Garden blogging

April 04, 2008 On her Blotanical “Plot” (site no longer active), in her entry for Garden to See Before I Die, Carol of May Dreams Gardens has written, “All those gardens of the Austin garden bloggers!” As it happens, a number of the Austin garden bloggers have had a burning ...

March 13, 2008 ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine (Bignonia capreolata ) See the hundreds of buds on this crossvine, ready to burst into bloom at a moment’s notice? That’s what the upcoming Garden Bloggers Spring Fling feels like to me. So much potential friendship, fun, networking, brainstorming, learning, and socializing will soon ...

February 10, 2008 Do you picture cowboys, cattle, and cactus when you think about Austin, Texas? If so, consider instead how we Austinites see our hometown: Live Music Capital of the World and home to PBS’s long-running “Austin City Limits” concert series. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, the Chicks, Spoon, ...

February 08, 2008 Rose hip, ‘Carefree Beauty’ Visit new garden blog Seeds, by Brianna in north Austin, for the latest perspective on gardening in the City of the Violet Crown. Yes, yet another Austin garden blogger. Welcome, Brianna! And check out Playin’ Outside, an Austin blog I’ve mentioned previously, for ...

February 08, 2008 Rose hip, ‘Carefree Beauty’ Visit new garden blog Seeds, by Brianna in north Austin, for the latest perspective on gardening in the City of the Violet Crown. Yes, yet another Austin garden blogger. Welcome, Brianna! And check out Playin’ Outside, an Austin blog I’ve mentioned previously, for ...

January 28, 2008 Look at these beautiful snowflakes coming up here in Austin. Coming up? Not down? That’s right. I’m talking about Leucojum aestivum, snowflakes, an easy, naturalizing bulb for the South. Mine aren’t so far along as Yolanda Elizabet’s in the Netherlands, but I’m happy to see them nonetheless ...

January 23, 2008 Photo by Tim Hansen, courtesy of morgueFile Surfing around on Blotanical this evening, I came across a New Zealand blogger who visited Austin last month. Lynsey Gedye of Tea Garden writes, “Having just returned from Austin, Texas, I can thoroughly endorse the hospitality of the people of ...

January 23, 2008 Photo by Tim Hansen, courtesy of morgueFile Surfing around on Blotanical this evening, I came across a New Zealand blogger who visited Austin last month. Lynsey Gedye of Tea Garden writes, “Having just returned from Austin, Texas, I can thoroughly endorse the hospitality of the people of ...

January 23, 2008 The spring greens of bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa ), iris foliage, and tumbled glass in the bird bath. Drizzly, wintry weather returns to Austin tonight with temperatures dipping to freezing. Freezes always seem to take Austinites by surprise, so accustomed to warm weather, shorts, and flip-flops are ...

January 08, 2008 We’ve rolled out the welcome mat here in Austin, and I’m thrilled to report that garden bloggers across the country are making their travel plans. Yesterday I announced the garden-bloggers’ event of 2008 (I hope!)—Garden Bloggers Spring Fling on April 5—and the guest list has already become ...

January 07, 2008 Calling all garden bloggers! On April 5, the Austin bloggers will host Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008—the first-ever social event for all garden bloggers. It’s going to be a LOT of fun, and we want you to join us. Let’s get out of cyberspace for a day ...

January 07, 2008 Calling all garden bloggers! On April 5, the Austin bloggers will host Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008—the first-ever social event for all garden bloggers. It’s going to be a LOT of fun, and we want you to join us. Let’s get out of cyberspace for a day ...

December 22, 2007Ask and you shall receive. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Whatever you want to call it, Blogger listened to those unhappy with its recent changes in the comment field (discussed at length at Digging, Garden Rant, Mr. Brown Thumb, Blogging Art & Practice, and many other blogs) ...

December 04, 2007 Photo courtesy of morgueFile There was much gnashing of teeth and vows of resistance among non-Blogger garden bloggers last week. (See my post and readers’ comments.) Dismayed to find that the comment fields on our favorite Blogger blogs had been altered by the powers-that-be (Google/Blogger)—our beloved “Other” ...

November 29, 2007 In the midst of my annoyance over the Blogger changes, I received an email from a new Austin garden blogger, Libby at Aurora Primavera, which immediately put me in a better mood. I love reading local garden blogs, and a new one always makes me happy. Libby ...

November 29, 2007While getting caught up on other bloggers’ posts tonight, I noticed a frustrating development. Many of the garden bloggers I visit host their sites at Blogger.com, and suddenly none of these sites allows me, a non-Blogger commenter, to leave my website link. Essentially, Blogger is now requiring anyone ...