The March / April issue ofNorthern Gardenerincludes a profile of Minnesota garden blogger Amy Andrychowicz of theGet Busy Gardening blog . It was fun to meet Amy and see her suburban garden in Chaska . I love the style her vegetable garden is set up , and she inspired me to start a few more annuals from seed this year .
Blogging about your garden has several benefits . First , it ’s a great way to share what you are doing and get wind , to commiserate about thing that do n’t go well and to celebrate those that do . It ’s also an ideal way for someone who is on the computer a lot anyway to keep record about their garden . I ’ve had a personal garden blog , My Northern Garden , since 2007 and it ’s wild to see how too soon or late our Minnesota springs can be . The blog has help me figure out my soil and sun situation better and it ’s permit me to share photograph of plants , which I really enjoy take on . This blog was make in 2012 to share more of the information that the Minnesota State Horticultural Society has . Since then , there have been just shy of 300 Post on this blog and almost 100,000 sojourn . ( Our most popular post ever wasthis oneabout begin a vegetable garden . )
But there are many wonderful Minnesota garden blogs . Here are a few of my favorite :
Garden blogger at work!
Northern horticulture — Terry Yockey ’s website and blog about her unbelievable garden in Red Wing has been around since the nineties . block by for lots of rock-and-roll - solid advice and inspiring photos .
Renegade Gardener — Don Engebretson is a author ( he write Northern Gardener ’s design pillar ) , speaker ( check him out at the Minneapolis Home Show , if you are there ) and landscaper . Great advice , no bull .
Garden Drama — Northern Gardener ’s How - to columnist Eric Johnson write about DIY , flora and blueprint . He has a Quran , too .
Everyday Gardener — Meleah Maynard , who writes about perennials for Northern Gardener , has a web log geared toward urban gardeners with lots of down - to - earth basic principle include .
The Garden Buzz — Plot to Plate columnist Rhonda Fleming Hayes has a attractively photographed blog about gardening , particularly for food and bee .
The Blundering Gardener — Many people know Bonnie Blodgett from her gardening column in the SundaySt . Paul Pioneer Pressand her volume , Remembering Smell , but she has a dainty web log , too , and a newssheet .
6 Foot Mamais the web log of Hennepin County Master Gardener Jennifer Ebeling . She write about horticulture , family lifespan and home ribbon in her web log . She also host a weekly podcast which often is an consultation with an generator . Good stuff .
Garden Biteis the web log and radio show of Terri Knight , who is also host ofDig - In Minnesota , a great garden show that you could view on the web and sometimes on TV .
Paula ’s Patch — Food , gardening from the northern suburbs .
The Green Girls — This is the seasonal garden web log by the gallon at the Star Tribune .
TheU of M Yard and Garden blogincludes update from the U ’s scientist and pedagog . It ’s written for Master Gardeners , but there is lots of entropy with check out .
— Mary Lahr Schier
