links

These links are from sites that we dig. They are also from some people who helped us along the way.

Chickens

• Urban Chicken Adventure. An amazing blog that describes one woman's adventure with her backyard chickens.

Cooking Blog

• 101 cookbooks. This is just the most beautiful blog I have seen in a while. The pictures are insane and the recipes make you drool. After you grow veggies in your garden go to this site to make something out of them other than stir-fry.

gardening blog

• A small holder's diary. Mark runs this fun blog about gardening, cats and has recipes throughout.
• VintageGardenGal.com. Bonnie is one cool lady- her blog Vintagegardengal.com has a huge amount of information and beautiful pictures. She says her blog is, "Cultivating the best of gardening, vintage containers, home-grown food, and the vineyard lifestyle."

gardening blogs

• A Gardener in Progress. A seriously fun and creative blog to inspire your gardening desires!
• digging. An Austin-area blog with stunning photography with garden themes.
• Flora Grubb Gardens - The Blog. This is a great blog to see cutting edge garden design... be sure to check out the cool examples of vertical gardening!
• Flower Garden Girl. A gardening blog with tons and tons of information and interviews!
• Gardenista. An Austin-area blog that's right up our alley, with themes of sustainable living and eating locally.
• Great Stems. Another Austin area blog having photography with thoughtful and unusual themes, often with a humorous touch.
• Home Garden Ideas. Colleen, a passionate gardener talks about her experiences in her new blog.
• Idaho Gardener. A gardening blog by a super cool lady in Boise, ID. She also is known as the "Dirt Diva" for The River Radio 94.9 in Boise. What a rockstar!
• Mooseys Country Garden. This is a funny site from New Zealand run by "moosey" the head gardener and her son "eggy". They have tons of information about everything from A to Z with lots of humor splashed in. Great place to roam
• Zanthan Gardens. One of the oldest garden blogs in Texas.

grower/ supplier

• Willow Creek Gardens. Willow Creek Gardens was created to help gardeners, knowledgeable folks, and novices succeed by offering proven varieties, robust plants and bulbs, detailed planting information and responsive service.

Kids gardening blog

• Carrots and Kids. This blog is amazing if you have kids and are looking for great gardening projects to do with them. The pictures are amazing and it is really a fun blog.

Outdoor living resources

• Premiere Fire Pits. This website features some great fire pits in all different shapes, sizes and price ranges for your outdoor space.

SItes for Eating

• Dishola - Reviews by the Dish. Great foodie site! We've received some great advice and inspiration from these folks. And, how cool is it to see reviews by the dish??

Sustainable Living Blogs

• The Ward House. This blog is all about the three R's. Annette is a thoughtful and thought provoking writer giving tons of information about being a self sustaining household with two teenagers. Living in Hot Springs, VA she gives us a great sense of what life might be like if we all did our little part.
• Your Green Ability. A great resource for Green News, Alternative Energy Ideas and Eco- Products.