A slew of new blogs

April 02, 2005

A slew of new blogs

It must be spring. There are a clutch of great new blogs to tell you about and add to my blogroll:

Hippy Shopper from UK nanopublishers Shiny Media
Not 100% convinced by the name, but nevertheless I have high hopes for this ethical consumer blog: add this one to your RSS reader!

Pumpkin Soup
Allotmenteers Clare and Owen chart their struggles to bring a previously neglected plot back to full productivity on this beautiful-looking blog.

My Tiny Plot
Another allotment newbie charts ~~his~~ her experiences on his plot: another must-read for allotment bloggers.

Plot Blog
Not sure how I'd managed to miss this blog before, but Clive Scoggins' experiences of renting an allotment in Hampton Wick have been added to my list of regular reads.

Know of any more gardening blogs I should take a squizz at? Just shout.

2 Apr 2005 16:56:45

6 Comments

Hey thanks for the link up? I like your site too. One tiny thing though - I'm a she and not a he :)
Happy digging!

Posted by: my tiny plot | April 04, 2005 at 07:46 AM

Sorry about that! I usually say "they" when I don't know if someone's male or female: I've corrected it now!

Posted by: Jane Perrone | April 04, 2005 at 08:22 AM

Thanks for the link! My first ever! Didn't know anybody else was interested enough to read my blog! I shall reciprocate!

Posted by: Clive | April 05, 2005 at 11:38 AM

Thanks also for mentioning Pumpkin Soup. Owen was particularly flattered by your comment about the site being beautiful-looking as he's the skilled one in teh design department.
I'm enjoying your site and getting some very helpful information and advice which I hope to put to good use.

Posted by: Clare | April 06, 2005 at 12:23 PM

Thanks also for mentioning Pumpkin Soup. Owen was particularly flattered by your comment about the site being beautiful-looking as he's the skilled one in the design department.
I'm enjoying your site and getting some very helpful information and advice which I hope to put to good use.

Posted by: Clare | April 06, 2005 at 12:24 PM

I've enjoyed your blog. I'm just starting out blogging. Before this I had an on-line garden question answering service as a Master Gardener. Now however, I'm no longer volunteering my time...but am still answering questions on line (Does that make sense?) I hope maybe you'll consider a link to my site!
Thanks so much!
Annemarie

Posted by: North Country Maturing Gardener | April 06, 2005 at 07:24 PM

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