree that some of what I see and observe is at least mildly interesting!"Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Digging
• It all starts with a patch of dirt •
Author: Pam Penick • Location: Austin, TX • "I’ve been digging in Austin since 1994. For eight years I cultivated a colorful, sun-loving, Texas-style cottage garden in the black gumbo (clay) of midtown. Much of this blog chronicles the evolution of that garden. In the fall of 2008, however, I said goodbye to it and moved to the limestone hills of northwest Austin, where I’m starting a new, deer-resistant garden under the dappled shade of live oaks on shallow, rocky soil. New challenges provide renewed excitement and fresh perspectives about gardening."Faire Garden
• • Gardening on a slope in a small town in Tennessee USA • •
Author: Frances Garrison • Location: Southeast Tennessee • "My present garden is in southeast Tennessee. We have been here about seven years, but have owned the property nearly ten.<....>Three years later we moved into the house ourselves and did a renovation which included buying the house next door, knocking it down and building a garage there. Now it is attached to the main house, one big happy dwelling. The additional land from the house next door really allowed me to garden my little heart out. The whole backyard is a steep slope so lots of paths and steps were needed just to get up to the edge of the property line. Much work has been done and more is still needed. As with all gardens it is never finished and will forever be a work in progress. This will be its story."Herself's Houston Garden
• A transplanted yankee tries gardening in Houston •
Author: Linda MacPhee-Cobb • Location: North West Houston ( The Woodlands ) • "This is a garden blog about plants that grow in Houston, I give specific plant care and information. I also cover local garden events. I have a calendar with most of the local garden events listed. I also talk about various gardening topics and my own garden."in bloom
• ...what grows in my Austin garden •
Author: Rachel • Location: Austin, TX • "Essays, musings, and pictures from my urban garden."Kiss of Sun
• Notes from the garden •
Author: Bonnie • Location: Austin, TX • "Welcome to my garden blog. I'm an avid gardener who spends minutes between baby napping and children potty training to try and plant something in my garden."Lost Valley Gardens Blog
• Organic Gardening in Central Texas •
Author: Carol and Ron • Location: Dripping Springs, TX • "Several years ago my husband and I decided that we wanted to start our own nursery/farm/landscaping business. We sold our suburban house, bought a small parcel of land in a more rural area, and proceeded to invest in and establish our business, Lost Valley Gardens. I now spend every waking hour either working at my day job or my night job. Loving every minute of it."May Dreams Gardens
• This is May Dreams Gardens because all year I dream of the days in May when the sun is warm, the skies are blue, the grass is green, and the garden is all new again! •
Author: Carol Location: Zone 5, Indiana"We should all strive to sow, grow, and sustain good things in life's garden. I hope you enjoy these brief writings in this garden blog about my gardens, gardening adventures and occasional garden opinions, and are inspired to get out and do a little digging and hoeing in your own gardens, wherever and whatever they may be."Mr. McGregor's Daughter
• Garden musings from the land beyond O'Hare •
Author: Barbara Location: Chicago, IL "A life-long resident of Northern Illinois, I have been gardening for almost 20 years. My current garden, Squirrelhaven, is 14 years old. My Zone is 5a."prairie point
• Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. •
Author: Bill Hopkins • Location: Gordon, TX •Seeds
• An Austin Gardening Journal •
Author: Brianna • Location: Austin, TX • "Seeds is about my experiences with backyard gardening and nature in Austin, TX. Austin lies in the Blackland Prairie ecological region of Texas. My family's house and garden are located in North Austin; the soil here is sticky black clay. We're just beginning the process of transforming our yard into a more intentional garden space, hence the title of this blog. Seeds symbolize hope, new beginnings, and the promise of miraculous things to come. What could be more miraculous than new life emerging from a seed? In addition to gardening, Seeds is a space for me to indulge my interests in writing, science, and the kinds of pretty nature photos that my photography professor in college said I shouldn't be taking."Sharing Nature's Garden
• Connecting to the earth, to our wildlife friends, and to my fellow gardeners •
Author: Diana • Location: Austin, TX • "Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself."The Transplantable Rose
• Some thoughts from a former Midwest gardener, now doing her best to bloom and grow in Austin, Texas. •
Author: Annie • Location: Austin, TX • "I thought a blog might be a good place to share some garden photos and maybe mouth off with a few opinions... we'll see how it goes! I'm a member of the Divas of the Dirt, a group of Austin women who delight in transforming each other's gardens. You can read about our experiences and see some before-and-after photos at our website, divasofthedirt.com. Since we use Diva names for the website, I'm called 'Glinda', the Witch from the North over there. The Diva who is called Annie is a much nicer person."Zanthan Gardens
• Weblog of a Central Austin Garden •
Author: Melissa Sinclair Stevens • Location: Austin, TX • "For me "garden" is more of a verb than a noun; my yard is in the process of becoming a garden. <...> I'm no longer in a hurry for my garden to be finished. I know now that it will never be finished. There might have been a time when I pictured myself sitting in a Adirondack chair, sipping rioja, and reading among the flowers, but this is not to be. I simply can't sit still in the garden. I try for a moment or two and then see a weed that must be pulled, or a plant that needs water. I walk around a lot. I touch the plants, and pull off bugs, and put my face in the grass. I'm happiest with my hands in the dirt. A garden is a living thing, like the plants in it, like the gardener in it. Together we grow, always changing, never finished, incomplete. "
Sweden
Garden Dreams (Trädgårdsdrömmar)
• Gardening in Scandinavia •
Author: Ken and Carina Schill • Location: Southwest Sweden • "About a garden around a house from year 1773. Created by a married couple who is crazy about gardening. It is a big garden with all kinds of different plants from bulbs, perennials, bushes and trees, all for a cold climate garden. We also translate our Swedish text in English."The optimistic gardener
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Author: Linn Arvidsson • Location: Molkom, Sweden • (Written in English) "Linn is a an enthusiastic gardener and photographer who always believes next season will be the best ever but actually enjoys the present one. In the winter she plans huge projects. In the summer she just sinks into the rhythm of the garden. Lives with her husband, dog, cats and birds in an old Swedish farm house and digs large holes in the very heavy clay that forms the ground of her garden."
Tennessee
bwisegardening
• Adventures in Gardenland •
Author: Barbara Wise • Location: Nashville, TN • " Sage advice and garden chronicles for plant addicts or black-thumb diehards, helping you find success in your gardening endeavors."Clay and Limestone
• Gardening in the Central Basin in Middle Tennessee •
Author: Gail • Location: Middle Tennessee • "Welcome to my garden in Middle Tennessee, zone 7ish! I have lived on this property for over 20 years. Recently the yard and I negotiated a truce. I added some much needed hardscape and reworked some borders, adding more natives and native friendly exotics that will grow and thrive in clay and limestone."Faire Garden
• • Gardening on a slope in a small town in Tennessee USA • •
Author: Frances Garrison • Location: Southeast Tennessee • "My present garden is in southeast Tennessee. We have been here about seven years, but have owned the property nearly ten.<....>Three years later we moved into the house ourselves and did a renovation which included buying the house next door, knocking it down and building a garage there. Now it is attached to the main house, one big happy dwelling. The additional land from the house next door really allowed me to garden my little heart out. The whole backyard is a steep slope so lots of paths and steps were needed just to get up to the edge of the property line. Much work has been done and more is still needed. As with all gardens it is never finished and will forever be a work in progress. This will be its story."In the Garden
• All things gardening and life! •
Author: Tina, Lola, Skeeter and Dawn • Location: Tennessee, Georgia, Maine • "Daily posts with all things related to gardening and life and wildlife."Organic Gardening Blog
• You Can Do This! •
Written for the beginner to expert, A DIY blog focusing on the Why's and just the What'sProdigal Soil
• David Freel's life in and out of the garden •
Author: David Freels • Location: Knoxville, TN • "I'm a husband, father, Anglican priest, Smoky Mountain back-packer, movie lover, sci-fi geek, history nut and amateur gardener. This is the place where I share some of the things I've noticed as I tend my garden. I started gardening a year ago and have found it to be very rich soil (laugh at pun here) for thinking on my life and faith. It's teaching me to pay attention to small changes, to what's growing, what's not and why. Some of that spills over into other parts of my life too."The Home Garden
• Gardening in the Home Landscape •
Author: Dave Townsend • Location: Spring Hill, TN • "The home garden is a personal blog about the transformation of my home garden. We began with a blank slate and are gradually shaping the garden into something to enjoy. While doing our garden grows I pass along information about vegetable gardening and plant propagation."
Texas
Can You Dig It?
• Adventures in organic gardening •
Author: Tamara • Location: Plano, TX • Once upon a time, there was a blog called Talking Dirty. It still exists, as a matter of fact, but it's no longer being updated. Instead, Tamara has started a new blog called Can You Dig It? The design is certainly leaner and cleaner, and the content, at least, as much as I've read, is just as good. Oh yeah, and it's YATGB (yet another Texas garden blog), which means she'll be growing while it's still snowing here. If you stop in, tell her Kathy sent you.Central Texas Gardener Blog
• Texas-tough ideas •
Author: Linda Lehmusvirta • Location: Austin, TX • "See what's up this week in my east Austin garden, what to add to your to-do list, and preview this week's Central Texas Gardener."Closer to the Dirt
• 1. Learn to garden. 2. Insert vegetable garden here. •
Author: Matt • Location: Austin, TX • "In 2007, my wife talked me into building two small raised garden boxes for herbs and a couple of tomatoes. Somehow between building those first beds and tasting the first homegrown tomato, I caught a bad case of gardening. In late 2008 I started digging my new 1120 square foot vegetable garden. This blog shares my adventures, my failed attempts, and my success in learning to slow down, grow some of our own food, and live a little closer to the dirt."cybertoads garden
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Author: cybertoad • Location: Houston, TX • "We moved into our 1st home in May 2001 with nothing in the backyard but grass. I started my garden in November of 2002 to liven it up. My other gardening interests are indoor houseplants (including African Violets), dendrobium orchids, container herb gardening and container water gardening."Diggin' in the Dirt
• A day without dirt under your nails is like a day without sunshine •
Author: Toni Moorehead • Location: Grapevine, TX • "Gardening info for north central Texas. I am a Texas Master Gardener who loves to dig in the dirt and share what I've learned...and am still learning."Digging
• It all starts with a patch of dirt •
Author: Pam Penick • Location: Austin, TX • "I’ve been digging in Austin since 1994. For eight years I cultivated a colorful, sun-loving, Texas-style cottage garden in the black gumbo (clay) of midtown. Much of this blog chronicles the evolution of that garden. In the fall of 2008, however, I said goodbye to it and moved to the limestone hills of northwest Austin, where I’m starting a new, deer-resistant garden under the dappled shade of live oaks on shallow, rocky soil. New challenges provide renewed excitement and fresh perspectives about gardening."Down to Earth
• Enriching the soil with spirit •
Author: Abbey • Location: San Antonio, TX • "Landscaping and vegetable gardening at my first house on suburban lot in San Antonio, Texas (zone 8b)."downmygardenpath
• An ever evolving path in Zone 8a near Dallas, TX •
Author: GardenMomma (Chris) • Location: Dallas, TX •East-Side-Patch
• A Central Texas Blog •
Author: east side patch • Location: Austin, Texas • "I am a Central Texas gardener, just on the East-Side of Austin. Been developing my lot for 6 years using organic techniques (for the most part) I use a lot of ornamental grasses and natives. Also incorporate cacti and succulents where I can. I am an Industrial Designer by trade, trying to learn this one. East-Side-Patch is a blog that comically documents the development of a yard from a flat plane of Bermuda Grass to something better. It follows the successes and diabolical failures of a trial and error approach to hardscaping and planting. It tracks the weird, wild and often unusual things found in a backyard habitat in Central Texas."Eat Your Herbs
• Herb Guide and All About Herbs •
Eat Your Herbs is an herb guide and herb list covering many herbal topics such as how to plant herbs and when to plant herbs, herbal use and herbal benefits, cooking herbs and so much more. I hope that after you have visited this site, you plant an herb or two (or more!) in order to experience the many benefits of herbs.Element's Backyard Garden
• My Gardening Attempts •
Author: Element • Location: Garland, TX • "Grown and raised in Dallas, TX. I spend a lot of my spare time gardening and working on the computer. My wife and I just rented our first house with a yard. We started gardening on the balcony of our first apartment but were ready to graduate to a larger scale. We began with just roses and a couple hard-to-kill plants, but we are now very involved with organic gardening, growing our own fruits and veggies, composting, vermicomposting, and other ways to go green. I also love photography, traveling, reading, techie stuff, home projects, and movies."From My Corner of Katy
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Author: Cindy • Location: Houston, TX • "Welcome to my corner of Katy, a Texas cottage garden in far west Houston, where I grow a wealth of native and adapted plants to welcome birds, bees and butterflies to my suburban corner lot. I've been gardening on this large corner lot for just over 10 years now. As the garden has grown, so has the Head Gardener: I've gained not only knowledge and experience, but friends and compatriots who love gardens and gardening as much as I do."Garden Obsession
• HAVE SHOVEL... WILL DIG •
Author: Heather • Location: Houston, TX • Gorgeous photosGarden Spot
• Growing--and learning--in Houston, Texas •
Author: Erica Bess Duncan • Location: Houston, TX • Erica's original Blogger blog was the inspiration for my own. Her archives date back to January 2002, making her blog the oldest garden blog that I know of. Circumstances in her life are such that she isn't blogging nearly as often, but there's a wealth of gardening experience in her "compost pile" (archives), especially if you're gardening in a climate similar to Houston's.Gardener's Watch
• Time is all it takes to make gardening enjoyable. •
Author: Jacob Royer • Location: Arlington, TX • "I have been gardening as long as I can remember and want to help other people figure out what works and doesn't work in the DFW area through what I have found out from day to day."Getting Grounded
• the Grounded Energy that I get from digging in the dirt renews my spirit every time •
Author: Robin • Location: Austin, TX • "While I have definite ideas about the mood and feel for my garden, I’m trying to avoid creating too much maintenance for myself (hah!), and also desire blooms in varying seasons. It seems so easy to find spring blooming plants here for Central Texas, but getting a little summer color too can be challenging in our heat."Green Space
• A reader blog about gardening with Heather Galindo and Elaine Mesker-Garcia •
Authors: Heather Galindo and Elaine Mesker-Garcia • Location: Houston, TX • "Heather Galindo has a small urban garden with lots of challenges and shares the successes and failures (and the lessons therein) of being a relatively new gardener. Her other blog is Garden Obsession. Elaine Mesker-Garcia is a native Houstonian who didn't start her garden until 2002. She's found success with native plants, houseplants, African Violets and butterfly gardening. She shares her gardening experiences and thoughts here and at her other blog, Cybertoad's Garden."Herself's Houston Garden
• A transplanted yankee tries gardening in Houston •
Author: Linda MacPhee-Cobb • Location: North West Houston ( The Woodlands ) • "This is a garden blog about plants that grow in Houston, I give specific plant care and information. I also cover local garden events. I have a calendar with most of the local garden events listed. I also talk about various gardening topics and my own garden."Human Flower Project
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Author: Julie Ardery • Location: Austin, TX • "From the mourners of a Neanderthal man buried with flowers in 60,000 B.C.. to today's megawatt floral designers on HGTV, people have turned to flowers out of anxiety, necessity and joy. By studying flowers, we look into human emotion and value. Since the flower trade is global, and has been for centuries, by following the circuit of plants across the world, we track international relations and economics. Seeing how artists represent flowers, we re-experience what it is to be living temporarily, alongside life in many forms different from ourselves. The Human Flower Project is an international newsgroup, photo album and discussion of how people live through flowers. We report on art, medicine, society, politics, religion, and commerce. Written and photographic submissions are welcome."in bloom
• ...what grows in my Austin garden •
Author: Rachel • Location: Austin, TX • "Essays, musings, and pictures from my urban garden."Kiss of Sun
• Notes from the garden •
Author: Bonnie • Location: Austin, TX • "Welcome to my garden blog. I'm an avid gardener who spends minutes between baby napping and children potty training to try and plant something in my garden."Lost Valley Gardens Blog
• Organic Gardening in Central Texas •
Author: Carol and Ron • Location: Dripping Springs, TX • "Several years ago my husband and I decided that we wanted to start our own nursery/farm/landscaping business. We sold our suburban house, bought a small parcel of land in a more rural area, and proceeded to invest in and establish our business, Lost Valley Gardens. I now spend every waking hour either working at my day job or my night job. Loving every minute of it."Nancy's Garden Spot
• When life gives you manure, learn to make compost •
Author: Nancy • Location: Cypress, Texas • "Gardening without regard to dignity. I'm a disabled gardener learning to do things differently. It gets frustrating sometimes, but it is rewarding always."Outside/In
• Crossing the cultural divide •
Author: Holly Korbey • Location: Dallas, Texas • "After apartment living in Brooklyn for 13 years, Holly Korbey and family decide to make the trip south, looking for warm weather and open spaces. Holly discovers organic vegetable gardening as a way to understand her transition from urban party girl to sustainable suburban wife and mom."P&B's Garden
• Paul and Bonnie's Garden •
Author: Bonnie • Location: Bedford, TX • "My blog was given to me on Mother's Day in 2008 by my children. I have been building a rose and perennial garden for the last five years and this blog gave me a place to record its progress. My husband Paul is an architect and he designs structures that enhance our home and garden. Together we have made a unique home that reflects who we are."prairie point
• Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. •
Author: Bill Hopkins • Location: Gordon, TX •Seeds
• An Austin Gardening Journal •
Author: Brianna • Location: Austin, TX • "Seeds is about my experiences with backyard gardening and nature in Austin, TX. Austin lies in the Blackland Prairie ecological region of Texas. My family's house and garden are located in North Austin; the soil here is sticky black clay. We're just beginning the process of transforming our yard into a more intentional garden space, hence the title of this blog. Seeds symbolize hope, new beginnings, and the promise of miraculous things to come. What could be more miraculous than new life emerging from a seed? In addition to gardening, Seeds is a space for me to indulge my interests in writing, science, and the kinds of pretty nature photos that my photography professor in college said I shouldn't be taking."Sharing Nature's Garden
• Connecting to the earth, to our wildlife friends, and to my fellow gardeners •
Author: Diana • Location: Austin, TX • "Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself."Sharing Nature's Garden
• Connecting to the earth, to our wildlife friends, and to my fellow gardeners •
Author: Diana • Location: Austin, TX • "I'm glad you've found my garden journal. Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself. So, welcome. I hope you'll feel connected here. "South of the River
• Time passes. The garden changes. •
Author: Susan • Location: Austin, TX • "My Austin, Texas garden is less than one mile south of the Colorado River in a neighborhood of graceful pecan trees and ancient live oaks. I planted most of the garden about twelve years ago and only one plant remains from that original plan. Time passes; the garden changes."Southern Post
• A Livable Garden Journal •
Author: Jacqueline D'Elia • Location: Houston, TX • "Welcome to Southern Post: A Livable Garden Journal. I'm Jacqueline D'Elia and this blog chronicles my personal journey in gardening. I live in Houston Texas (Zone 8b/9a) where heat and insects are especially challenging. I love container gardening. I'm an Aggie with a BS in Horticulture from Texas A&M. I practice organic gardening techniques and refrain from using any pesticides or synthetic fertilizers in my garden. My dream garden is uncluttered and balanced with elements of water, wood and stone. Join me as I share my personal experience in converting my urban space into a livable and sustainable garden."Suburban Wildlife Garden
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Author: Dawn • Location: Austin, TX • "After moving from Florida to Austin in 2006 I found myself longing for the wild places I left behind. This blog documents my humble attempts at transforming a small, relatively barren suburban lot into a wildlife-friendly oasis."The Dirt
• What's Growin' On •
Author: Victor Flaherty • Location: Houston, TX • "I was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1951 and luckily arrived in Texas in 1953. I went to St. Thomas H.S. and Sam Houston State University where I was a Printing Management Major and started Plants For All Seasons Nursery in 1973...and have been loading mulch for customers ever since!!! What started as a business for me has turned into a passion of all things gardening, as well as maintaining a way for me to earn a living."The Great Experiment
• All about an Austin garden whose keeper has no idea what she's doing... •
Author: RRS • Location: Austin, TX •The Laptop Gardener
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Author: Laptop gardener • Location: Austin, TX • This is a blog by the president of Garden Writer's Association. "This is a combination website and blog where I can share with you all manner of things that I find interesting and informative about gardening. So there’s a little about garden design, some tips on how to garden more successfully, a smidgen of serious news that might affect your garden, lots of great plants to know and love, plenty about gardens to visit in North America and beyond, new plants, garden book reviews and anything else that strikes my fancy."The Mower's Garden
• A city kid's guide to country life. •
Author: Big Chambers • Location: Woodville, Texas • "I am new to country life, gardening and blogs. I find that I learn things all the time. More often they are things I wish I knew ahead of time. It's called the mower's garden because I grew up in the suburbs and that is what yards were for--lawn care and lawn care products. As I started to play around on blogger I found that I enjoyed it. I haven't told anyone that I am doing this becuase I want to see if I can get visitors outside of my social circle."The Transplantable Rose
• Some thoughts from a former Midwest gardener, now doing her best to bloom and grow in Austin, Texas. •
Author: Annie • Location: Austin, TX • "I thought a blog might be a good place to share some garden photos and maybe mouth off with a few opinions... we'll see how it goes! I'm a member of the Divas of the Dirt, a group of Austin women who delight in transforming each other's gardens. You can read about our experiences and see some before-and-after photos at our website, divasofthedirt.com. Since we use Diva names for the website, I'm called 'Glinda', the Witch from the North over there. The Diva who is called Annie is a much nicer person."View From The Pines
• Living And Gardening In East Texas •
Author: Brenda Kula • Location: East Texas • "I live and garden in the Piney Woods section of East Texas."Zanthan Gardens
• Weblog of a Central Austin Garden •
Author: Melissa Sinclair Stevens • Location: Austin, TX • "For me "garden" is more of a verb than a noun; my yard is in the process of becoming a garden. <...> I'm no longer in a hurry for my garden to be finished. I know now that it will never be finished. There might have been a time when I pictured myself sitting in a Adirondack chair, sipping rioja, and reading among the flowers, but this is not to be. I simply can't sit still in the garden. I try for a moment or two and then see a weed that must be pulled, or a plant that needs water. I walk around a lot. I touch the plants, and pull off bugs, and put my face in the grass. I'm happiest with my hands in the dirt. A garden is a living thing, like the plants in it, like the gardener in it. Together we grow, always changing, never finished, incomplete. "~ Deirdre's Garden Diary ~
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Author: Deirdre Pope • Location: Texas •
Trinidad
My Chutney Garden
• Writing my garden and my life with a bit of edge •
Author: Sharon Millar Location: Trinidad "Gardening in the rain, watering at dusk with a glass of red wine in hand or making up new recipes that I can never reproduce are just some of the things that I like to do. I live under a large samaan tree in an old nostalgic house with Ross, my husband, Hayley, my daughter, four dogs and two cats on the beautiful island of Trinidad. This a my daily garden blog with a dash of recipes for good measure."
United Kingdom
. . . but it's dirty
• soil, worms and manure everywhere •
Author: David • Location: Lancashire, Great Britain • FunnyA Smallholder's Diary
• Ramblings of a smallholder. •
Author: Mark Daymond • Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom • "My blog is about my attempts to be as self-sufficient as possible. It is primarily about growing my own vegetables and fruit, but also covers (or I intend to cover) keeping chickens, cooking, book reviews, crafts and anything else related."Alternative Eden
• A Passion for our Exotic Garden •
Exotic Garden blog in Cold Climate location. We use hardy exotic looking plants and a selection of more tender potted plants to create an illusion of being somewhere far more exotic.Ashridge Trees Blog
• Hedging your bets is better than betting your hedge! •
Author: Ashridge Trees • Location: Castle Cary, UK • "We mainly blog about the hedge row plants and fruit trees in our nursery and the questions we receive about them, but we also find time to write about humourous countryside incidents and share wild recipes."Bean Sprouts
• One family's search for the good life •
Author: Melanie Rimmer • Location: Cheshire, UK • "Five of us live in a very small ex-council house with a very small garden on the edge of farmland. We grow some of our food on an allotment a couple of miles away. We keep chickens and bees. We try to be "green", whatever that means."Down on the Allotment
• Everyday happenings in my veggie patch, because you can't eat flowers! •
Author: Matron • Location: Hillingdon, West London • "I've been growing vegetables all my life, and my parents 'dug for victory' in London during World War 2 and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment so growing fruit and vegetables is a way of life for me."Fennel and Fern
• The stylish gardening blog •
Author: Isabel • Location: Southampton, UK • "A stylish organic gardening magazine. As well as expert advice on growing flowers, fruit and veg, there's a blog on our re-design project, transforming a scrappy back garden and fire escape on the South Coast into a pocket-friendly potager; inspiration boards; monthly seasonal recipe blogs; allotment blogs; community garden blogs; and money-saving, eco-friendly gardening advice..."First Time Vegetable Growing
• 6 months ago I knew nothing about growing vegetables. This is a blog of my progress starting from the first day of sowing a seed. •
Author: Chef_uk • Location: Sleaford, Lincs, UK • "I'm strimming the weeds for the second time this year on what once was a vegetable garden. We had always wanted to turn it back in to its former life but time and money had slowed down progress. Knowing the patch dies down during winter, now was a perfect time to start planning."Garden Centre Guide
• Find every garden centre in the United Kingdom •Gardening and Dogs
• Gardens and Dogs can co-exist •
Author: Barhi • Location: Southampton, England • "Think you can’t have a beautiful garden that you share with your dogs – think again. My two passions are gardening and my dogs, and I want to share ideas of how the two can easily be combined. It is perfectly possible to have your horticultural haven outside the back door and not have a separate “dog area”. These days, few of us have much land so it would be wasteful to separate humans and dogs. Our small suburban garden is shared with our lively Springer Spaniels and is considered to be of high enough quality to be one of 3,600 gardens in the UK to open to the public under the National Garden Scheme. Who am I? I am Finuala Barnes and I live on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. I have loved, shown, worked (and occasionally bred) my Barhi Welsh Springer Spaniels for over twenty years. Our current garden has been open to the public under the NGS since 2007. I have written on gardening for Dog World and the Welsh Springer Spaniel Club ."Gardens and Cats
• I hope you will join us on this garden journey. •
Author: Thora • Location: London, England • "My husband and I moved into this, our new home, at the end of January 2007. I was faced with a lovely 2 bedroom flat, and a huge, shared garden at the back, which was a wasteland. Now, I have created some gardens before out of nothing, but nothing quite on this scale. And let me make it clear from the start, I am not any kind of professional. I have a passion for gardening, and I have had good advice from friends and acquaintances, on what to do, and when and how to do it. The rest is down to me! And some good help from husband and neighbours. <...> I hope you will join us on this garden journey. I hope to share with you all the ups (it’s all been up for me!), the practical, the plants and their names, and what we’ve accomplished."Glogrow gardening tips
• Helping to improve your garden all year round •
The blog provides tips and advice about gardening techniques and products that you can buy all year round. To get the most out of your garden our tips can certainly help!Green Lane Allotments Weather Diary
• Details of weather conditions that affect our gardening in West Yorkshire •
Author: Martyn Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Weather information gathered from a weather station in our garden and how the weather affect our gardening activities and our plants." See also their main gardening blog, Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments.Green Space and Rooftop gardening in the City: My Own Little World of Plants
• My own little world of plants •
Author: Christopher Mackay • Location: London, UK • "Follow (and see) my successes and failures day by day (usually) as I attempt to grow some of the choicest plants from the Himalayas and Caucasus: Meconopsis to Mesopotamian Irises on a cold and windy London rooftop."Horticultural
• Jane Perrone's organic allotment and garden blog •
Author: Jane Perrone • Location: near London, Great Britain • "This blog is for writing about the things I don't get to cover at work: the trials and treasures of nurturing my garden and allotment. I write about the things I wanted to read when I set out learning about horticulture: how do you set up a wormery? What the hell is a barbietola di chioggia? How do I become a gardener if I only have a windowsill in my flat? My nickname at school? Botany. Need I say more? Ok, well I have a smallish garden (which I haven't got around to measuring yet), a five-pole allotment (that's just over 125 square metres) and a lot of houseplants. I went organic four or five years ago."Leaves 'n Bloom
• a journal of inspiration down by the Lade •
Author: LeavesnBloom • Location: Perthshire, Scotland • "I'm from the UK and garden in Scotland. I've really been gardening since I was young under the guiding hand of my granddad who was a great inspiration to me. My garden is situated in a valley in NE Scotland along by a river and Lade in a frost pocket which also is in a rain shadow with part of the garden being heavy clay. I love foliage and texture in the garden along with flowers but over the years flowers have become less important to me tho I try to have something in flower every month of the year."My Veggie Plot
• Following a kitchen garden beginner, on his route to success. •
Author: Gordon • Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northeast England • "First time kitchen gardener Gordon, shares his journey into world of 'grow your own'."Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
• Our activities on our allotment plot and in our garden •
Author: Sue Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Read about the ups and downs of gardening on our allotment plot in West Yorkshire where we have had a plot since the 1980's and our garden. As well as being keen gardeners we also enjoy the wildlife that share our gardening spaces with us."Snapdragon's garden
• Whats going on in our garden? - flowers to feel good about. •
Author: Jane Lindsey • Location: Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom • "In 2000 I chucked in my job as an art gallery curator and retrained in horticulture. Since 2002 I have been building a business out of my two passions - flowers and fabrics. Earlier this year we launched a mail order business allowing more people to have a bit of Snapdragon style in their lives." (She writes about running her business on Snapdragon's Chat blog.)Soilman's Allotment Blog
• My triumphs and disasters growing vegetables •
Author: Soilman • Location: Southeast England • "I have a small plot that I rent near my home in south-east England. It's called an allotment, for those not familiar with British argot. It's about 4m by 25m. Not huge, but not tiny. Enough to grow enough. For two--the wife and me. I've been doing it for two seasons. This is my third. I'm just a beginner, frankly, and you'll see how many ghastly errors I make as you read this. BUT I have a lot of fun trying. I'll do my best to convey that, plus other rants and observations, on this blog."Spade Work : From Plot to Plate
• Organic gardening and vegetable growing within flooding distance of the Thames, weekend allotmenteering overlooking the North Downs, and tending a monastery garden. •
Author: John Curtin • Location: three places in England •The Galloping Gardener
• Visits to gardens - many in the UK where I live - but also overseas, when I am travelling. How to combine several garden visits in a day and which ones are really worth seeing. •
Author: Charlotte • Location: Sussex, England • "As an inveterate travel, with homes in both the UK and the US, and a passionate gardener, I get to see more gardens than most! My blog is about sharing those wonderful gardens I see with my readers, so that they can visit if they are in the area."The Garden of Eaden
• Combining good gardening practice with sound organic and environmental advice •
Author: Simon Eade • Location: Kent in England • "The Garden of Eaden site publishes articles on all aspects of gardening. It also specialises in organic and sustainable practices, including wildlife and environmental gardening. It inculde plant propagation, pests and diseases, fruit and vegetable production, medicinal plants and home grown recipies."The Irish Oriental Garden
• An oriental garden in Ireland, growing some tropical and sub-tropical flowers, fruit and vegetables. •
Author: Barry • Location: Ireland • "The idea behind The Irish Oriental Garden is an attempt to communicate some practical gardening advice and examples of how to make changes on a budget by turning some of the old and unwanted into the new and fashionable. The blog will bring the reader up to date for the design and development of the garden for the previous 5 years. Once up to date, the blog will change to a ongoing development to include The Irish Oriental Garden and wider botanical aspects of Ireland. It is hoped that the readers will help with the content through dialogue and together perhaps we can solve some issues for other readers, as without the readers the blog is an empty shell, therefore the reader is respected as the prime contributor by interaction and commenting."The Japanese Maple Guide
• The ultimate resource for everything Japanese maple •
Author: John Geraghty • Location: St Austell, UK • "The Japanese maple guide is a distillation of all the knowledge I've gained from over thirty years of growing Japanese maples, but not all of them successfully! Mostly, it's been a case of trial and error as, even before the internet, information on growing them properly was patchy to say the least and at times totally misleading. A point worth remembering is that although I don't live in the same town as you, the information I've published here is still relevant to your specific needs. It doesn't matter where you live, you're still growing a non-native plant and as such we all have to provide the same or similar requirements to that found in its native environment for it to thrive."The Mistletoe Blog 2004
• •The School Vegetable Patch
• Get school children growing their own. •
Author: Sue Garrett • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • "Information advice and resources for anyone who gardens withs chool children but of equal interest to those gardening with children at home or adult gardener." See also her main gardening blog, Our Plot at Green Lane AllotmentsVeg Plot
• Spawn of allotment 21 •
Author: Frankie • Location: Hereford, UK •Veg Plotting
• Musing on life in the heart of rural Wiltshire. Well, erm, Chippenham actually •
Author: VP • Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK • "It's a rather quirky and eclectic blog with links to lots of further information if you want to know more. I also love having a chat with you in the Comments. Most of the ideas for my blog posts occur to me whilst on my allotment (a bit like a Victory Garden, but without the need for a war going on to have one), but it's not just about growing fruit and vegetables. Large helpings of gardening, life in a small English rural town, a campaign to improve the quality of our public spaces and anything else which happens along my path squeeze themselves in there as well. It's been described by several people as 'entertaining education', which I think is a BIG compliment."
Utah
Conservation Garden Park
• Utah's premier demonstration garden and destination for waterwise landscaping. •
Author: Conservation Garden Park • Location: Salt Lake City, UT • “Conservation Garden Park is a teaching and demonstration garden of climate-specific plants for Wasatch Front Gardens. We offer FREE garden classes, garden fairs, and online resources, like our waterwise plant database, with the goal of inspiring beautiful landscapes that work WITH our climate rather than fighting it.”Eat Your Landscape
• Landscape with food plants including common and unusual vegetables, fruits, and herbs. •
Edible Landscaping - Learn to landscape with edible plantsGarden Goddesses
• Life is a garden. Grow a good one. •
Author: Lara Cummings • Location: Eagle Mountain, UT • "With a BS in Horticulture from BYU and many years of gardening experience between them, Lara Cummings, Jen Cummings, and Jen Johnston want to share their, ideas, tips, knowledge and insights to help other gardeners. Gardening is fun and exciting and they'd love to help make it a great experience for you! Questions and comments are always welcome!"Ginkgo Grass Blog
• Unique garden solutions •
Author: Liz Braithwaite • Location: Springville, UT • "I'm a casual garden professional that loves the cultivation of plants. I’ve tried to gain as much knowledge as I can and want to share what I know. I have a small patio garden, and several other adopted gardens. I like to focus on science-based gardening, water wise landscaping, kitchen gardening, and a bunch of other stuff that interests me."Herb Gardening
• Growing and Using Herbs •
Growing and using herbs as landscape plants and houseplantsHigh Altitude Gardening
• Growing an impossible garden at 7,000 feet. •
Author: Kate Location: Park City, Utah"Kate is a certified master gardener who wishes she lived in zone 7 intead of zone 5. Find tips and tricks for growing perennials, veggies and trees in high mountain terrain. Planting advice, harvest recipes and the occasional ode to life & gardening plans gone wrong.Ink & Penstemon
• Gardening in the Great Basin Steppe •
Author: Susan in the Pink Hat • Location: Orem, Utah • "Observations about gardens and gardening in the intermountain region of the American West."Our Garden Gate
• Learning how to garden... •
Gardening information and ideas.This Grandmothers Garden
• A place to share my joy of gardening. Discover the secrets of my beautiful garden. •
Author: Meredehuit • Location: Highland, UT • "Flowers, Trees, Birds, Butterflies... all are welcome in my garden. Here is where I experience the joy of gardening, of nurturing and caring for each tender plant as I watch patiently for them to grow and become glorious. When I became a mother, I found my greatest joy, but as I became a gardener, I found solace. Through this blog, I wish to capture all that I have learned and share it with all who enter. Come walk through my Garden... and ENJOY!"Turn Your Thumb Green!
• Learn With Me How to Get and Keep Your Thumb Green! •
Author: Tirzah • Location: Northern Utah • "I have a degree in Horticulture from Utah State University. I love to share info about gardening and horticulture in general. My blog started as a way to communicate with a class I was teaching and I kept going from there. I like to make books, websites and other information known to anyone who is interested! I LOVE answering questions!"
Vermont
Andromeda's Blog
• • Gardens of Enchantment • •
Evernest is my home, my garden, my design studio, and wilderness playground. It is from here that I write about plants, nature, homesteading, and, of course, garden design. I am a professional landscape architect but that is certainly secondary. I am first and foremost a gardener, and will probably always be.Garden Prattles
• Garden Prattles In a Vermont Garden, A Gardening and Composting Blog •
Author: Sarah • Location: Vermont • "Musings from a gardener, writer, artist, seamstress and mother of two who takes times from gardening and raising a family to share insights and experiences about gardening with others."Gardening in Vermont - Perennials and Annuals
• Meeting the Challenge of Short Seasons and 30 Below •
Author: Amanda Legare • Location: Cabot, Vermont • "I have gardened for years and am fortunate to be able to pay my bills through horticulture, as owner of "Amanda's Greenhouses and Perennials" for 20 years. However, I am always learning, making mistakes and awed by the the successes. My blog shares my garden diaries, the good and the bad, along with what I hope are humorous commentaries on the business of growing. I share my experiences with zone 4 gardening. I do not do mail order."GARDENVT
• Vermont's gardening resource •
Author: Brian McClintock • Location: Essex Jct., VT • "Gardening news from Vermont and surrounding regions."Green Mountain Gardener
• Artistry in Nature, Plants, and Gardens •
Author: Liisa • Location: Northern Vermont • "A garden addict in need of group therapy for those of us who spend way too much time thinking about, dreaming about, digging, transplanting, getting our hands dirty, learning, and admiring gardens or anything garden-related. I also have a fondness for rare and unusual plants, or anything unique to my area. Having recently moved to Vermont, I would love to share my experiences here in creating my zone 4 gardens, whether it be perennial, annual, or vegetable-related."Had The Radish
• A STROLL, A RAMBLE, A TRUDGE..gardening in Vermont..an old gardener looking for new tricks while moving from the purely floral to jabbing at sustainability via vegetables and fruits. •
Author: Randi • Location: Vermont •North Country Reflections
• • My Vermont garden journal • •
Author: Judith Irven • Location: Goshen, Vermont • North Country Reflections is a journal of my gardening life in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont. My gardening interests embrace what to grow in a cold climate, how to grow it and, in some cases, how to cook it; how to design a garden in harmony with our natural landscape; and ways to make our gardens more sustainable. I love to visit and learn from other gardens, both contemporary and historic.The North Country Gardener
• Nurturing plants above the 42nd parallel •
Author: Judith Irven • Location: Goshen, Vermont • "Reflections of a New England Gardener with Old English Roots! Look at our ever-changing world outdoors, from snowy winters to teasing springs, balmy summers to glorious autumns. See what to grow in this climate, and how to grow it; how to design a garden in harmony with your personal life and with the natural landscape; and what we can do to make our gardens more sustainable and a positive force in our communities and in the environment. I hope it will be of interest to ALL gardeners, whether you live above or below the 42nd parallel!"The Vermont Gardener
• Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters & Their Friends •
Author: George Africa • Location: Marshfield, Vermont • "Here at Vermont Flower Farm, flowers are our specialty. We've been growing flowers since the early 80's and although our interests have changed over the years, we have arrived at an outstanding collection of astilbes, daylilies, lilium and hostas plus some great shade plants. We'll post pictures of how the gardens develop and the varieties grow. Chances are good that you'll be interested and want to keep coming back. We hope that as you visit and exchange thoughts, questions and pictures with us, you'll get a sense of gardening in Vermont, the people who visit us here and the gardens that interest us. "Vermont Flower Farm
• •VERMONT GARDENS
• Always Growing Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters And Their Friends •
Author: George Africa Location: Marshfield, VT "I have recently started Vermont Gardens to share some information about moving our nursery to a new location over the next couple years. My intent is to include business related info to show that there's more to it that sinking a sign in the ground that says "Flowers For Sale".Zone 4 Dirt Chronicles
• Out Back With My Mud Shoes On •
Author: PattyP • Location: Williston, VT • "I'm a Flatlander living in Vermont Zone 4, and growing things isn't always as easy as putting a seed in some dirt here. We have a pretty specific set of weeks in which certain things will germinate and/or grow. And lots of plants won't make it through our cold winter. I write this online journal to help keep track of what and when I plant/snip/harvest, what worked, and what wilted. My own gardening tips and techniques are mostly self-sprouted, so I earnestly welcome comments and advice."
Virginia
A Leafy Indulgence
• • Success and failure of an amateur backyard gardener documented for the world to see (and learn from.) • •
Author: Swimray • Location: Alexandria, Virginia • "A backyard gardener's journal that chronicles the experiences, thoughts, and resources for a garden in Alexandria, Virginia. (I am a gardening 'transplant' from the Southern Tier in upstate New York.)"A Leafy Indulgence
• A backyard gardener's journal that shares the experiences, thoughts, and resources from Alexandria Virginia •
Author: Swimray • Location: Alexandria, Virginia • " As a 'transplant' from New York's Southern Tier, I started gardening when I bought my house 25 years ago by planting annuals from Builder's Square (like Home Depot) in nice neat rows. After experimenting with spring bulbs, vegetables, perennials, and a lot of failures, I now find leaf patterns & textures, heights, variety, and informal composition adding the drama, interest, and natural beauty originally sought after. My gardening is an indulgence; a therapeutic, simple, leisurely joy in life, changing with the seasons and staying fresh. I started using the blog as a journal - a private reference to record progress in the garden, planting times, conditions. I revised it and turned it public one day to share my experience with others, more or less to allow them to avoid mistakes, repeat successes, and compare notes. I try to focus on one plant for each post, recording its history and impressions."A Tidewater Gardener
• • An unapologetic plant geek shares advice and opinions on gardening, the contrived and the natural landscape, as well as occasional topics from the other side of the gate. • •
Author: Les • Location: Norfolk, VA • "I played in the dirt when I was a kid and kind of grew out of it as I became distracted during my teen and early adult years, but rediscovered the joy of gardening later on. After a stressful career ended involuntarily, I decided to turn my gardening avocation into an occupation. Now, someone actually pays me to buy plants and to talk to people about them."Dirty Little Secrets
• Make your garden healthy and happy with these timely tips. •
Author: Kathy Van Mullekom • Location: Yorktown, Virginia • "All about gardening in southeastern Virginia and along the Mid-Atlantic East Coast."GCV Horticulture (Garden club of Virginia horticulture)
• The adventures and misadventures of a gardener in Tidewater •
Author: Ann Hohenberger • Location: Gloucester, VA • "A Garden Club of Virginia member and Master Gardener blogs about gardening and all things that fly, crawl, swim, hop and slither."Gotta Garden
• Why I garden, How I garden and Because I garden •
Author: Gotta Garden Location: Stafford, VA"master gardener volunteer, part time big box garden center job, and plant enthusiast...not addict, that sounds like something you need to get over...and I have no intention of getting over plants!"How Mary's Garden Grows
• I'm just a girl who can't say no... to plants... or yarn! •
Author: Mary • Location: Virginia • "Mary, Mary, (who is hardly ever contrary), has a garden in zone 7a, Virginia and has decided to journal it here. So, step through the gate, stroll through the garden, plant yourself on the bench and sit a spell!"Life In Sugar Hollow
• The blog of Tracey, a certified horticulturist and organic gardener •
Author: Tracey • Location: Charlottesville, VA •Meandering
• Randomly writing about whatever garden subjects pop into my head •
I write about what happens in my own garden; visits to other gardens; garden travel; books; cooking; anything that might be related to gardening.Tangled Branches: Cultivated
• happenings in and around my zone 6b garden •
Author: Kathleen Thatte • Location: northern Virginia • "Weather, birds, and the garden"Thanks For 2 Day
• ...because the 'present' is a gift... •
Author: Jan (ThanksFor2Day) • Location: northern Virginia • "Sharing my photography of the shade and sun-loving perennials, backyard birds, butterflies and other critters in my Virginia suburban garden. I love being in the garden-listening to the sounds of nature, watching the wildlife and birds, and digging in the dirt! When I'm in my garden, I'm aware of life's beauty and wonder, durability and fragility. The transitions that take place in my garden seem to be a metaphor for all of life. My faith is renewed and restored whenever I'm in my garden!"
Wales
Richiesoft Garden Blog
• Diary of a novice gardener. This blog will record activities through the seasons in my garden in North Wales, United Kingdom. •
Author: richiesoft Location: Conwy, North Wales, GB"I will post pictures here and commentary of what is happening in the garden mainly for a record for myself to look back at."
Washington
365 Days of Heucheras
• All about Heucheras from a self acclaimed Heuchera fanatic! •
Jenny Gunderson, self acclaimed Heuchera FANatic is writing a daily blog all 365 days of 2011 about what she calls the BEST perennial there ever was or ever will be, The Heuchera! Great pictures, growing tips, and how to deal with the dreaded Heuchera rust.A Photographer's Garden Blog
• For this gardener, healing and understanding seem to come more readily while close to the ground, hands in the dirt, eyes watchful and heart silent. •
Author: David Perry Location: West Seattle, WA "This blog is not about gardening expertise or plant snobbery. It is about permission, a sort of blue-collar love affair with gardens. And oh yeah, coupled with that from time to time, a bit of shared expertise in the art of actively seeing ...and then capturing what one sees."B&D Lilies Garden Blog
• A family owned and operated farm in Northwest Washington State for more than 30 years, specializing in hardy garden-tested Oriental, Orienpet, Trumpet, Asiatic and Species Lily bulbs, selected for varyin •
As home gardeners discovered the modern lily bulb was easy to grow, many of these cut flower types also made their way into commerce; some were very good, but others simply marginal when exposed to the rigors of the varying American landscape. Sadly, there is little valid information in the garden center, home building store or the mass marketing "offer it all" catalogs to help people choose the correct lily for their personal location - and misinformation does happen even in publications with the best of intentions. With first hand garden reviews, helpful tips on cultivation and an extensive Knowledge Base of Lilium Species, we are pleased to to provide useful information to gardeners in all climate zones gleaned from decades of experience in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.Derek Freiman Garden Blog
• When in the garden, follow your instincts •
I do garden consulting part time and promote that on the site. I mainly use the site to offer advice and tips from personal experience.DigginFood
• Grow. Cook. Eat. •
Author: Willi Galloway • Location: Seattle, WA • "DigginFood serves up organic vegetable gardening inspiration, kitchen gardening advice, and seasonal recipes three times each week. We have vegetable growing guides, product and book reviews, sneak peeks of fantastic kitchen gardens, food photography. The goal of DigginFood is to make growing food and cooking from the garden fun and accessible for everyone!"Edible Landscaping
• If it's not edible, it's a weed •
Author: David Silvan Location: Renton, WA "I firmly believe that having a home garden doesn't have to mean an ugly eye sore of trenches and rows of vegetables, but rather can be incorporated directly into a beautiful landscape design. My yard hasflowers intermingled among evergreen and deciduous bushes or trees, with varieties of leaves and color all interlaced in a wonderful Japanesque style. I have turned my whole yard, of 1/2 of an acre, into a virtual garden as I fulfill my dream of landscaping with edibles." Frog Hollow
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Author: Gabrielle Adams • Location: Washington (state) • Gabrielle's blog covers a wide range of topics, so you need to choose the Gardening category. Well, you know, any gardener that can actually write about what's in bloom in the garden in January provokes a twinge (just a tiny, teensy twinge) of envy in this cold climate gardener, who currently looks out her window at an ocean of snow. But that quickly evaporated as I learned that, due to health problems, Gabrielle can't go outside to garden from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.! Besides her passion for gardening, she's also a connoisseur of children's lit., and a raiser of bees.GardenHelp.org
• • A Free Service of Garden Mentors inc • •
Author: Robin • Location: Seattle, Washington • "I began the Garden Help blog as a way to journal about my observations and experiences in the garden — professionally and personally. And, I offer it as a way to share gardening knowledge with you. I look forward to hearing what inspires others in the garden & hope you will join me in sharing your experiences, questions, knowledge and observations."Greenwalks
• Gardening where the sidewalk ends •
Author: Karen • Location: Seattle, WA • "Greenwalks is a blog about parking strip gardens. It will provide photos of some of the many options for replacing tired grass and boring groundcover, links to gardening info, and might even inspire you to get out your shovel."Growing Thoughts
• Connect to the land, connect to one another... •
Author: plantgirl • Location: Seattle, WA • "I wish to share and connect my gardening wisdom with the community of wise gardeners. As a garden educator, plant designer and all around dirt pusher I seek to discuss best practices and earn tips as I offer my experiences with products and processes in the garden."Ingy Plants - Zone 7B
• If you give it just a little bit of love every day, extraordinary things can happen •
Author: Ingy Location: Washington state, USA"When I moved into my house, I was a little less than kind to the plants in my yard. I'd plant a whole bunch of things all at once, get excited about them, and then go off and do other things and forget to water and stuff like that. This time around I'm taking it slow and steady, planting here and there and plodding along, puttering, plucking and planting. It's a good way to be. One important thing I'm doing differently is I'm doing a little gardening almost every day. Even if it's just 20 minutes of weeding, that stuff all adds up. This can translate to anything you're passionate about in life. If you give it just a little bit of love every day, extraordinary things can happen."Journey to the Center
• Learning things the hard way •
Author: Elk Herder • Location: Cascade Foothills, Washington • "I’ve recently moved from a suburban setting to a semi-rural area in a small town. This massive change has given me the opportunity to start exploring the world outside my door – literally. There are elk, deer, coyotes and bears wandering through the yard, taking advantage of the mountains and fully landscaped font yards. But for me, this is an opportunity to get more in touch and more plugged in to the world around me. I’ve set up a small chunk of ground as my garden, and am working to get into a more sustainable mode of living. Of course, that this has the happy byproduct of lowering my cost of living is not lost, but it’s not the primary motivator. I love growing my own food and putting it by for the winter. There isn’t a taste in anyone’s kitchen that beats homemade ravioli with squash from the garden. Most of my stories will be about my failures – that’s where the learning is. Lesson number one: water your garden."Julie's Garden
• A light-hearted garden blog from the Pacific Northwest •
Julie is a long-time gardener from Washington State that loves English-style cottage gardening. She has planted and maintained many gardens over the years. Here she discusses her favorite plants for the Pacific Northwest, things she likes and hates, and plants she thinks will excite you and thrive in your own yard. She is happy to plant, hates to weed, but enjoys every day she spends in her beautiful garden in Skagit County, Washington. Most of her friends don't care about gardening, so she is writing this blog so that she doesn't have to sit on her front steps and talk to herself.Lopez Island Kitchen Gardens
• Sharing ideas about growing and cooking food from the kitchen garden •
I think of kitchen gardens as gardens where people who love to garden and to cook grow vegetables, fruit and herbs for their kitchens. In this blog I write regularly about kitchen gardens, my own and the many others on Lopez Island, zone 7B. I include seed varieties, planting and harvesting tips, recipes and photos.Petunia's Garden
• Petunia is the garter snake that moved into our vegetable garden in its early days. This space shares the ever-evolving garden along with some excursions beyond the fence. •
Author: Petunia's Gardener • Location: western Washington state • "Our purpose with this space is to share a view of our world with those who are far away, delay doing any of those other things on the 'to-do' list and to have a little fun. Petunia's gardener can use any tips you have to share also!"The Cheap Vegetable Gardener
• • Provides vegetable gardening tips to save your back, time, and your wallet • •
Author: Shawn Verrall • Location: Redmond, Washington •The Outlaw Gardener
• A slave to the Goddess Flora shares his garden adventures •
A collection of mostly pictures and a little writing about public and private gardens I visit, including my own jungle, cool nurseries, and a few garden related places and things.Urban Garden Solutions
• Healthy. Sustainable. Gardening. Edible Gardening in Small Spaces •
Author: Rachael & Zane Ross • Location: Renton, Washington • "Bringing highly targeted news, information and products together in one place to both raise awareness and help people get on-board with the “Grow Your Own Food Revolution”. Our mission is to promote a healthier, more sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle while maintaining a focus on environmental conservation within the urban and suburban setting. We accomplish this by offering environmentally responsible gardening articles & tips, relevant news and product reviews to enable the time and space limited gardener to grow, store and recycle food in an easy, affordable and eco-friendly manner. “The concept of sustainability is simple – energy out should equal energy back in."VW Garden
• For the love of pretty plants •
Author: VaLynn Woolley • Location: Spokane Valley, WA • "My yard is just another suburban plot, but I'm trying to take that blank slate and make it something special. I'm trying to balance plant collecting tendencies with the landscape design principles learned as a hort major. Wish me luck with that!"
Washington, DC
Calendula & Concrete
• The view from my garden plot in Washington, D.C. •
Author: Christa Location: Washington, DC"I, along with my husband, Michael, have a small garden plot located a few blocks from our apartment in Washington, D.C. It is a community garden with about 195 members. This will be our third season there. And here, I will tell our story -- our adventures and observations while gardening in the city. Calendula and concrete...Welcome to my blog!"Dirt Under My Nails
• I have a Little Blue House. And now I'm going to garden! •
Author: millionbells Location: metropolitan Washington, DC area"I'm just a shy violet. But I love gardening and butterflies, and I want to keep a record of what I do to my garden. So, I might as well share a little. I have what you might call a little peony fixation, too."enclos*ure
• Take refuge. •
Enclos*ure is my online notebook about how we carve gardens out of the larger landscape and create places of refuge, pleasure, and imagination. Since I live in a city, I’m particularly interested in urban enclosures/gardens — both private and public. I have a certificate in Landscape Design from George Washington University. I’m also a State Department Foreign Service spouse and have lived and made gardens in five countries in Africa in the last twenty-three years. Right now, I live in Kigali, Rwanda, working on yet another new garden.Garden Design Online
• Gardening and Landscape Design with Attitude •
Author: Jane Berger Location: Washington, D. C. and vicinityJane is a landscape designer and her blog is filled with cutting-edge information on plants and horticultural trends. She also posts many garden and landscape related events.grounded design
• Musings on the form, meaning, and expression of designed landscapes •
Author: Thomas Rainer • Location: Washington, D.C • "Thomas Rainer is a landscape architect by profession and a gardener by obsession. Thomas has worked on projects such as the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and The New York Botanical Garden, but is happiest puttering in his small garden in Washington, D.C. Thomas thinks you should use more natives, plant in humongous masses, and loosen up that landscape, for crying out loud."My Brown Thumb
• growing, cooking, eating •
Author: Valerie • Location: Bethesda, Maryland (outsided DC) • "I am a novice gardener in Bethesda, MD (zone 6B)."The Indoor Garden(er)
• • A studio-apartment dweller's attempt at indoor vegetable gardening. • •
Author: Kenneth Moore • Location: Washington, D.C. • "The Indoor Garden(er) is a record of my attempt to have a hobby without having a back yard... Or even a deck. With ramblings about cooking and eating local, organic, and healthy, The Indoor Garden(er) has a bit more than just garden-related posts (watch out for the songs to the soybeans!)."The Slow Cook
• An urban insurgent's guide to real food for life •
Author: Ed Bruske • Location: Washington, D.C. • "A reporter for the Washington Post in a previous life, Ed Bruske now tends his "urban farm" about a mile from the White House in the District of Columbia. Ed believes in self-reliance, growing food close to home and political freedom for the residents of the District of Columbia."WashingtonGardener
• Washington Gardener magazine is the magazine for MD, DC & VA area gardeners. This blog is about the creation of the magazine. •
Author: Kathy Jentz Location: metropolitan Washington, DCIt is a stretch to include this, because it is not technically a garden blog, but a gardening magazine's blog. I might make another category for such blogs in the future, but for now it can have a home here.
Wisconsin
Ask FarmerPhoebe
• Playing in the dirt is my passion! •
Author: Phoebe • Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin • "Recently transplanted from Chicago's zone 5b to Menomonie, WI USA, zone 4 I've been gardening organically most of my life. My Wordpress blog was created in part to promote my free weekly organic gardening teleclasses http://www.askfarmerphoebe.com but also to connect with other gardeners, to share tips, and to promote organic gardening as a sustainable, hassle-free alternative to adding chemicals to the air and soil that are harmful to people, animals and the environment."Bookish Gardener
• Occasional to frequent meanderings on gardening books and other culture, heavily leavened with non-sequiturs •
Author: Chan • Location: Madison, WI • In the interest of full disclosure I should tell you that I have become good friends with the author of this blog. She writes about more than just gardening, and, to my regret, she doesn't write as often as she used to, but I am thankful that with her time constraints she hasn't quit altogether. You will find browsing the archives quite rewarding, as Chan has the ability to make unexpected but totally correct connections between ideas. Oh, yeah, she also grows beautiful flowers.Cobrahead Blog
• The best tool in earth •
Author: The Valdes family • Location: Cambridge, WI • "CobraHead LLC is a small family-run company that produces hand tools for gardeners and small-scale growers. We promote home gardening, grow-your-own food projects, and the idea that growing good food properly is important to the well-being of humanity and the planet. In our blog we would like to share gardening ideas, talk about what we do with food from the garden and what we are doing to promote CobraHead and good gardening."Each Little World
• EACH LITTLE WORLD that collides with mine •
Author: Linda Brazill • Location: Madison, WI • "Each Little World burst into being in August 2008 to focus on my perennial passion for homes and gardens. The world of interiors and exteriors; bibliophiles; china and dishing; Domino theory; feasts and fests; food; flowers and gardens; material possessions and textile obsessions; worldly goods and bads."Gwendolyn's Garden
• Gardening in Southern Wisconsin •
Author: Gwendolyn • Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA • "Gwendolyn's Garden is a site dedicated to gardening in southern Wisconsin– in temperamental USDA zone 5A. My gardening expertise comes only from experience, not from formal training, so I am happy to try to answer any questions on gardening that you have and will relate some of my favorite trials and tribulations with gardening."Land of the Lost Surprise
• a seasonal blog of Wisconsin •
Author: Tam • Location: Central Wisconsin • "This is a playful blog involving small boys, a backyard, and bold adventures in planting and building. I invite fellow gardeners, especially Northern ones, to comment and give advice as we experiment with planting in the shade and creating garden tools out of old appliances."Mamma Mia Days
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Author: Donna • Location: Wisconsin (Zone 4) • "Like most people, my days are filled with both cheers and tears. Will share a little of both with you. There will be pictures of whatever catches my eye, especially anything with its roots in the dirt."millertime
• Garden Freak •
Author: Lisa • Location: NE Wisconsin • Great sense of humor and interested in all sorts of plants.Obsessive Gardener
• Born and raised in Wisconsin. Opinionated, but open-minded to intelligent arguments. •
Author: Sylvana • Location: Wisconsin • Brand new (as of May 2005) and enthusiastic blogger. Lots of photos.The Gardener's Shadow
• "The best fertilizer is the gardener’s shadow." - Author unknown •
Author: Ronda • Location: Viola, Wisconsin • " 'The best fertilizer is the gardener’s shadow.'- Author unknown. This quote best describes my ongoing relationship to gardening, and that's not to say that I'm constantly showering plants with blue water. In my experience, being there matters. The conscious effort and presence of a gardener in the garden makes an appreciable difference. It is my prerogative, in this blog, to share my passion for combining plants and insights into design. I'll try to work in a few gardening tips for what has been successful for me, as long as the reader weights this advice against, let's say, a big wheelbarrow full of compost. I will decidedly stray from writing a how-to type of column because there are far more thoroughly researched volumes of material written by vastly more educated writers than I. I can though, offer a unique insight into what it is like to garden with an English Bull Terrier. I will inject these stories into my gardening tales, with the force and unpredictability that relates the true nature of the catastrophes that they are. (Think of an irritated wildebeest, wolverine or Tasmanian devil). Wendell has taught me the importance of well marked paths, large grassy play areas for errant tennis balls and what large sticks do to feeble stemmed Columbine. I live in a garden of second and third chances, Columbines get cut back and Wendell is forgiven, and new design tactics are employed. When I was offered a chance to blog about my gardening experiences I thought of all the ongoing conversations I've had with myself, usually while bent over weeding, on this very topic. I hope to pick up these strands as a starting point and I am reminded of a quote I like about good garden writing. I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden. - Francis Hodgson Burnett I head out now into the anticipation of work and story that will be done today in the garden. The invitation to join me on this journey, may not be quite as beguiling as a bee in a red tulip , never the less, into the garden we go."The Vegetable Garden
• Gardening is such a rewarding activity that I want to share as much of what I have learned as possible. •
Author: DJP • Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin • "I come from Indiana "truck gardening" farm stock. I began my garden in 1976 and have enlarged the space at least once. In 1979 my garden received an "Honorable Mention" in the First Annual Victory Garden Contest. After my retirement in 2002 I did horticulture research and published research in the spring and fall of 2006. I continue to do my own "backyard" research with apples and different vegetables each growing season. My wife and I are both Wisconsin Master Gardener Volunteers. Gardening is such a rewarding activity that I want to share as much of what I have learned as possible. Happy Gardening."URB Garden Blog
• Sharing information with the gardening world. •
Author: Bobby Urbanek • Location: Frederic, WI • "Sharing tips, information, reviews and more with fellow gardeners."Visit My Garden
• A home garden in southern Wisconsin •
I love to visit other people's gardens - in person or online! Come check out mine. It's pretty new but so far has lots of perennials, baby shrubs, fruit, and veggies.
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