📷🌼Your photo could be in my 2022 calendar!
Enter your best garden shots for a chance to win one of 12 featured spots
Hello, friends!
I’m thrilled to announce that “Jessica Damiano’s 2021 Day-by-Day Garden Calendar: 365 tips & chores to keep your garden on track all year long” has won the international GardenComm Media silver award, and is now in the running for a gold award! My Garden Detective Newsday column also won in the Writing: Newspaper Column (Circulation greater than 20K) category.
I'm sending my heartfelt thanks to all of you who purchased a copy of the calendar, subscribe to The Weekly Dirt and follow me on social media. I literally could not have won these awards without your support.
If you'd like a calendar, you can grab one of the last remaining copies here on clearance: https://jessicadamiano.com/shop-the-2021-calendar.
Could your photo be featured in the 2022 calendar?
My daughter Justine shot the front and back covers for this year’s calendar; my husband John took the photo depicted on the January page; September, November and December featured stock photos; and I shot the rest with my iPhone.
But for 2022, I’d like to feature your photos!
Send in your best garden shots and let me know where and during what month the photo was taken, and it might be selected to represent one of the twelve months in the 2022 edition of “Jessica Damiano’s Day-by-Day Garden Calendar,” along with your name in the photo credits. Each of the 12 winners also will receive a free copy of the 2022 calendar featuring their photo.
Some guidelines:
The location and month during which the photo was taken must be included with submissions. Photo entries representing all 12 months are being sought.
Photos can portray a single plant, tree or shrub; closeup of a flower, fruit or vegetable; or a garden or landscape scene.
Photos cannot include people or pets, but wildlife (birds, bees, squirrels, etc.) can be part of the scene.
Photos must have a horizontal orientation.
Entries must be original, full-sized, hi-res images.
You can only enter photos you personally took yourself.
You can enter as many photos as you like, but each must be submitted separately.
Entries must include your full name, address, phone number and email address.
Must be 18 and over to enter.
You can read the official rules here.
Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. on August 15, 2021, so dig through your photos and send them in ASAP!
📬 Ask Jessica
DEAR JESSICA: The foliage on my houseplant is healthy and green, but all the flowers turned yellow (instead of white) and their interiors turned brown. Do you know what the problem could be? — Kathy Schiavone
DEAR KATHY: What you’re seeing is the normal lifecycle of peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) flowers. As the blooms age, they turn yellow, then brown, then fall off.
Peace lilies require medium, indirect sunlight, and moist, well-draining soil (it’s best to let soil dry slightly between waterings.) They also benefit from applications of a balanced fertilizer (10-10-10 or 20-20-20) three or four times a year.
Eventually, the older leaves, especially those at the bottom of the plant, will turn yellow, too. Just snip them off.
👏 Sunday shoutout
Beth Brenner of Atlantic Beach, NY, sends along this beautiful shot of her “elephant ears in all their glory.”
I see a lot of other things in their glory, too, Beth! 🙌🌼
💡 If you do one thing this week…
Mist hybrid tea rose foliage with liquid seaweed to stave off heat wilt.
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