Paul Barden has, for many years, maintained a marvelous web site he created about all things roses. He has just posted to Garden Web he is shuttering it on January 1. Here is his announcement.
"I regret to annouce…
Paul Barden18 hours agolast modified: 18 hours ago
… that on January 1st my personal roses web site will go dark. I’ve pondered this for several years, and as it gets very little traffic now, and the content is pretty stale, its time to abandon it as an unnecessary expense. (It is quite expensive to keep online)
Sorry, but the time has come, and I need to cut some costs. If you want to save any of the content for personal use, you best copy it and save it somewhere. (I will still hold the copyright of all relevant materials)
Regards,
Paul Barden"
The follow-up post is…
"Paul Barden
http://www.paulbardenroses.com/main.html
the Hybridizers Journal will remain online until such time that Google (inevitably) pulls the plug on Blogger."
It is well worth your time to check the sites and save any information you find of interest.