Why Blotanical

Since publishing this post Blotanical is no longer active

Blotanical the gardeners friend

I started my Aberdeen gardening blog back in 2006, I really got in to it and it gave me satisfaction getting an occasional comment or request for help. It was my son in law who set up the WordPress blog which I used.

In February of last year I came across a site where I could build a website myself, perhaps I could make it look more interesting, add pages etc that I did not have the knowledge to do with wordpress at the time. Well anyway I named it gardeninginscotland and gave it a .com address. It did look shall we say flash, nevertheless stats, even after a year showed a considerable drop in visits, and comments all but stopped.

In spite of my insistence my son in law did not close down my aberdeengardening site, much to my delight. I gave it a little face lift added a few new pages and got going with it again.

This is where the fun started, in spite of what I have said so far, this is not an add for wordpress, good as they are. No, today I am singing the praises of  Blotanical. sadly no longer active

Today I will not add pictures of my own garden but those of friends.

Below is Sues balcony garden in Milan a fellow Blotanical member.

I was introduced to Blotanical last November by a very nice lady, if I remember correctly I had commented on one of her posts. Well anyway I was very impressed with her blog including  the visits and comments which she received. For a time I felt that she was my mentor. (do visit  The patient gardener.

Robert and Dawns Aberdeen Garden

After being accepted in to the blotanical hemisphere,I suppose I was a bit overwhelmed. Like anything new, it does take a little time to get your head