Blotanical Grows..Us

Why did you start your gardening blog? Maybe you’re a new gardener like us and wanted to document your learning process. Maybe you’ve been gardening since the dawn of time and decided to finally share your knowledge with the rest of us who maybe don’t have as much experience. Maybe you are in the business and needed a place to talk about your passion outside of a work setting.

Whatever the case may be, you started your blog for a reason. A good reason. Wouldn’t it be a shame if you spent all that time making up posts and loading pictures, explaining the method behind your madness, and nobody read the darn thing? Sure, you could say “I do it for myself. I don’t care if anyone reads it.” That’s great, but look how much the rest of us would be missing by not being able to share in your joys and follies. Knowing that others are experiencing relatively the same things that you are is a powerful bond that connects us together. That basic need of camaraderie helps us grow as human beings. By sharing our lives with each other, we are learning to grow not just the flowers and vegetables of our gardens, but each other as well.

There are quite a few sites for gardeners to peruse each others work, but none quite as efficiently as Blotanical, in my opinion. From this site, we’ve been introduced to gardens we could practically peek into from our own backyards (Lisa and Robin to name just a couple), to gardens we can only dream of visiting maybe once in a lifetime (Nicole and Sharon). We’ve met some funny, funny ladies (Joy and Aunt Debbi) who always make us laugh. People in Oregon. People in Iowa. People who could steal your breath away with a photograph. And many, many others. Far too many others to name.

We enjoy reading each and every one of them. And the list doesn’t stop there. There’s new additions all the time and dormant blogs springing back to life with the new season. There’s informative blogs, thought-provoking blogs, blogs by the serious hobbyist, blogs by and for other newbies, blogs, blogs, blogs. Blogs as far as the eye can see.

So if you haven’t already, go sign up. Share your garden blog with the rest of the world in a place meant specifically for you. Come help us all grow.

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