Have any of you bloggers out there ever sat down and really gone through your traffic logs? I'm not talking about your main traffic sources, I'm more interested in the stuff way at the bottom of the stats. I've found some interesting search phrases in my logs that make me wonder what kind of loony people are using Google. . . .

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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-09-05, 06:15:44

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Last week readership here tripled, as a couple of articles appeared in Energy Bulletin, and readers belonging to social networking and bookmarking sites shared posts to their readers.  Wow! Thank you to all of you who are users of: Reddit StumbleUpon Newsvine Del.icio.us Digg Facebook Ma.gnolia I am still learning about these sites, but I am growing to appreciate them [...]

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Posted by Melinda Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-09-04, 06:01:17

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So lately I've been feeling like my horizon has disappeared. And I'm somewhere in the horse latitudes. I feel adrift with no sense of if I'm moving forward or backward or standing completely still. Not necessarily panicked or anything, but a definite sense of "I'm not where I want to be at this point in my life". So I haven't been blogging. Just lots of taking stock and thinking. . . .

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Posted by meresy_g Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-09-04, 05:57:06

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Summer is winding down - although I don't think it really reached its full potential this year. We had more rain than we have ever had for many, many years. This is the first time in ages that we haven't had that brown lawn look in August. . . .

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Posted by Crafty Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-09-02, 05:28:57

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Posted by lisa Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-30, 06:14:32

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Over at Clay and Limestone Gail was wondering how blogs got their names. Other bloggers have participated so I thought I would add my two cents worth.

For me it was very easy. I've always used the name Crafty Gardener at message boards and my personal website craftygardener.ca

I love crafting and I love gardening ... hence my name was created. When I first set up my blog I went through several names trying to find one that fit. I finally settled on The Gardener Side and then The Crafty Side so that I could blog about both sides of my name. . ..

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Posted by Crafty Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-30, 06:12:28

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Date: Sunday, September 7th Time: Noon to 4pm Location: Meridian Park {click here for a map} Details: Potluck Picnic! Please bring a dish (appetizer, main dish or dessert) made from local goodies to share. Plus BYO drinks, reusable utensils, plates, and napkins. The park has plenty of open space and a play structure where children [...]

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Posted by Melinda Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-29, 06:05:32

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-28, 06:14:36

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Brenda, from The Brenda Blog, showed a photo of where she creates her blog posts and was wondering where other blog friends do their work. It is going to be fun looking into the personal workspace of others. Gee, I wonder ... did they tidy up their space before taking the photo. . .

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Posted by Crafty Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-26, 05:48:51

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Not exactly Michael Phelps territory but I’ll take it. A site listing the top 100 Architectural blogs(International Listings), has listed me in their top 10 Landscape Blogs, about halfway down. It is a very comprehensive list of sites related to architecture and design. To be mentioned with Land+Living, the Dirt and others on that top 10(part of [...]

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Posted by Rick Anderson Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-20, 06:04:08

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This is my 500th post for this blog. A milestone of some sorts I guess.





Last weekend we went back to the wholesale nursery because they were having a dollar sale. Of course the dollar plants were not the ones we wanted so we ended up spending a lot of green again. As I went to pay for our largess, I saw a hot pepper poster which did not include the world's hottest pepper the Bhut Jolokia. I mentioned to the owner that I was trying to grow some from seed. He was skeptical and asked me where I obtained my seeds. . . .

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Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Ki) Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs, peppers on 2008-08-20, 05:52:14

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Hello? Anybody out there?

It’s been a record 34 days since my last post. I wish I could say it’s because my summer has been full of jaunts to Europe and glorious days spent picnicking, skinny dipping, and sipping gin and tonics in my garden. . .

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Posted by Andrea Bellamy Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-20, 05:46:19

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Just about to leave
Originally uploaded by Garden Keeper

After learning to blog here, I've decided to opt for a slight upgrade in blogging sites. I'll be posting on this site from now on.

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Posted by Garden Keeper Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-19, 05:45:11

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I recently submitted Playing in the Dirt to a directory of eco-friendly blogs called “Best Green Blogs“.  I’m proud to report that not only was this site included in the directory, but it was given the designation of Editor’s Choice!

Timothy Latz, Editor of Best Green Blogs describes Playing in the Dirt:

Playing In The Dirt is one of the original gardening blogs publishing since 2004. If you have a green thumb and are interested in networking with other gardeners who blog, then PITD is a wonderful resource for that.

Thanks, Timothy!  I’m happy to be part of such an excellent resource for green-focused content on the web.

Advertisement: Maybe Mommy A 31-year-old wanna-be mom, asks herself, “Whoa, can we DO THIS?”

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Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-19, 05:31:44

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Posted by Nickie Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-19, 05:29:00

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"the garden is a love song a duet between a
human being and mother nature."
Jeff Cox

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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs, flowers on 2008-08-18, 06:12:16

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I'm just waiting for things to get back into a routine here after a three-day weekend spent geocaching in beautiful urban Kendallville, Indiana, followed by two days of working, one night spent at Jenna and Joe's, and seven-mile and four-mile runs on Sunday and Tuesday. I'm kinda tired.

But once again, there's much to blog about - new things since the last time I got behind and posted a list. I've got some nice photos taken at Earth Girl's haunt, the Gene Stratton-Porter Historical Site. We visited there on Saturday and enjoyed the beautiful weather for a stroll through the wildflower gardens and a tour of the cabin. . . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-14, 07:43:45

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Buzzzzy- workin' hard and no time for blogging :(

Just nu går all tid till att vattna, vattna och vattna och annars är det jobba, jobba och jobba och det finns ingen tid till bloggandet :(

Men snart skall det bli ordning på torpet igen!

Vi ses/ TYRA

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Posted by Tyra in Vaxholm Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-08-01, 06:09:44

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Now that we’re settled in the new pad here at One Green Generation - and there have been several new subscribers of late - I just wanted to make sure everything was working well in your feeds. I received an email a while back that Bloglines was still linking to the old blog. . .

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Posted by Melinda Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-31, 06:14:30

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Let’s set the stage a bit.

In the world of the Internet, links have been seen as currency. A link from a site with a higher Google PageRank than yours is a good thing. So if your site is ranked as a 2 and you get an inbound link from a 5, life is good. Your ranking and authority with Google goes up and over time, you’ll get more traffic. So incoming links have some value. . . .

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Posted by Doug Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-25, 07:01:25

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Last several months forced me to compromise on many things as there was too much going on at the same time in life. I poked my head at once in several things at once which included professional up gradation and increased responsibilities on my work front. And thus, I had to be away from two of my greatest stress busters – gardening and blogging. It was especially the latter which I rued missing most. Over the time giving and receiving comments, blog hopping, writing posts, photography from a bloggers’ perspective etc have become an essential way of life. . . .

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Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Green thumb) Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-23, 05:54:08

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  Ok, I’ve mentioned it before. Now it’s time. Come one, come all, it’s time for a local blogger meet-up!   I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of meeting the Shibaguyz. And Laura. And Lesley. I have plans in the works to meet with the great Crunchy Chicken. But I know there are. . .

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Posted by Melinda Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-23, 05:53:39

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Well, I'm back. I was going to take the rest of the summer off from blogging and focus on my career but my career is just too boring. The plan was to read a lot of programming books (I build corporate intranet sites for a living, you know IT stuff), take some training courses and update my certifications and get back into consulting but I that would have been a miserable summer.

I'm still going to update my skillset and look for consulting spots but I'm going to blog about compost while I'm doing it.

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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening, blogs, compost on 2008-07-22, 05:53:55

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So this is my 100th post. I know that after having this blog for over two years that I should have hit the 100th blog post a while ago but I was a bit of a slacker. I would like to think that if you compare me now to when I posted my original blog post on Monday, July 24th of 2006 it would be obvious that a few of my skills have improved. My photography skills, my gardening skills. I am in the few final rounds of obtaining my degree. . ..

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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-21, 05:15:25

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It was a busy week on the garden blogs. Here are the posts that piqued my interest this past week: Dee at Red Dirt Rambling shares the less pretty side of...

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-21, 05:10:55

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Well not 100% sure there is not a younger garden blogger out there but at the ripe age of 6 pretty sure Megan is in close competition. You can check out "Megan's Garden" at http://www.megansgarden.com. Now I must warn you that this blog is written by a 6 year old that does not use a spell checker so if you may need to read phonetically which can be a fun challenge to see garden blogging from a child's perspective.

If you have any serious issues translating feel free to post in the comments and I can translate.

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Posted by The Cheap Vegetable Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-18, 05:56:50

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It's been a long time. Many things have gotten in the way of blogging. Life in general and things swiftly changing. But one thing hasn't changed. We still garden. We have a pretty productive garden so far this year. I hope that I can post more soon.

Blessings,

Katina Mooneyham

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Posted by Katina Mooneyham Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-18, 05:56:16

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Posted by sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-15, 05:43:58

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Here are some of the posts that got me thinking this past week, courtesy of some of my favorite garden bloggers: Katie from GardenPunks wrote a post about what happens when...

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-14, 04:58:28

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Welcome to the new blog!! A Brief Blurb About Us We are Matt and Melinda. In a nutshell, we are on a quest for the most sustainable lifestyle we can find. Generally I (Melinda) am the writer here, though Matt has been known to write a few brilliant words, too. We share our. . .

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Posted by Melinda Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-11, 06:28:27

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I am posting this from my parents' house because my internet service has been down for going on three days now. We had some bad storms go through here and I suspect this is the reason for the down time. In any case, I'm chomping at the bit here, because I have blog posts I need to post, as well as other internet things to do. . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-11, 06:27:10

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Yikes, it has been awhile. I blame apathy and finding time after work to blog. Not that much is going on it the garden either. I'm minding the heat and humidity a lot more this year. And if there's one thing the summers in DC are, it is hot and humid. . .

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Posted by millionbells Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs, flowers on 2008-07-11, 06:26:35

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I am a Snapdragon What Flower Are You?

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Posted by weeder1 Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs, whimsy on 2008-07-07, 06:55:58

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I'm going to be taking a break from blogging for a while so that I can focus on my career. Unfortunately blogging doesn't pay the bills. If I start back up again it'll probably be sometime in the fall.
Happy Composting!

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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-03, 06:33:14

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I've got several blog posts I'm working on furiously - all in various states of done-ness so you may see several days of no posts followed by many in one day - you'll love ;-)
Happy belated Canada Day to all my north-of-the-border friends and an early Happy Independence Days to my fellow US citizens!
Enjoy your holiday weekend!
- Kathy

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Posted by WashingtonGardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-03, 06:21:39

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I have not abandoned you, dear ol' blog. I just have so much more to write about than time to write it. Trying to get the house and garden ready for the family coming over on the 4th. I will be sure to post pictures so you can join in on the beer, BBQ, and bird scaring!

Happy 4th of July!

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Posted by Wicked Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-03, 06:19:00

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Apologies to all for the goofy layout on the web post yesterday. Something is haywire with the code, maybe from the photos…….anyway, bear with while I try to straighten it out. Thanks.

Post from: Idaho Gardener

goofy looking web page

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Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-02, 06:39:29

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Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-07-01, 06:28:38

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It's been a busy week in the blogosphere. Veggie gardens are offering their bounty, perennials are in all their showy glory, and all of those plans we made during the...

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-06-09, 06:29:42

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Do these numbers mean anything to bloggers?

GWA has released some numbers that say that 23% of “gardeners” read blogs and of these 27% read gardening blogs occasionally and 5% read them frequently.

Let’s run those numbers to see how we’re all doing with our subscriber numbers. . ..

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Posted by Doug Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-06-03, 06:34:07

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Another gardening season is upon us, and after much consideration, Garden Gremlin is back for another year. It almost wasn’t. The enthusiasm for gardening is still there. I still feel the same excitement in spring, at the start of the growing season. There’s that slight sense of disbelief, now tempered [...]

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Posted by gremlin Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-06-03, 06:27:57

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Dreams and Bones was three years old on Sunday. I like to acknowledge these things because I believe there is way too little celebration in the world.


I think back on the lifespan of garden blogs. I miss Judith and Liz. Their blogs were beacons for me. But each month there are new bloggers out there with fresh insights and energy. My own commitment to the practice has flagged this past year. I am afraid it is what it is.


But for what it is worth, I am back in the saddle and ready to engage another full season. For those of you who have been "lurking," please leave a comment so I can find my way to YOU.

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-05-29, 06:27:03

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Whoops.

Apparently we had an influx of visitors over the last couple of days, and Elements In Time exceeded it’s bandwidth! Sorry, for those of you who tried to visit and couldn’t get here. A big thanks to Chile for pointing out the problem!!

And welcome, all you new visitors!. . .

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