I took a look at the blog that you suggested..it's fun!!..I never get tired of garden pics and stories..I'm not tech savvy enough to put a link on but I like the newsletters that I get from Fine Gardening..I don't have a subscription to the magazine (my goal is fewer books etc less clutter)..you can just look without subscribing to the magazine or newsletter..

https://hayefield.com/

https://www.succulentsandmore.com/

http://www.thedangergarden.com/

https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/

https://frustratedgardener.com/

https://pieceofeden.blogspot.com/

http://www.growingwithplants.com/

https://agrowingobsession.com/

https://www.rustyduck.net/

https://paridevita.com/

https://tanglycottage.wordpress.com/

https://www.susansinthegarden.com/blog/

Grrr, I harbour a not so secret ambition to 'blog'...but am totally disqualified by my woeful attempts at photography and incompetent techiness. O, I have no doubt that I could manage the wordy bits (ahem), but since my technical ability is limited to pressing an 'off' switch and an 'on' switch, blogging has been relocated to the distant shores of never-neverland. I have bemoaned on about this before when fellow posters rushed to reassure me that the process is 'easy' and modern cameras really are just point and click...but I suspect few people have an idea of just how hopelessly incompetent I am (can't drive, own no mobile phones, smart or otherwise, with computing know-how limited to dodgy word-processing and arsing about on Paint).

Worse, though, is the dire, unphotographic state of ANY of my gardens...so would be limited to extreme close-ups.

Even so, this is a source of aggravation and shame.

I read John Grimshaw's Diary when I remember, but apart from here, Ravelry(knitting) and a couple of lefty UK political forums, the computing age has largely passed me by.

Campanula, I do believe you are my identical twin (where have you been all these years - I needed you!) as described in your first paragraph. AND you live in my favorite country in the world, after my own.

Is John Grimshaw's Diary something I ought to track down?

While my rather wild garden has little to nothing in common with the relatively structured designs of Deborah Silver, a Detroit area garden designer, I love her blog, Dirt Simple, for the beauty of the gardens she designs, the design concepts she discusses, the processes she shows, her stunning containers planted for all 4 season, and most especially her use of lights in the northern winter landscape.

http://deborahsilver.com/blog/

Campanula..you make me smile..I would definitely read your blog!!..you mentioned "woeful attempts at photography" and "incompetent techiness" (so funny)..who cares?..you're a real plant person and have so much to share in a comical entertaining way..

NHBabs, I read Deborah Silvers blog regularly, even though most of her beautiful designs would look decidedly odd in my Northern California climate zone. Never the less, design principles are the same no matter the plant palette. I also have to admit I always ponder what her clients must pay for some of her services.

John Grimshaw:

http://johngrimshawsgardendiary.blogspot.com/

I love Garden Answer’s vlogs on YouTube. She does 2 or so videos a week and they are so fun to watch, especially her garden tours which are mostly through all seasons. She touches on so many areas of interest to me: perennials, pruning, containers, design etc.

I also like theimpatientgardener.com

Here's my favorite blog!

https://katob427.com/

It's such an amazing site. You can be inspired, but then for those in Camp's camp there are also numerous posts which are such a disaster that you can't help but feel smug about how much nicer your garden is... and how much smarter you are... or why does this person even bother blogging when their garden is such a mess...

Hmmmm.

I have to admit my ego took quite a hit when no one mentioned my blog, but now that I've recovered here are a few other ones which I enjoy

http://www.coldclimategardening.com/blog/

https://gardeninacity.wordpress.com/?wref=bif

http://outlawgarden.blogspot.com/?wref=bif

https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/?wref=bif

https://www.lindabrazill.com/each_little_world/?wref=bif

https://thebloominggarden.wordpress.com/?wref=bif

https://pamsenglishcottagegarden.blogspot.com/

They're such great reading on these cold winter days, and even if they don't inspire, they do at least distract you from the latest seed order and snowstorm.

katob..I didn't know about it!..I signed up..I'll take a better look when I have more time..I like gardening reality..as opposed to endless staging and unrealistic short term plantings..

Two more that I like that haven't been mentioned:

https://notanothergardeningblog.com/ - The blog is not really active anymore, but the archives are amazing. It's like if art schools starting offering gardening as a major, this is what they would teach.

https://theanxiousgardener.com/ - A guy in the UK who was was in charge of a manor garden. The pictures are great and he's pretty funny. I think he left the job recently, so it doesn't get updated that often anymore.

Camp, my friend Alison of http://bonneylassie.blogspot.com/ started a meme called Tell The Truth Tuesday to encourage her fellow bloggers to post the less than attractive areas of their gardens. We all have those sad spots. and we may as well admit it.

Thanks to everyone for supplying me with much-needed reading material! I’ve started to take a look at a few and subscribed to katob’s wonderful blog!

@Camp: if you ever decide to start your own blog, please let us know! You have such a gift with words, I know I will enjoy your writings, whether they’re about successes or failures.

Thanks for all the suggestions--they just might get me through February. If I may be candid, though, I'm not feeling Tell The Truth Tuesday. If I want to look at unattractive garden scenes, I have plenty of them in my own yard--LOL! But I DID enjoy some of the funny memes on bonneylassie's sight.

https://kendruse.com/kens-gardens Garden writer Ken Druse, is sort-of my neighbor. I say "sort-of" because, while he lives a few miles away, his house is on my route to and from town. One day, I saw him out working in his garden. I explained to my non-gardener friends that it's a thrill akin to music lovers spotting Eric Clapton on his front porch practicing guitar licks. He does some podcasts with another garden blogger that I like -- awaytogarden.com -- that I find very informative.

I have enjoyed RHONE STREET GARDENS: RSG

(I too like "3dogs")

I’d be thrilled if I lived a few miles away from Ken Druse and saw him gardening away! Knowing me, I’d probably run up to him and add him to my besties. Then I’d ask him when he is going to introduce me to Margaret Roach, because she’s another one I need to get to know, LOL.

LaLennoxa..it's good that Ken Druse doesn't live close to me Lol..like you I would be trying to meet him..see his garden..get his opinions..it would be great..for ME haha

I've really been enjoying this guy lately http://www.nodiggardener.co.uk/ - his posts are so chill and informative. I'm not sure how well I will be able to adopt his method for the coming season...I love digging because it is fun...but it's really useful to read about why the method is effective.

edit: should also add that his blog is unfortunately very mobile-unfriendly, and I recommend using Firefox's reader mode.

Thanks everyone for all these blogs. Here it is cold, snowy, icy, windy, I am bored and so ready for spring to get here. This should provide hours of entertainment.

Campanula, if you wrote a blog, I would read it, not just for gardening lore, but for the beautiful use you make of the English language.

I gushed at Ken Druse at a local garden show a few years back--he was very patient and gracious about it.

violetsnapdragon..Lol!!!..

I did not know who Ken Druse is. Had to google him up! :)

Stumbled onto "Louis The Plant Geek" today looking up info on a particular clematis. He writes about his personal experience with various plants in his Rhode Island garden. https://www.louistheplantgeek.com/glad-youre-here

The only gardening blog I have ever bothered with is this one: Garden Rant. And I do not follow religiously but only now and again when a topic of interest comes up. Part of the attraction is that is not authored by a single gardener but has multiple contributors, all of whom are strongly opinionated. Which suits me to a T as I am nothing if not highly opinionated when it comes to gardening issues :-))

Truly, aside from the time I spend here on GW (too much!!), I do not have time to peruse blogs. Nor have I gained much benefit from them. I might read through an entry/article on one if it comes up when I am researching something, but most are far too superficial in their approach for me and really don't provide information that is helpful. And there are plenty of great garden photos offered here....don't need to hunt elsewhere for garden eye candy!!

btw, I attended a conference a few years ago in which Ken Druse was a featured speaker. There was an opportunity to meet and chat with him after and he was a charming man and very gracious. I have a number of his books - they are all excellent - and he kindly signed one for me. I have a small collection of signed garden books - Druse, Michael Dirr, Helen Dillon, Dan Hinkley, Ann Lovejoy, a few tree/conifer guys, etc. and I am not shy about asking for a signature if I encounter someone whose written word I value :-)

I stumbled upon chickadee gardens (chickadeegardens.com) and enjoyed the photos. Now I want to grow numerous plants not suited to my climate lol.

kato, I never knew you had a blog! I went to it immediately, and knew why I liked you when I read this:

Even growing up I knew where some of the best snowdrop patches were, and would find reasons to go to that park or down that street to make sure I got a dose of early spring.

I do the same thing every spring on this one road near me, where there is small patch of snowdrops, along the front of a farm with spectacular views, planted at the base of an old oak that was planted for the nation's centennial. And I have a few (not enough) patches of snowdrops. I look for them (mine and the farm's) eagerly every late winter!

I bookmarked your blog and look forward to browsing through it.

Camp, I think you should go for it. You garden sounds like mine. Call it "Garden Reality" or "The Real Life Gardener" or something. I think more gardeners can relate to your garden than the ones in fancy magazines and/or photographed by professional photographers.

:)
Dee

Dee, this is a year old thread and Campanula is no longer a member. No member page.

Hi PM2, Yes, I know this is an old thread and I've seen that Campanula isn't around lately, but I also saw some conversations asking about her so I figured it wouldn't hurt to respond in case she's out there - it's only about a year and a half old so there might be some hope.

Sure, doesn't hurt. Just wasn't sure you were aware. 😊

Dee, if you ever want to talk snowdrops let me know, every day I become more obsessed and after a few years of that you can only imagine where I'm at! At least it's not hostas lol

I don't know when Campanula last made an appearance, but she goes by her common name nowadays.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5846366/so-where-is-bellflower#n=5

She last posted in January, so almost a year since we've heard from her :-( Hope all is okay. I miss her oh so lyrical postings!

OK, so I have to give a big HUGE second to katob's blog. I forget when I began to subscribe, and I knew it was somebody one the forum, but I couldn't never remember who. Duh...so stupid of me to not look at the weblink. Here I've been trying to remember who bittser is this whole time! Katob, you have SO much enjoyable reading, combined with great photos, in your posts. I look forward to my email reminders about your blog. I actually even figured out my wordpress password issues just to post a comment! Your blog is appreciated!

Wow! Thanks Deanna :) That's really nice to hear. I know how happy I am to see my favorite blog notifications show up in my email, so that's probably the biggest compliment you could have given!

I think the reason I like blogs is that they feel like a visit to a friend's garden. I have plenty of garden books and the internet can always answer questions, but to hear someone all excited about a new plant, drifting from one obsession to the next (even if they don't even realize it's happening) or hear them all full of hope for the new year, that's not as easy to find.