Feb 04
2009

So who are the most influential garden bloggers?

A few days ago I asked the question: Who are the most influential garden bloggers?

Thanks to everyone who commented here, by email and at my gardening column on Examiner.

The results are in. You can read them here.

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6 Responses to “So who are the most influential garden bloggers?”

  1. Frances Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 5:50 am

    Hi Robin, this was an interesting question that made people think. I appreciate very much all the bloggers you mentioned, for we are a group helping each other, not one leader, although Pam influenced me and helped me get started blogging. I want to thank Tina for her kind words too, she is influential in her own right. Thanks for the link love and your hard work in the blogging community, Robin!
    Frances

    Frances

  2. Christy B Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Great Article and introduction to some blogs I didn’t even know were out there.

    Thanks and keep up the great work.

  3. philip Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 9:34 am

    two sites that i highly recommend are:

    http://awaytogarden.com/
    http://www.gardeningblog.ne

    not sure where the .ne domain is from tho?

  4. heirloomgardener Says:
    February 14th, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    Great topic/wrap-up!

  5. Carrie Says:
    February 21st, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    I’ve just discovered your blog while searching for ‘white fence around garden’! I read all your back-blog and now I’m craving more! I hope you post again soon; blogs like this are inspirational for beginners like me :)

  6. bill/prairie point Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    The most influential to me personally were Kathy Purdy at Cold Climate and MSS at Zanthan Gardens. However I started blogging long ago when those two were among the few out there. I still they are among the best and the first to come to mind when I think “garden blogger.”

    At the time Pam at Digging and Carol at May Dreams were not yet on the radar screen. However they have had a big influence on me too; mostly by showing how garden blogging could be a social experience as well as a journalistic exercise.

    Nowadays there are so many good garden bloggers it is impossible to keep up with them. I think newer bloggers, and those who are still discovering blogs would have a different sense of who is influential.

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February 6th, 2012

Another Monday.

Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change.

Today we get back to normal. I will have to do something about my manicure. Speckled fingernails in Benjamin Moore Light Pewter is not really a good look.

Here’s wishing you a happy, calm and productive week.

Robin

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February 3rd, 2012

If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.

We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.

Robin

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February 2nd, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.

Cheers!

Robin

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February 1st, 2012

Working from a home office is not always what it’s cracked up to be. I have a lousy IT department (me). Interruptions range from barking dogs to crowing roosters. I hear my business phone ring during non-business hours.

But there is a lot good about a 15 step commute. Such as today. It’s cloudy and a bit drizzly, but the temps will climb into the mid 60s for the second day in a row. I will turn off the heat, throw open the windows and give the house—and office—a good airing. Ahhh!

Robin

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