Over in the sidebar there’s been a link to Blotanical for a while now, but I’ve never explained what it is.
Blotanical is a directory for garden blogs – so it’s a great place to find new stuff to read if your favourite garden blogger is currently outside enjoying the sunshine too much to make any new posts. There’s links to blogs from all over the world, in lots of different languages, and on every possible gardening topic.
Blotanical is also a social networking site for bloggers. You can Favourite blogs, and bloggers, and you have a profile page where you can fill in stuff about you. You can send and receive messages, and Pick your favourite blog posts of the day to encourage other people to read them.
There’s even a system of Profile Points, and you can points for leaving and receiving messages, picking posts, and having people visit your My Plot profile page. As you gain points you progress through the Botanical ranks. I’m still stuck on newbie status – I’m a Blotanist – because I don’t have a lot of time to spend on the site and I’m still trying to figure out how some of the features work.
So if you’re a garedening junkie in search of some new blogs to read, check it out! Oh, and Blotanical has a custom Google search, too, to help you find even more gardening goodness.