It has been gray and cold and all around dreary in this Sonoma Garden lately. While I usually don’t complain about cold or overcast, after a full week or more of it, I will admit defeat and say that I wish we could have a sunny day. Something to get me inspired and geared up for the upcoming growing season. Luckily the seed catalogs have started to pour in and along with those and this list of inspiring gardening blogs, I have been feeling the gardening bug again. Below is a great list of garden/natural living blogs, some I have been reading for a long while, others are brand new to me. Some I learn tons from, others I wish the authors were my next door neighbors so we could be friends. But all are inspiring.
I encourage you to check them all out and if I’ve left out your favorite garden blog, please add it in the comments below!
Sicilian Sisters Grow Some Food
Unfortunately Riana at These Days in French Life has closed her blog, but luckily you can keep up with her inspirational writing and photography on her flickr page.
Thanks so much for the shout out. I have so many wonderful blogs that I follow. They are all so good, but I’m just going to list one because I’m lazy and don’t want to do a million links. He is still pretty new to blogging and gardening (started in July in a new house), but his enthusiasm is unparalleled. So visit Thomas at A Growing Tradition. http://www.agrowingtradition.com/
Hi Daphne, thanks for that link! It is a great blog. I will add it to my big long list of ones to read.
Thank you sincerely for listing Sono-Ma.com! I am especially interested in discovering other blogs by writers and families in our area. Do you also keep a list of local blogs you like to visit?
Thanks for sharing this expansive list as well!
I’ve got a fairly interesting blog…if you like worms, and dirt, and stuff like that:
http://inputgarden.wordpress.com
Thanks-
Karl
Not sure if my new blog fits your criteria but if so, I blog about transforming a typical suburban yard to a wildlife habitat with California native plants.
Hey, thanks! I think we have to have a NorCal party some day. . . One of my favorite blogs is my friend Mr. H’s: http://subsistencepatternfoodgarden.blogspot.com/
He does a lot of amazing stuff, in a very different climate.
OMGoodness…I am honored, thanks so much for the plug 🙂
Awfully nice of you to have me on your list! I’m fairly certain that your blog was one of the first I started reading a couple of years ago and it remains one of my absolute favorites.
Here’s another that I love:
http://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/
I’m curious, where all do you get seed catalogs from. I’m new to all this, but we just bought 9 acres and I’m “summer dreaming”
9 Acres! Wow! We get our seeds primarily from rareseeds.com and seedsavers.com. This spring and summer will be great fun with all that space!
Wow I can’t believe I made someones list. Thank you!
You have a great blog Viggie!
Thank you so much for this list. It’s kind of a domino effect though; I go to a blog, then see their blogroll, go to another blog, and so forth and so on….
Re: summer dreaming, and “feeling the gardening bug” I have to admit that I lost interest for awhile in the fall, which is really bad where I live (Mohave Valley, AZ) because it means I did very little during the entire first half of my growing season!
I finally got my rear in gear and planted some sweet and english peas, also broccoli, kale, chard, beets, radishes and carrots. I have tomatoes going, thank goodness, and have been harvesting some mesclun and leaf lettuce I DID get into the ground in December. I’ll just share that with you (and maybe make you a little jealous, LOL) I feel jealous of you come July-September, when were are hot and suffering. The summer is my fallow time.
How fun to find my name on the list. Thank you. You’re actually the gardening blog I go to along with Melinda at A Green Generation. I’ve gathered good tips from each of you for my pots on the deck and even better than that – bushels of inspiration.
Thanks for the links to all the great blogs – great reading for a cold, wet, winter day !
Thank you for the link love! I’m flattered to be on your list! And thanks for all the other links…..I haven’t been to many of those blogs!
love,
sara
My blog is quite new and I hope maybe interesting
http://www.elspeth.tumblr.com
Kind regards
Elspeth
http://artfulgreens.blogspot.com/
is a new one I just discovered.
Hi, I am mailing to ask if you would like to include my blog into your lists. It’s a wicked Hydroponic Gardening Blogwith loads of great videos.
It is: http://www.howto-hydroponics.com/hydroponicsblog
I also ask if you would like to swap reciprocal links and if so, please send me the write-up you would like adding to my main website.
Regards
George Pattenson@howto-hydroponics.com
Great list thank you – Please do let us know if you win an award for your blog so we can feature you on our dedicated garden page
This is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. A list of interesting garden blogs. I’ve enjoyed browsing your recommendations and will add some to my blogroll. Thank you!
I just read your first post on the cold dreary weather. I too have to agree about cold and dreary. I am sick of the snow and the cold. However, I got my tomaotes and peppers started and to me that says spring is on the way. Wont be long now before we will all be digging in our gardens and waiting impatiently for that first ripe tomato. But it will be well worth the wait.
The Fun Gardener
Well the sun is shining and it is gorgeous outside. Cant wait to get my plants going in the garden. Why not join me and lend some information to my website at http://www.funandeasygardening.com I would love some input to pass on to others.
Thanks for all you ideas
The Fun Gardener
Is it ok to nominate yourself?? 🙂 I would love for you to come take a peek at my blog if you have a moment…
http://www.anestforallseasons.blogspot.com
I’m looking forward to peeking through this list!
A very belated Thank YOU! I am only just discovering this honor. You are so kind to mention Flower Hill this way.
I was a garden designer in NYC for many years and now have moved to my place in upstate NY. My blog will focus on my garden at Old Totem Farm in East Meredith, garden ideas, garden history and design. Hope you will check us out. Best, Don
http://donstathamdesign.com/
I have a new blog on East Coast gardening:
http://hamptonsgarden.blogspot.com
We were truly blessed by mother nature this year. I’ve noticed it in all of our pink daylilies: http://www.birchwoodfarmsnh.com/?meta_key=Color&meta_value=Pink
Great selection of blogs.. should keep me busy for awhile! 🙂
Wonderful site! I would be honored if you listed my blog here. http://beengardening2.blogspot.com/ . Thank you so much.
Thanks for the list! I was just seeking gardening blogs to read on rainy days (other than my favourites like Moosey’s Country Garden) and this list is most helpful!
Thank you so much for your list this would able me to gather more ideas on gardening. Thank you
Just stumbled on your lovely blog…great job you’re doing, I’ll be back.
I’m a passionate gardener blogging on http://personaleden.wordpress.com and I’m always looking for kindred spirits! Happy days…
Many thanks to you for putting together the list. And I must say, this is an amazing space you’ve created! Keep it going…
Plant House
I’d like to invite folks who are new to gardening to visit my little corner of the web, Seven Oaks (http://sevenoaks-jeanne.blogspot.com). It’s the blog for people who kill plastic plants.
You have a great list of garden blogs.
Please look at http://www.mykitchengarden.info with lots of pictures of blooms and fruits like hydrangeas, roses, marigold, bananas, blueberries. mangoes, etc. Please consider this blog add it to your list.
Thanks & Regards.
As a garden enthusiast, I am always on the lookout for ways to create that special atmosphere one experiences in the gardens of Provence and Tuscany. Recently I found a wonderful resource in West Palm Beach, Florida: Authentic Provence (http://authenticprovence.com). Walk into this oasis of calm, and you will see what I think is the finest collection of European garden antiques available in the USA: statues, fountains, planters (note especially the classic Caisse de Versailles, and Anduze pottery), terra cotta shields, stone animals, copper pots, garden spouts, and on and on. They also have beautiful stone fireplaces, re-purposed tiles, and many other specialty items. The staff is very adept at finding that special item, and in arranging shipping to anywhere in the USA. Definitely worth a visit, AND there is a great coffee shop across the street!
This is a great list of blogs!! I’ve spotted a few that I’m already a loyal reader of. Have you heard of Grow Our Way? I’ve created some blog posts for them in the past. You should check them out here: http://bit.ly/1GTzCvL