This morning I woke up and found that there was frost on the ground in spots. Light, barely shimmering, but frost never the less. And this is the sign that my garden is done for the year. It needs a… Read more ›

Oh, I have been a bad, bad blogger lately, not posting much. Too much to do and too little time. Tomatoes to be planted, flower beds to be mulched. Then there are the half dozen projects I have been meaning… Read more ›

It is a half past a few days after the first of the year. Most of the United States has created one of 3 resolutions, lose weight, get organized, get laid… erm… I mean find Mr./Mrs. Right. But us gardeners?… Read more ›

I think that the #2 and #3 questions I get about my blog are “Do you make money with your garden blog?” and “How much money do you make with your gardening blog?” For the record, the #1 question is… Read more ›

I cleaned out the old gardening blogroll today. It must be done once in awhile to remove the abandoned blogs. I always find it a bit sad when I do it. While I understand that lives and living them sometimes… Read more ›

Today is my 2nd blogiversary. Which is great! I honestly never saw this coming. All of this. All of you. All this fun! And I thought I would share with you what this blog means to me, because it is… Read more ›

Do you know what search engine optimization (SEO) is? Do you know that it has an effect on how much traffic and readers your garden blog gets? Do you know what you should pay attention to in order to take… Read more ›

Just a quick FYI… I had someone ask me if they could add the Garden Blog Search to their site, so I thought I would put together a page where people could get the code for the search if they… Read more ›

Has your gardening blog ever been copied without your permission? I would be willing to bet that, on some level, it has. Unfortunately, a lot of the “old fashioned” writers or the general public do not understand that just because… Read more ›

As you guys may or may not know, I make my actual living by helping people figure out how to make their sites better (no, I am not a web designer). One of the ways that I do that is… Read more ›