Garden Walk, Garden Talk

End of the Month Garden in May

Trollis ‘Golden Queen’

Hey, I have been talking about how my garden has been a bit of a bore for others to see on such a regular basis. As a followup post to Is Garden Blogging Dead, I decided to test a theory that was presented during a discussion we had at the Fling event a few weeks ago.

A garden blogger in attendance did say that photographing our own gardens might be why we hit upon nothing to blog about.  Also, I feel from my own experience, it may be one reason why we can experience a drop in readership because we may be relying on repetitive postings on our own gardens.

I have thought this for a while since starting my monthly weather calendar, not because I have a drop in viewership, but because my garden, being so tiny, might be a bit boring to see over and over, month after month,  season after season. Others may not find this, but I have been seeing my posts have fewer readers where I show my own garden, compared to when I post on other topics or gardens.

Monthly traffic

This got me thinking if he might be right, so I thought to test it out during the heaviest blogging time of the year, going head to head with all those wonderful garden images from the Fling. Continue reading →