Manchester City Library

I’m always interested in websites that target certain hobbies and give hobbyists a place on the internet to communicate and share tips, questions, discussions, photos… whatever is appropriate. It used to be that we would only share our love for knitting with folks who also knitted and lived within a drive away. Now, with the internet, our communities can be based purely on interest and no longer restricted by geography.

The opportunities are way beyond myspace and facebook - people share music or radio, photos, fiber-arts, books, and now, gardening. My heart lightened a bit when the new community of gardeners emerged in my feeds last week. Currently in public beta, MyFolia “is dedicated to the art (and science) of gardening - from tracking your own plants, to seeing who is also growing the same things you are.” My third floor condo limits my own growing to 8 inch pots, but I plan to follow their blog and hope someone some open space will try it and let me know how it goes.