Discovering new Web sites and blogs to add to the iloveplants.com directory is one of the tasks I enjoy the most. There are so many interesting garden blogs, that I wish I had more time to visit them on a regular basis. This past month I added quite a few blogs from newspapers around the country. If you don’t subscribe to your local paper, you can still read the garden information for your region of the country.
One of the most interesting blogs I discovered is The Daily Dirt which cleverly purports to “dishing out a healthy serving of “green gardening” how-to each weekday morning.” It offers gardeners a fresh perspective on eco-friendly gardening. My Garden Guide - a plant encyclopedia of 40,000 plants created by Connecticut college is a great resource for gardeners in all 50 states. You’ll find these along with more blogs and Web sites on our What’s New page.
Seed Ordering -
The 2008 garden catalogues are arriving in the mail, and soon we computer-savvy gardeners will be placing our orders online. If you’re ordering from a company you haven’t ordered from in the past, you may want to check out our Mail-Order Tips to avoid a disappointing experience. Some of my favorite companies are Park Seed (for flower and vegetable seeds) and Blooming Bulb (for tropical bulbs). They offer great service and good value.
According to the Mailorder Gardening Association they project that orders will be split 50% each for mail and Internet ordering. People still love receiving the colorful and descriptive catalogues, but find online ordering quick and easy. Money saving coupons are abundant at this time of year, and you can find a current listing of them at Garden Bargains Online.
Garden News -
Congrats to Carol at May Dream’s Gardens (featured in our February 2007 newsletter) on her Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day’s one year anniversary. Everyone is welcome to join her and the many other bloggers who participate in this fun monthly blogging event.
Pam at Digging is getting the word out on the first official Garden Bloggers Spring Fling 2008 which will be hosted by the Austin bloggers. It sounds like a fun event for garden bloggers that will include garden tours and a chance to meet and chat about (what else) gardening.
The National Garden Bureau has deemed 2008 the Year of the Rudbeckia and Eggplant, and if you’re looking for the latest information on the newest plant introductions you’ll find those at All-America Selections.
And, now as I finish publishing this new post, I’m off to the couch on this rainy January day to peruse all of those catalogues that are piling up on the floor. It’s just the perfect day for this, and besides the laundry can wait another day! I hope you found this information helpful. Please email me a link to your garden blog, so I can include it in our Regional Directory.
For more great horticultural websites, please visit iloveplants.com – your online garden resource!
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