Comments on: Favorite Gardening Post for 2008 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:10:55 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: VP http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5837 VP Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:59:45 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5837 It's my Open Garden blog because it was such fun/hard work to put together and so many kind bloggers have visited and made a donation. It shows the gardening blogging community is simply the best :D http://vpopengarden.blogspot.com/ <em>VP- What a magnificent post and worthwhile cause. I see why it's your favorite and why you received such a terrific response to it. Fran</em> It’s my Open Garden blog because it was such fun/hard work to put together and so many kind bloggers have visited and made a donation.

It shows the gardening blogging community is simply the best :D

http://vpopengarden.blogspot.com/

VP-
What a magnificent post and worthwhile cause. I see why it’s your favorite and why you received such a terrific response to it. Fran

]]> By: Maureen http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5823 Maureen Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:00:21 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5823 LOVE this website....hope it's not presumptuous of me to join right in (I'm old so don't have any time to waste:) Our favorite post is one from our recently started 'farming' blog . It just kind of sums up the reasons for our renewed interest in growing our own food. http://weharvestlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/slow-food.html <em>Maureen- Are you kidding? We love new visitors....any time of the day or night! Great article and an excellent idea for a blog. I concur totally with what you're saying about nutrition. My adult 'children' still joke with me about how deprived they were of sweets and fast food when they were younger. Good luck with your 'lifestyle' and keep us posted on how you fare with renting out your land in exchange for veggies. Your actions are a way of creating a real, sustainable community. I applaud you. Fran</em> LOVE this website….hope it’s not presumptuous of me to join right in (I’m old so don’t have any time to waste:)

Our favorite post is one from our recently started ‘farming’ blog . It just kind of sums up the reasons for our renewed interest in growing our own food.

http://weharvestlife.blogspot.com/2008/12/slow-food.html

Maureen-
Are you kidding? We love new visitors….any time of the day or night! Great article and an excellent idea for a blog. I concur totally with what you’re saying about nutrition. My adult ‘children’ still joke with me about how deprived they were of sweets and fast food when they were younger. Good luck with your ‘lifestyle’ and keep us posted on how you fare with renting out your land in exchange for veggies. Your actions are a way of creating a real, sustainable community. I applaud you. Fran

]]> By: Chookie http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5797 Chookie Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:33:19 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5797 Here's one I'm happy with: http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-contrast.html It shows the new perspective one book gave me about contrast, and the post shows me as still puzzled, still learning, still getting new ideas. There's also a reference to another garden blog, showing the connectedness that is part of why we blog. Thank you to the GGW team for so many wonderful posts this year! <em>Chookie- Thanks for sharing. I've never read Joy's book...good review though and I am a big fan of Villandry. I also like the other approach she suggests taking in planning a veggie garden. Fran</em> Here’s one I’m happy with:
http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-contrast.html
It shows the new perspective one book gave me about contrast, and the post shows me as still puzzled, still learning, still getting new ideas. There’s also a reference to another garden blog, showing the connectedness that is part of why we blog. Thank you to the GGW team for so many wonderful posts this year!

Chookie-
Thanks for sharing. I’ve never read Joy’s book…good review though and I am a big fan of Villandry. I also like the other approach she suggests taking in planning a veggie garden. Fran

]]> By: Eleanor at OutOfDoors http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5782 Eleanor at OutOfDoors Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:51:01 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5782 I think I have to nominate my <a href="http://eleanorathens.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-black-and-white-garden-ball.html" rel="nofollow">Black and White Garden Ball</a>. Not as popular as some of the GBBD posts, but some lovely photos (if I do say so myself), and I'm fascinated by the idea. <em> Eleanor- Fabulous photos of succulents....along with contrasting plant materials! Thanks so much for sharing. Fran</em> I think I have to nominate my Black and White Garden Ball. Not as popular as some of the GBBD posts, but some lovely photos (if I do say so myself), and I’m fascinated by the idea.

Eleanor-
Fabulous photos of succulents….along with contrasting plant materials! Thanks so much for sharing. Fran

]]> By: our friend Ben http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5775 our friend Ben Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:58:05 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5775 Great Tao Te Ching quote, Fran, and great idea for a post! Now we can all enjoy posts we might otherwise have missed! At Poor Richard's Almanac, we post on such a variety of topics and in such a variety of styles that it's hard to play favorites, but if we had to pick, I suppose our favorites would be the humor posts: Silence Dogood's epic battles with the evil stink bugs, our ominous encounters with Amish friendship bread, and the like. They're the most fun to write, and we think the most fun to read as well! <em>Hey Elly- am glad you liked the quote. I concur with you that humorous posts can be the most fun to write and to read. If you want to give us a link to one of yours, please do so. Happy New Year! Fran</em> Great Tao Te Ching quote, Fran, and great idea for a post! Now we can all enjoy posts we might otherwise have missed! At Poor Richard’s Almanac, we post on such a variety of topics and in such a variety of styles that it’s hard to play favorites, but if we had to pick, I suppose our favorites would be the humor posts: Silence Dogood’s epic battles with the evil stink bugs, our ominous encounters with Amish friendship bread, and the like. They’re the most fun to write, and we think the most fun to read as well!

Hey Elly-
am glad you liked the quote. I concur with you that humorous posts can be the most fun to write and to read. If you want to give us a link to one of yours, please do so. Happy New Year! Fran

]]> By: ESP http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5772 ESP Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:41:09 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5772 I think I would have to go with: http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/14030.html Only because it contains a couple of my favorite swallowtail photos. <em>ESP- I see why you chose that one. Yep, the photos of the swallowtails are gorgeous. Plus I love your shed! Fran</em> I think I would have to go with:
http://east-side-patch.livejournal.com/14030.html

Only because it contains a couple of my favorite swallowtail photos.

ESP-
I see why you chose that one. Yep, the photos of the swallowtails are gorgeous. Plus I love your shed! Fran

]]> By: Craig @ Ellis Hollow http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5760 Craig @ Ellis Hollow Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:05:40 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5760 Judging by the number of comments, the most popular post at Ellis Hollow in 2008 was my July bloom day scans: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=420 Thank you GGW crew for you design workshops and all your entertaining and informative blogging through the year. Looking for more of the same in 2009. <em>Craig- I can certainly see why you chose this post. What a feast for the eyes. You have not only beautiful flowers in your garden but a talented eye on transforming them into a feast for the eye. Wishing you a prosperous and healthy New Year as well. Fran</em> Judging by the number of comments, the most popular post at Ellis Hollow in 2008 was my July bloom day scans: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=420

Thank you GGW crew for you design workshops and all your entertaining and informative blogging through the year. Looking for more of the same in 2009.

Craig-
I can certainly see why you chose this post. What a feast for the eyes. You have not only beautiful flowers in your garden but a talented eye on transforming them into a feast for the eye. Wishing you a prosperous and healthy New Year as well. Fran

]]> By: Ken from Sweden http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5746 Ken from Sweden Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:24:11 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5746 Hi eweryone My best is the one I posted now, the one with the differens from summer to winter on the same spot in the garden. Wish you al a Happy new gardenyear. Ken on Gardendreams <em>Dear Ken, Wow! How wonderful to see the stark difference in separate areas of a garden throughout the seasons. Your photos (and garden) are divine. Happy New Year to you and yours as well! Fran</em> Hi eweryone
My best is the one I posted now, the one with the differens from summer to winter on the same spot in the garden.
Wish you al a Happy new gardenyear.
Ken on Gardendreams

Dear Ken,
Wow! How wonderful to see the stark difference in separate areas of a garden throughout the seasons. Your photos (and garden) are divine. Happy New Year to you and yours as well! Fran

]]> By: Jon http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5745 Jon Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:27:16 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5745 Cool post....so true. Here's wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best in 2009! Jon at Mississippi Garden <em>Hey Jon- Thanks....and right back at you...a healthy and joyful 2009! Fran</em> Cool post….so true. Here’s wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best in 2009!

Jon at Mississippi Garden

Hey Jon-
Thanks….and right back at you…a healthy and joyful 2009! Fran

]]> By: Les http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816&cpage=1#comment-5744 Les Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:34:39 +0000 http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=2816#comment-5744 I must say that it is the one I posted yesterday, primarily because it is about a place special to me, but it also has some damn fine photos. <a href="http://atidewatergardener.blogspot.com/2008/12/season-of-brown-and-gray.html" rel="nofollow">The Season of Brown and Gray</a> <em> Les- Your photos are, indeed, magnificent, evocative and full of subtle emotion. If you wouldn't mind sharing with our readers how you captured such scenes (or do a post on ATideWaterGarden and let us know), it would be terrific. What a wonderful way for me to start my day! Fran</em> I must say that it is the one I posted yesterday, primarily because it is about a place special to me, but it also has some damn fine photos.

The Season of Brown and Gray

Les-
Your photos are, indeed, magnificent, evocative and full of subtle emotion. If you wouldn’t mind sharing with our readers how you captured such scenes (or do a post on ATideWaterGarden and let us know), it would be terrific. What a wonderful way for me to start my day! Fran

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