Re: Daylilies>G columns

Auralie and others,
I didn't mean that I thought a newsletter would be easy.  The one I did for
5 yrs did repeat some items, simply because they needed to be repeated.  I'm
sure that finding appropriate material would get more difficult as time went
on for a newsletter.

But this is why, if I had my druthers, I would choose the format I outlined
(two six-inch columns).  Clean, simple, to the point.  When I said the
material would be virtually endless, well, just open A-Z, flip the pages and
point.  If it's an item I don't know, I get to learn something new.  The
problem of photos isn't just in obtaining them, but how, being such small
b/w pics, they would be of little value.  Perhaps that could be worked out
by permission with a few websites to list their sites for photos.  The plug
might be enough to offset the cost of permission.

An endeavor like this would require putting together say 6 months worth
before approaching the publisher to prove it can be done, then working
ahead, so as not to run out.  I think that down the line some repeats could
be run during 'old favorites' weeks, or 'renewed interests' weeks.

As to Jim's mention of ad revenues, all I can say is, how many decks of
cards are advertised in the local newspaper to warrant the same size space
given daily to bridge tips?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Daylilies


> The material seems endless at first, Kitty, but I have been doing a
monthly
> newsletter for
> my garden club for twelve or thirteen years, and I am definitely beginning
to
> run out of
> material.  This month I kept having good ideas, but when I ran a computer
> check I kept
> finding that I had done a nice piece on that topic a few years back.  I
spend
> more time
> finding a good topic than doing the research and writing.  And it does
take
> time - at least
> three or four days to do a good four-page newsletter, and that includes a
> fair amount of
> nonsense and jokes as well as horticultural info.  Maybe I'm slow and
> ignorant, but...
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 07/20/2004 10:58:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> There'd be something for every gardener.  And the material
> is endless!
>
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