This is my one year anniversary of writing Daffodils for Garden and Show at suite101.com. My first article was posted in December 1998, as a place holder, but my first weekly article, Winter Daffodil Tour, was on January 21, 1999, and that's when I feel that I started. Therefore, January 21, 2000 is my chosen 1st anniversary.
It's been a good year and I've had a lot of fun. When I started, I had no idea that I could write an article each week for a year, or 52 weeks. The more I wrote, and the more I received comments, the more I wrote. Many of my articles were inspired from other suite101.com writers, and personal email from readers of suite101.com that did not otherwise post. I also received numerous email from web forums such as my personal home page and the daffodil net. They all contributed to ideas for articles and discussions.
Thank you for your comments and questions and all the email. That two-way communication inspired me to grow the column. As a result, the column's purpose was changed to meet the expectations of the readers. I made adjustments on Daffodils for Garden and Show's welcome page to reflect those changes.
During the last year this column covered a vast "buffet" of subjects and we've had a lot of fun writing the articles, learning, and leading the discussions. We have had a favorite daffodil contest; talked about staging and showing flowers; discussed the digging and storing of daffodil bulbs; dibbled into pest controls; approached the subjects of forcing and growing daffodils in pots; looked at planting bulbs while I moaned about making new daffodil beds; and, additional articles on just about any subject that I had to research to answer a question. I'm open to topics for next year. I'll accept new topics at any time, and have been known to jump in and change my entire line-up of articles in the "Q" to insert an article on a "timely" discussion.
This column, Daffodils for Show and Garden, was not designed to compete with other suite101.com writers. I actually enjoy placing postings on a number of other writer's columns and subscribe to them on the What's New function. I follow Cottage Gardening, Perennials, Alpines and Bulbs, Shade Gardening, Virtually Gardening, and others and have learned a life-time of information that I couldn't have gotten anywhere else, and had a great time doing it. Suite101.com's writers are generally welcome to post in another's discussions as we are not competitors.
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