A Journey Begins. Guide for Photos.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

I thought it might be helpful to jot down some guidance for anyone considering adding some images of their own.  There are no rules as such, but I follow this pattern:

1) Six things or less. Six! Arbitrary number, but there it is. 

2) Not just plants, could be anything. A success, a failure, a plan, a completed project, a feature, a favorite tool, anything at all. So long as it is…

3) Happening in your garden now, or now-ish. Or at least in a garden right now. Describe your own gardens or six things from a visited garden, why not?

4) There is no obligation to post weekly. Every now and again is OK, you get the picture. Talking of pictures….

5) More than one photo of the same thing is also fine (you might have more than six photos in total). Don’t fret about photo quality, I use the camera on my phone. My iPhone is very capable of taking and editing great photos.

6) Add some text. For example, if it’s a plant, where did it come from, do you like it, does it behave itself, any important care notes etc, but…

7) Not too much text.

8) Blog platforms like WordPress provide the easiest way to participate, but Facebook works too, if you don’t have a blog. Just write your blog post then get the link to your article. Talking of links…

9) Links.  Add a comment to my weekly post that contains a link to yours, that way everyone can easily find your post. There are several ways to do this. Via WordPress, there is an option to copy the link to clipboard, I expect other blog platforms behave in a similar fashion. Or you can just view your blog post on the web like a visitor would, and simply copy the link from the address bar.

10) if you have an X or facebook account, feel free to promote posts from fellow participants, share the love. 

That’s it, I think. Like I say, not rules to comply with as such, more a guide.

Happy Gardening!