Why should YOU keep blogging? I'll tell you why. You represent a LOT of gardens and gardeners in your area. I mean a LOT!!!
Have you ever wondered how many fellow gardeners you represent as a garden blogger?
Let's use my city and the area around it as an example. Houston has 2,100,000 people. But the area has over 6,000,000 people! That's a lot of gardens wouldn't you say?
I know most of the bloggers around these parts and I'll tell you something you won't believe.
Out of the entire area, there are only 6 or 7 of us actively blogging!
(And roughly 20 or so that post occasionally)
That means each one of us represents roughly a million people and their gardens!
I'll bet it's about the same for your area.
See how famous you are! And you didn't even know it.
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So without your wonderful garden blog, how will other gardeners around the world know what gardening looks like in your neck of the woods?
So, keep on sharing your garden blog with us...
....and enjoy getting dirty!
All for now
Thanks for stopping by!
David/:0)
I read the garden blogs on a daily basis and when they go missing, I'm very sad, even if I've never posted a comment on the missing blog. I agree with you completely, and I've been blogging since 2006 although I veer off from gardening topics occasionally. Laura
ReplyDeletethanks for that Dave-o.
ReplyDeleteWisdom from the garden bloggers mentor! I find that writing a post about once a month is enough for me to keep up with it. I only started less than two years ago but I read some advise on your blog that I really appreciated. That was to give the scientific names of plants as well as the local common name. It has really opened up my blog to international visitors interested in tropical gardening. Thank you sir.
ReplyDeleteLoved your train of thought there. I only know of 3 bloggers here in the vast north of our state. We would represent a huge number of gardeners!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to keep that in mind when I tire of the blogging. Make sure you keep up your great effort too! Whilst I don't always comment, I always read.
I definitely agree that it is nice to hear when a fellow blogger retires. I have come to think of many of those whose blogs I follow closely or who drop by mine and take the time to leave a comment as friends. When someone suddenly drops off the radar, for a time you think they are away on holidays and then as you said, you do sometimes worry that something has happened. I love our community of garden bloggers. There aren't that many of us, especially those of us with a more tropical bent, so keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteDavid, I'm going to start posting again soon ... Bloom Day is Tuesday and right now I have plenty of blooms to share. It's a little cold to get outside & photograph them but I'll bundle up & do what I can.
ReplyDeleteI very much enjoy Houston area bloggers. I live in Conroe and visit many blogs but really love the ones in Texas. Yours, Cindy's and Jane in Tomball are my favorites. Have a great day! Carol
ReplyDeleteYou're so right! Hardly anyone in my neck of the woods blogs about gardening. There are very few of us, indeed! I took a mini break from blogging in December and missed it. I'm not going anywhere. You're all stuck with me! ;o)
ReplyDeleteWell said. I manage to travel, garden, cook, clean, play bridge and all those other things and blog. I know lots of Austin gardeners read my blog because sometimes I meet them. They never leave comments but still they come looking for ideas and help and not to mention all that pinterest stuff. I am plastered everywhere.
ReplyDeleteExcellent points David! I'd love to have more blogging company over here in San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful to hear David and put a smile on our faces :)
ReplyDeleteI needed to read that - I have been banned from gardening for a while as I recover from a herniated disc in my lower back. Of course I am not anxious to post photos of my overgrown garden, and did in fact begin to wonder if I should in fact go back to posting. I live in a very sparsely populated area so your numbers don't apply, but I know how grateful I was to find anything written about tropical plants when I first started a garden in this climate. I guess there might be others like me who want to know more about tropical plants, and will find the information on my blog useful. .
ReplyDeleteSo true! I never thought of it that way! Also, the more gardeners blog, the more collective gardening knowledge there is out there. Much of the info I look for about gardening, I find on the internet on people's blogs. Thus, the more garden bloggers, the better!
ReplyDeleteI agree. I was inspired by a Texas blogger to start mine. I love to see what others in our area are doing. I have enough ideas to last at least another year!
ReplyDeleteGreat point! The kitties are growing nicely.
ReplyDeleteThat was a nice encouraging post.
ReplyDeleteWhat? I'm famous in my neck of the woods? I'll certainly keep it up now!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the encouraging words. For a while last year, I thought about quitting. Time is a precious commodity. But, I kept at it while I was uncertain, and now I'm glad I did. I'm looking forward to another year of gardening - and blogging. I have often looked for other Tyler or East Texas gardeners, and have only found a few, so I think perhaps you are correct about us being a link to anyone that is looking for regional information.
ReplyDeleteGreat inspiration to keep on, but I have to figure out how to do this more efficiently! It does seem other than Portland and Austin, there are pitifully few blogs on gardens and garden aesthetics...the Desert SW included, with over 10 million in our major cities / towns.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, David, and inspiration to many to keep on blogging. I'm going to link to your post on Facebook right now!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for that! I know that people read my blog but I haven't really thought about to what extent. Very cool! I was in the newpaper twice this month about my blog and I should blog more often. So you have given me a push!
ReplyDeleteThere are moments David. But I can't completely let it go:) You are absolutely dead on about the blogging part and helping out other people. Now I post when I can. I used to post daily but it was too much work and affecting my birding and gardening hours.....SOOOO less blogging and more fun:) I'm glad you continue to blog. You share a lot of wonderful tips about plants, gardening, and ideas(like the chicken pen, etc). All of it is good stuff. Weather vs. plants. The experiences of having chickens....racoons:)
ReplyDeleteI would be sad if you stopped blogging. I may not comment often, but I do follow your work. It bothers me as well when a blogger disappears without saying good-bye. I've recently come to experience the joys of meeting my cyber friends in person and it was incredible. One of those cyber friends is now a real friend. We are a community and that's what I love about it. I hope to blog until I can't anymore. I hope you feel the same. Chris