July 26, 2010: The property (see below) has a contract on it and we have moved to Massachusetts. Our first move above the Mason-Dixon line and I'm sure it will be a gardening shake-up.
Still attempting to update the website every other week (although not successfull lately because of the move, and still working on a blog and forum.
May 31, 2010: We're back from hiking Camino de Santiago. Saw lots of trees, wildflowers, birds, snails, slugs, and farm crops that we could not identify. When you are carrying everything you need on your back, a heavy field guide is not among the priorities, unfortunately. Also, there is lots of identification lost in translation.
late March 2010: Attempting to update the website every other Monday.
We're added new pages on Billbergia, Gasteria, Swamp Lily, Night Blooming Cereus, as well as a bunch of new articles on birds, spiders, and other wildlife. Also a bunch of articles we previously wrote but were not published on emily pages on Florida gardening. All of these can be found indexed on our Featured Articles page.
Three new book reviews (not new books, but some of our favorites) are on our books index: Secrets of the Soil, Secret Life of Plants, and Hot House Flower.
Next we want to experiment with a search facility for our pages to make it easier to find articles. We are also researching blogs and forums. Leaning toward forums.
mid-January 2010: We have completely rewritten the pages of EmilyCompost using CSS and Dreamweaver. We still have much to learn and some pages are still botched due to our learning curve.
We're up to date with Emily's mail, and are adding new content.
We ended 2009 with just over 35,000 visitors a month and very happy about that. Thanks to you all.
December 2009: It seems like we are always explaining why the EmilyCompost web site is not updated more often, or why we are so behind in our e-mail responses.
We have also converted from Windows and MS FrontPage to an i-Mac and Dreamweaver. With that will come some difficult learning, but also some enhancements to our web pages (if we don't destroy them in the process - let us know if any pages look bizzare on your browser).
And then there are challenges in the garden (see photo from last year's snow) both landscaping and veggies.
Our houseplants are doing exceptionaly well this winter, having learned from last winter's mistakes. The plants in the small greenhouse are doing well with a space heater to keep the temperatures over 45F.
On the other hand, this 11 acre property in NC is for sale. Who can tell what the future holds?
Wish us the best.
