Crop 250 June 8 to 14 Issue of Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December

Pictures Taken June 8 through June 14 of flowers, fruit, fall foliage, propagation, planting, repotting, nursery maintenence, local color and more at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. www.floweringshrubfarm.com

Every few days throughout each month, I add several more pictures, comments and links before I start another similar page the following month (more about the newsletter at bottom).

Last Edited June 14, 2010 at around 10:34 AM by andyvancleve.

Bluecrop Blueberry bushes in the field that I planted this spring 2010 (00608bluecrop004_060810.jpg). We will sell them for $10 each starting next year.

I am taking a series of pictures similar to this one that will be saved using the words "growingcrop" followed by the crop number for that variety of plant I am growing (growingcrop075.jpg). I will also include a sign that shows the month and year in the picture. This will allow my customers to track plant growth from afar. The Pinxterbloom Azalea crop shown above is crop 075. I will probably include groups of roses too but at the moment I am working on others. Check for others on my growing page at: www.floweringshrubfarm.com/growing.htm

I have been doing inventory on roses we have for sale by taking a picture of the plant in bloom or the labels and saving it to one of my rose catalogs (growingcrop001.jpg). I actually have two rose catalogs that list every variety. One shows pictures such as these while the other shows closeups of the flower. Note the sign showing month and year the picture was taken.

This picture is of an inventory label on 'Great Maidens Blush' together with a a date label that shows when the picture was taken (growingcrop002.jpg). This plant was obviously in stock as of this date. You can check the rose inventory page at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/avirtual.htm

Idealy an inventory picture should show the size of the pot and the cost of the plant (orange label), the date picture was taken (pink label), the inventory number (yellow label), and the variety name (white label or written on the inventory label). If you go to the individual variety page there is a collection of pictures that show the label picture and a closeup of the flower for each plant of that variety in stock.

182 Anais Segales 'Anais Segales' centifolia old garden rose introduced in 1837 zones 4 thru 8, 4 feet x 4 feet, strongly fragrant, it blooms for us in late spring to early summer. 10-565, 10-566G7$20sold062007, 10-567, 10-568, 10-569,

About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve

At the beginning of each month I start an issue in one of several hundred past newsletter pages and send a link to my subscribers.

Every several days I'll add more pictures, comments and links to other pages.

At the end of the month I save the page as the crop page for that month.

So I might create the newsletter in Crop 315 but at the end of the month save it as the January Newsletter Crop 263.

So if you subscribe you get to see the pictures the day they were taken and if you dont you get to see them up to 30 days later.

Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December

Pictures of flowers are often of the inventory type with the date the picture was taken within the picture.

Each inventory picture is saved using a file name that starts with the inventory number of the actual plant either for sale or in the garden for propagation, ending with the date.

Simply by saving the picture without the date I can overwrite the picture in a crop page for that variety alone.

Most of the plants have more than one season of interest.

So I try to take pictures of the plants we grow when they are blooming but also in fall with decorative foliage or fruit and in winter when covered with ice and snow.

Potential Customers subscribe and I send a link to them from the latest picture-newsletter.

When they see something they like they come buy it in bloom.

I like to hear your comments so please email me and subscribe if you haven't already.

Those who dont subscribe will have to wait for this months pictures until the beginning of next month but can still enjoy last year at this time.

IN WINTER I AT LEAST TRY TO SHOW LILACS IN THE FIELD (lilacrow), the BELGIAN FENCE next door (belgianfence), ROSES IN STORAGE (storage), PLANTS IN 45 GALLON POTS OUTDOORS AND THE INSIDE OF THE COLD FRAME (coldframe) WHERE I OVERWINTER BABY OWN ROOT PLANTS AND NEW ROOTED CUTTINGS.

January and February are usually pictures of dormant plants and the affects of weather. March and April I start to add pictures of us planting and transplanting and new growth. May, June and July most plants will bloom showing subscribers what could be for sale during the plant sale, also shown are pictures of crops in the field, mail order and lots more. July through December I am taking cuttings to make new plants. August we have lots of pictures of fruit on roses etc. October fall foliage.

We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.

When a customer says they want to subscribe I send the following in an email.

Each month I take pictures around the nursery adding a few pictures, links and comments every few days. Clicking on the picture will often open a larger picture and you can save it as wallpaper if you want or forward the link to someone you think is interested. Several schools with landscaping courses follow the newsletter because you get to see the flower, fruit, fall foliage and more at different times.

When you see something you like come buy it in bloom.