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    • About This Site

    Colleen Vanderlinden is the co-author (with Alison Beck) of Edible Gardening for the Midwest (Lone Pine Publishing, 2009). She’s also the organic gardening expert for About.com and PlanetGreen.com. She’s been published in Birds & Blooms and Mother Earth News.

    Colleen has been cited as an expert in reusing and recycling in the garden in the book How to Do Just About Everything Right the First Time (FC&A Publishing, 2008) and has been interviewed about starting seeds indoors on the Ask Farmer Phoebe telecourse. Author Maureen “Mo” Gilmer listed In the Garden Online as one of her recommended regional garden blogs in her book “The Small Budget Gardener.” (Cool Springs Press, 2010.)

    About In the Garden Online

    I started In the Garden Online in 2004 to help gardeners in Michigan and its neighboring Great Lakes states garden easier, better, and in a more ecologically-friendly way. The garden is such a source of happiness for me, but I kept hearing “it’s so much work,” “I kill plants,” or “what should I plant?” from my family and friends. I decided to do what I could to encourage gardening in my region. And I’m very happy to welcome visitors from other regions as well!

    If you’d like to contact me with questions or comments, please feel free. Leave a comment on a post, or email me at colleen at inthegardenonline dot com.

    You can also follow me on Twitter.

    If you’re new to In the Garden Online, may I direct you to some of my most popular posts?

    Posting Schedule:

    Monday: Garden History and Folklore

    Tuesday: How To…

    Wednesday: Garden Update/Wordless Wednesday

    Thursday: Book and Product Reviews

    Friday: Reusing/Recycling in the Garden

    Weekend: Crafts and Recipes from the Garden