Comments on: Blogging as Farming – How to Grow a Bumper Blogging Crop

By: Maria Batongbakal

Maria Batongbakal — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:55:48 +0000

Thank you. You always manage to explain this blogging world in a way that we’ll walk away with something positive. As a newbie, I always felt like stumbling into OZ without the wicked witch.

Cheers!

By: Castor Oil

Castor Oil — Sat, 20 May 2006 03:46:16 +0000

Nice comparison…but I think there are many, many things that we do that can be compared to farming…which was one of the reasons that we have a term “hunting and farming”…that is, hunting is more of a sprint, while farming is more like a marathon…hunting is quick, and success to a significant extent depends on one’s skills alone, while farming requires patience and a good dose of luck from external factors…

But I do agree, within web activities, blogging appears to have more in common with farming than many other activities

PO, Plant Oils A-Z

By: Jenfier

Jenfier — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:06:27 +0000

Oh come on! you must be kidding. Apparently I don’t see any similarities between a blogger and a farmer. ha-ha!

By: AgWired » Comparing Blogging To Farming

AgWired » Comparing Blogging To Farming — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:59:57 +0000

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By: Holland

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By: Vix

Vix — Fri, 06 May 2005 01:16:35 +0000

Excellent article. As with an entreprenurial ‘adventure’, perseverance and dedication are definately key traits.

By: hyku | blog

hyku | blog — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:27:15 +0000

Blogs and Agriculture: I Knew That College Would Pay Off

Wayne Hulbert writes about comparing blogging to agriculture. The inspiration for his post is a two part series found on Pro Blogger about agriculture and blogs. Wayne says: I have long believed that agriculture and farming were ideal industries to…

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 03 May 2005 22:21:52 +0000

thanks Jennifer – changed

By: Jennifer Grucza

Jennifer Grucza — Tue, 03 May 2005 20:51:48 +0000

I hope you mean “fertile environments”, not “futile environments”! :)

By: Return Customer » Cultivate Your Business and Customers

Return Customer » Cultivate Your Business and Customers — Tue, 03 May 2005 13:44:25 +0000

[...] Darren over at Problogger.net recently drew some wonderful parallels between blogging and farming. Shortly after reading [...]

By: Shai Coggins

Shai Coggins — Tue, 03 May 2005 02:30:03 +0000

You are a genius, Darren! This post is fantastic. Quite timely for me too because I just decided to go in to “farm-blogging” in a more serious, entrepreneural way. And your analogies are spot on. Great work! (and nice farmer photo :-))…

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Tue, 03 May 2005 01:51:17 +0000

We have record rains here in WA over the last few days that the farmers are saying are the best start to the seeding season in a decade, is this a good omen for blogging activities :-)

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 02 May 2005 23:24:15 +0000

Thanks people – appreciate your kind words.

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Mon, 02 May 2005 23:20:51 +0000

Darren, you’re an inspiration. I hope you know that, as I mean it sincerely. If you take no pleasure from anything else in your work (which I sincerely hope you do), take pleasure from knowing that you are making a positive impact in a number of our lives.

Thanks

By: Wayne Hurlbert

Wayne Hurlbert — Mon, 02 May 2005 20:10:33 +0000

I have long believed that agriculture and farming were ideal industries to add a blog component to their operations as well. A blog would be particularly powerful for market gardeners, organic farmers, purebred livestock breeders, pedigreed seed growers, and any producer who markets a product directly to other farmers or consumers.

The farming and blogging analogy is the type of leap that aids in creative thinking. Finding two seemingly unrelated items or industries and discovering the parallels leads to many new insights and ideas, that benefit those who take the time to consider them.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:49:04 +0000

Darren, is your other full time job a mind reader?

haha, I was just thinking man, I am feeling so run down, no inspiration and then I come to your blog, and *BAM!*, I get a good dose of reality.

Thanks for the wake up call. It’s always to hear others experiences, that’s what really makes blogs enjoyable, sharing in the good and bad.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:27:01 +0000

Great parallels between farming and blogging! It is amazing the lessons we can learn by opening our eyes and looking around.