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Where Have All the Veg Plots Gone?

By Mwillis
Is it just my perception, or are there 10 times as many blogs about flower-gardens as there are about veg-patches? It certainly seems that way to me. At the risk of sparking off a gender war, I also reckon that the vast majority of flower-gardeners are female, and the vast majority of veg-growers are male. What do you think? And could there be a link here: The female of the species may perhaps be better at communication (e.g. writing a blog), whereas the male may dominate where brute force and ignorance is required (e.g. digging the allotment)! What do you think?
Where have all the Veg Plots gone?
You know that my primary horticultural interest is in veg-growing, and because of this I have recently been searching around to find a few more like-minded veg-bloggers with whom to interact, but to be honest I haven't found many. Don't get me wrong; it's not that I dislike flowers, or that I consider them too girlie. It's just that I prefer growing edible things. It would be nice therefore to have some meaningful conversations with other people who grow veg. Do you have any recommendations for me?
Where have all the Veg Plots gone?
On a related theme... I have observed that many blogs don't last very long. The blogger starts off in a fit of enthusiasm and writes once or twice a week for maybe 3 or 4 months, and then the posts become thinner and rarer, and then fizzle out altogether. I have seen this happen several times with bloggers who I thought would be "stayers", only to be disappointed again. Having said that of course, many of my favorite bloggers have been blogging for years and years! Maybe that's the point - once you get past a certain point, blogging becomes part of your life and ceasing it is no longer an option? So anyway, whilst I am really happy to keep on corresponding with my well-established blogging friends, I am also looking to broaden my horizons during 2015. This is why I want you to recommend to me your favorite vegetable-garden bloggers...
Where have all the Veg Plots gone?
Oh, and to prove that I don't JUST do veg...
Where have all the Veg Plots gone?

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