7:08 p.m. Friday (Blogroll)

I've also published these to the ever-longer, ancient and venerable Garden Blogs list.

ragged radishes- an Otley allotment is "the gardening blog of a novice allotment owner... I’m plot no. 27 on the Burras site in Otley, West Yorkshire," blogs Lucy Crosbie. That's it, at right. (An allotment is one's very own plot in a community garden — there are allotment links on the blog if you want to know more.)

She writes,

I've recently taken on a really overgrown plot (over 5 years untouched) in Otley, West Yorkshire UK . My plan is to show people (even novices) what they can achieve and also allow me to look back in a few years and see just how much the site has come on.

There's a shed under way now.

Mediterranean Garden Spain: Colin writes,

This blog is about our Mediterranean Garden, in rural Alt Emporda district of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Just 25 kms from France and a similar distance from the Mediterranean coast of the Costa Brava. The micro climate is fashioned by the nearby Pyrenean mountain range as well as the sea.

The Mediterranean Garden is the development of the 14,000m2 of weed infested wilderness on which our Villa stands. Gardening on a grand scale on an almost a blank canvas.

Links to the house development Spain Villa and our life experiences A Fig from Figueres are included.

He overwintered cannas outdoors when temperatures dipped to 10 degrees F. I may try that...

In the Garden Online is both a blog and a site for Michigan gardeners, and it sports a fine autumn theme these days. I'll be back to browse her techniques and plant selections.

By George! - A Blog! is the work of George Brookbank of Tucson, Ariz.  George was an extension agent for years, has several books on Amazon and, until recently, wrote a desert gardening column for the Tucson Citizen. Now he's turned to the Web, and blogs at the Community Gardens of Tucson site.