RE: Daylilies

Still a lot of work! I would get that digital camera out now and start
taking your own reference pictures.....(that is what I did for my plant
of the month feature) And FWIW, even our list owner Chris let me use
some of his, properly credited to him and hort.net.

Of course there are many professional photographers that will sell you a
photo to use, but being a non-profit club, we didn't have that kind of
money. 

Donna

> 
> I did write a 5x/yr newsletter for 5 yrs and it wasn't too bad.  You
can
> always play with font size, line height, margins, clip art, whatever,
to
> stretch or shrink.
> 
> The reason I think the plant spotlight approach would be do-able is
that
> it
> would be somewhat formulaic.  Cover description, basic stats,
cultivation,
> propagation, background, interesting anecdote, uses, that sort of
thing.
> Put all that into 2 six-inch columns (same size as bridge tips,
Heloise,
> Dr.
> Gott, and horoscopes)  It wouldn't be too hard.  Forgot to mention
herbs
> before.  As I said, there are so many plants to cover, it wouldn't be
> difficult, just time-consuming.
> 
> Re > the research that it would take is mind boggling.
> It's my opinion that you can over-research something.  I think a
thorough
> investigation relying on several reliable sources and a few
item-specific
> ones for good measure can provide good information.  You could conduct
a
> more intensive investigation into anything, but eventually just
spinning
> your wheels.  I think a good writer knows when he/she's got it.
> 
> The biggest problem would be graphics.  For a small article, any photo
> would
> be tiny.  We're also talking b/w on newsprint.  I'm not sure it would
be
> worth it except that people do want to see photos.  Then (you're
right)
> there's the problem of permission.  I'm not sure how this would be
solved.
> 
> Kitty

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