Thanks, Blotanists, for the Blotanical Awards!
The competition for the 2009 Blotanical Awards was much stiffer than for 2008’s inaugural awards at Blotanical, the social-networking site for garden bloggers. Therefore I’m particularly humbled and gratified that my peers awarded “Bloggies” to Digging in two categories: Best Texas Blog and Best Drought-Tolerant Blog.
It appears that my posts about gardening through Texas’s ongoing terrible drought have paid off: I’m known as the dried-up Texas garden blogger.
Just kidding! I’m truly delighted to have won, and I thank each person who voted for Digging. I also offer my congratulations to the other winners and to the very worthy runners-up. In particular, do check out the following blogs, which were nominated along with mine for Best Drought-Tolerant Blog (The Bicycle Garden, Lost in the Landscape, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, and The Gardens of Petersonville) and Best Texas Blog (Great Stems, Aunt Debbi’s Garden, The Bicycle Garden, and Zanthan Gardens). They are excellent and worthy reads. Thanks also to Stuart, Blotanical’s founder, for putting on the awards.
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Way to go, Pam! I’m so delighted for you! Your blog is just top-notch, that’s all there is to it, and you and your blog are absolute assets to the gardening community. Wins well deserved!
Hi Pam
Congrats on your drought tolerant award. I love visiting your blog as the plants you grow are so different to me.
Very well deserved, Pam. I love your blog – you had my vote!
Congratulations on your award. Must check out the others- 2 other Austin winners.
Well done Pam and well deserved. I’ve really enjoyed your blog since finding you on Blotanical.
Congratulations! Well deserved.
Congrat’s on all of your awards at Blotanical;-)
Congratulations on your award at Blotanical. It has gotten me over here to visit – and I appreciate that! 🙂 Love the cute photo on this post.
Congratulations Pam, your blog is wonderful.
Congratulations Pam! Both awards are well deserved. gail
Well deserved wins. Congratulations!
Aiyana
Congratulations on your well deserved win!
And wonderful that you mentioned the other bloggers in your category – they really deserve the shout out and show what a stiff competition it was. As a dry-California designer, I can’t believe how much practical information I’ve gotten from you and the others blogs in your categories. (Not to mention the comforting realization that I’m not alone.)
Congrats Pam, this is well-deserved. Your blog is influential. Barton Springs Nursery definitely benefits from your thoughts – sometimes after reading I run over there and buy plants. 🙂 Blog on.
Congrats! There really are an amazing number of gardening sites now – it’s quite fun. I especially like seeing gardens so different than my own – you Austin gardeners and your alkaline soils! We also take turns experiencing droughts and floods and freezes – it’s such an interesting community (and if only I had more time to visit sites!).
Thank you for your beautiful inspirational blog and great posts. You truly deserve two awards. You are also amazingly humble, an endearing quality.
Congratulations!
Congrats on your well deserved win.
Jen
Pam, I’m so happy for you. You deserve to be the best drought tolerant blogger, and I already knew you were my favorite Texas blogger (no offense to all my other Texas blogging friends, I just knew Pam first, before I ever posted a word). I love your writing, and consider you the best of friends. You simply must join GWA next year. I’ll be your mentor. It’s in Texas you know.~~Dee
You did it right and got what you deserved! All the best!
You were a shoo-in, Pam. You are most deserving of the awards, although as you said, there are so many wonderful sites now — voting required some serious thought! Well done!
Congratulations! So glad you won.
Contragulations Pam… Cheers, ~bangchik
opps, sorry wrong spelling. Congratulations Pam! …. cheers, ~bangchik
Pam, I love your blog! My votes went to you….CONGRATULATIONS! Well-deserved and truly inspiring!
Way to go Pam. Well deserved. Of course I am in agreement with everyone.
Congratulations Pam! Visiting your blog is always a joy.
Congrats, Pam! Digging is simply the best in both category, hands down. I took to your blog right away for its emphasis on the drought-tolerant plantings–not to mention all the wonderful photography. Digging is lovely to look at and chock full of helpful, solid information. I’ll be a fan as long as there’s a “Digging.”
And thanks for the link love!
Congratulations, Pam! I haven’t been able to log in for months now (in spite of resetting my password multiple times) but I BET it was stiff competition with all of the garden blogs around. Yours is definitely part of the “cream of the crop,” though, so I’m happy to see that you were recognized. 🙂 CONGRATS!
Way to go, a fabulous blog and amazing blogger as well!
Rosey
Congratulations on your Blotanical wins, Pam!
Everyone, thank you so much for your kind and generous comments. I am touched by your support. What a great community, and how lucky I am to be a part of it. —Pam
Pam-
Yeah!! You’re one of the best. Am thrilled that you received two awards. Congratulations! Fran
Heartfelt Congratulations Pam!
All of you Austinites should receive an extra award for surviving the summer of 2009!
Hugs, Linda
Congratulations, Pam… always a pleasure to visit your informative and pretty blog. Meems
Oh Pam, I’m just tickled to see you win these awards! Well deserved, my friend! Your photography is simply amazing and though I don’t get over here nearly as often as I’d like, whenever I do, I’m NEVER disappointed. Your agaves alone keep me coming back, you know. LOL! Warm congratulations to you! *hugs*
Pam, I wanted to stop in & tell you your photos are delicious, congratulations on the awards! I look forward to seeing more!
Pam, Congratulations! You deserve all the accolades and do keep up the good work. Cheers!
Congratulations!