This page began as a 2018 gardening-blog reading list. It is preserved here as an archive of that selection, with outdated personal biographies, unsupported rankings and stale employment claims removed. The sites cover different interests; they are not interchangeable sources for advice in every climate.
How to use the list
Choose a topic you want to explore, then check the date, location and context of an individual article. A garden diary can offer inspiration without providing a planting calendar for your region. Confirm pesticide, food-safety and technical construction advice through appropriate current sources before acting on it.
Some original addresses could not be verified during this update. Those entries remain as historical names without an active recommendation or link. An unsuccessful check does not establish that a publication has closed.
Cold Climate Gardening
Originally included for cold-climate gardening. The original address could not be verified during this update.
Garden Rant
Opinion, debate and garden-writing topics, with sections covering plants, design and gardening decisions. Read it for perspectives as well as practical subjects.
Veggie Gardening Tips
An original entry focused on vegetable gardening. The original address could not be verified during this update.
Growing with Plants
An original entry associated with plant growing and collecting. The original address could not be verified during this update.
PITH + VIGOR
Design and landscape writing, including connections between gardens, place and culture. Useful for considering what a garden is intended to do.
Growing the Home Garden
Vegetable gardening, raised-bed layouts and plant propagation are prominent categories. Start with the topic menu that matches your project.
Plants are the Strangest People
A plant-focused personal blog and archive. Check the date and species discussed before applying an older observation to your own plant.
Garden Therapy
Garden projects and creative uses of plants. Distinguish craft inspiration from growing requirements when choosing a project.
Gardening Gone Wild
Garden writing and photography from the original selection. Browse by topic rather than treating the whole archive as a single growing guide.
Your Small Kitchen Garden
Vegetable and fruit growing in home gardens. Match any planting schedule to your climate and available space.
North Coast Gardening
A gardening resource with a Pacific Northwest focus. Its regional context matters when considering plants elsewhere.
Out of My Shed
A garden-writing archive from the original UK-focused selection. Seasonal entries should be read in their location and date context.
Toronto Gardens
Garden observations connected with Toronto. This is a Canadian regional perspective, not a universal calendar for every climate.
A Way to Garden
Margaret Roach’s gardening and landscape resource, including articles and interviews. Use subject-specific entries to explore an issue in more depth.
Shawna Coronado
A gardening and lifestyle site from the original list. Evaluate individual growing suggestions separately from personal wellness or lifestyle material.
You Grow Girl
A gardening site and archive associated with the original urban-gardening selection. Older articles can be interesting while product and seasonal references may need checking.
Gardening with Confidence
Listed originally as Growing with Confidence; the referenced publication name was Gardening with Confidence. The old address could not be verified during this update.
Fresh Eggs Daily
An original poultry and garden-related entry. The old address could not be verified during this update.
Tilly’s Nest
Chickens, bees, gardening and crafts feature on this site. Animal-care advice needs to be checked for the species and local conditions involved.
Garden Betty
An original entry covering home growing and food. The old address could not be verified during this update.
The Small Town Gardener
An original garden-writing entry. The old address could not be verified during this update.
Red Dirt Ramblings
Garden writing and observations from the original selection. Look for the conditions and plants discussed rather than assuming the results transfer unchanged.
Growing Wisdom
An original gardening and seasonal-advice entry. The old address could not be verified during this update.
The Anxious Gardener
A personal gardening blog with observations and photographs. It is suited to browsing a gardener’s experience rather than treating every entry as a formal how-to.
Build a useful reading routine
Keep a short list organized by what you actually grow: vegetables, ornamentals, containers or regional landscape care. Save the individual article that helped, including its date, rather than only bookmarking a homepage. Compare advice with your soil, winter temperatures and summer heat before changing your garden.
The original list mixed garden diaries, design publications, food growing and poultry-related sites. That variety can be enjoyable, but a broad reading list is not evidence that every linked article has been independently tested or reviewed. Use it to find ideas and questions worth investigating.
