I try to publish a blogpost just about every day but sometimes it just doesn't work out.
This can be for a variety of reasons. First of all I might be away somewhere without internet access. Secondly, I might be busy at home with something - family occasions etc.. Thirdly, I might simply forget to blog. Fourthly, I might not be able to think of anything to write. Fifthly, I might simply be feeling lazy. Sixthly, I might have been teleported to The Planet Zog by aliens. Fortunately or unfortunately, the last one has not happened...yet.
I may not be quite as prolific as blogging legends Mary Moon, Crozier Magnon, Steve Reed, John Gray or Bob Slatten but I am not far behind. This is my record for the first six years of this decade
2020 - 340 blogposts
2021 - 316 blogposts
2022 - 345 blogposts
2023 - 355 blogposts
2024 - 359 blogposts
2025 - 352 blogposts
These figures are much higher than when I first started blogging. My first full year in the blogosphere was 2006:-
2006 - 125 blogposts
2007 - 110 blogposts
2008 - 115 blogposts
2009 - 132 blogposts
2010 - 196 blogposts
After all these years, I still cannot quite believe that nowadays I find something to blog about almost every day.
Today, I could have bored you with a detailed account of my work up at the vegetable patch.
The weather forecast strongly suggests that we will not experience any more frosts as this Yorkshire spring turns into summer. Besides, I had a feeling in my bones that today was the day to do my planting out.
I had grown sixteen runner bean plants from seed on a table in our sunny front bedroom along with five courgette plants (American: zucchini) so on this mild Monday afternoon, I was up there getting my hands dirty after filling our wheelbarrow with nutritious and well rotted homemade compost to give the baby plants the best possible start. I am just hoping the local wood pigeons do not get them.
Now, if you will excuse me, I need to return to the vegetable patch with two filled watering cans. My babies will be thirsty after the trauma of being transplanted.
I have just picked a few more green beans and our first tomato. It is fine and fat and I am looking forward to enjoying it. Very few things are as rewarding to me as gardening. As I am sure you know by now.
ReplyDeleteYou may have horrible summer heat in Florida but you have got a very loooooooooooooooong growing season.
DeleteI don't post nearly as often as I used to and my content has changed a lot over the years. (as has my readership, though I have a couple of commenters who've been there all along) I do have another blog (which would not interest you since it deals with faith) that I posted on daily for eight years. I'm afraid I live far too boring of a life to write every day.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean Faith Hill?
DeleteIt looks quite sunny there in Zog Land. Where can I buy a ticket?
ReplyDeleteYou have to chosen by by The Zogites and you must purchase a bright blue cap with these words on the front "Make Zog Great Again". It will suit you JayCee.
DeleteWell, good for you, Mr. P. I have just come inside from covering six new flowering plants that I put in the ground this past weekend. (well, I hired some wonderful people to install them....I'm not quite up to that task, it seems) The six veggie plants ready for the veggie garden are "hardening off" in the garage and will be planted tomorrow after a forecasted freeze tonight. But, it has rained on and off all day. Thank the universe!
ReplyDeleteI would rather worship The Universe than the mythical being they call God.
DeleteWell, you know I am never bored hearing about planting! Yeah, beware those pigeons. They bit the heads of two of my cosmos. Grrrrr...
ReplyDeleteCan't you get them arrested? A fox killed a pigeon in our garden yesterday. There were feathers all over but I was not inclined to mourn.
DeleteAm I prolific, or just mouthy? I can't tell sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBoth. You have a gob on you like The Lincoln Tunnel!
DeleteI cut a dying bloom off my cyclamen this morning. That's my gardening effort for the week, plus I must the same plant later in the week. It never stops.
ReplyDeleteI thought that a cyclamen was a female body part.
DeleteI'm sure that many people will know the feeling you describe. Sometimes the well goes dry when it comes to finding topic. You seem to have no problems in finding a topic.
ReplyDeleteI am like a butterfly - flitting from one topic to another. You don't do too bad yourself Red!
DeleteI find the more I write, the more I write. I wonder if that's a factor in your prolificity.
ReplyDeleteThere will be quite a record for future generations of Puddings to ponder
Oh crap! I have not visited you in a while Kylie. I will be over in a jiffy cobber!
DeleteI'm waiting until Thursday. Five "crown prince" squash, one courgette (no name) and twenty sweetcorn plants called "Incredible" . They are incredible, so sweet and tender.
ReplyDeleteI love growing things. In a world of such anger, hate and constant change the soil is always there, always the same. No upgrades needed. No newer version needed.
If we lived closer I would ply you with homemade jam and fresh veggies!
Husband informs me the football is definitely going ahead. Hope the "Tigers" do you proud!
Is Husband a mystic? He knows more about the Sweet F.A.s disciplinary hearing than any Hull City fan currently does. They should change the name of those sweetcorn seeds to "Christina" - sweet and tender.
DeleteYou old sweet talker, you. š
DeleteWhat's with the "old" Grandma?
DeleteI challenged myself to post daily, to force myself to write more.
ReplyDeleteYou have a positive "can do" spirit David.
DeleteIt's a busy time of year for gardeners (but isn't it always?), and I hope your efforts will be rewarded when you can harvest those zucchini (we call them that in German, too) and beans.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is part of my life, but most weeks I don't manage to write more than one or two posts. Work keeps me busy, and after having spent a long day staring at computer screens the last thing I want to do after work is spend MORE time at a computer. Therefore, most of my blogging happens in the morning before I start work.
Thank you for simply "being there" as a trusted blog buddy.
DeleteI remember posting a lot when I first began but the river ran dry after a few years. I always like reading about what people are planting, I hope your plants do well.
ReplyDeleteHo-ho-ho! The "River" ran dry! Better top up with a few tinnies Elsie!
DeleteYou are indeed a prolific excellent writer, I don't know how you keep up a daily posting. I have figured out for myself one posting every other day but it doesn't always happen.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind compliment Thelma. I appreciate that very much. I am sorry that I do not visit your blog every day but when I do I find appealing difference there.
DeleteMy average is probably more like 3-4 posts per week but it has varied a bit over the years. Even when not writing myself I still usually read some other people's blogs on my tablet, so on the whole visiting the Blogworld is very much part of my daily routine.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is like an intimate window on the world. It takes me out of Sheffield and takes you out of Boras.
DeleteI couldn't blog every day as there is so much else for me to do. As a widow, I have to do twice the work of most people just to keep the home and garden tidy. Then there are the hobbies that take me away from home. Blogging once a week is enough for me.
ReplyDelete"Hobbies that take me away from home..." Oh yes Addy, how are you doing with the deep sea diving and the train spotting?
DeleteNow, now. Play nicely
DeleteI apologise for any lasting hurt my previous comment may have unwittingly caused you.
DeleteI will echo with what Thelma said above. You are a great writer and I always enjoy reading your take on things. I have enjoyed getting to know other fellow bloggers around the world. However, I only post about once a week, which works for me.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your kindness Michael. I am not entirely sure why but I always look forward to reading your blogposts. It is never a chore.
DeleteBlogging is often a form of thinking aloud, and there's nothing wrong with that. I like having glimpses of other people's minds, though some I can think of are rather self-pitying on occasions. I know, I'm heartless.
ReplyDeleteIf my blog was "thinking aloud" I would be barred!
DeleteGood luck with your veggies. Hope you get a good crop to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all of the posts! I've enjoyed a lot of them. :)
It's nice that you keep calling in Ellen. You emit a pleasant, positive vibe.
DeleteMy blogging efforts are well down on yours. Just 1-2 a week so far this year. Still an improvement on previous years.
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