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stldenise said:

PrincessV/Tomato chick: thanks for the link yesterday...meant to get back to you on that. Campbell's is doing a free tomato seed give away, but when I went to write it I found that they aren't starting until March 15. So I'm going to wait a little longer. If you want to tell your readers about it: http://www.helpgrowyoursoup.com/ffa They're also painting farmers barns red and going to give out some grants for school gardens. Did you know Campbell's had their own seed company?

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Oh you're an angel! That's perfect - I am always looking for 2 tomato topics a week. It's been harder in the middle of winter. Thanks so much. And, you're wecome. If you ever need any more gardening help, it's my world

Just got my Examiner Home Improvement site on!

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psharmon said:

Just got my Examiner Home Improvement site on!

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Awesome - congrats!!

psharmon said:

Just got my Examiner Home Improvement site on!

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Cool!

princessvessna said:

That's perfect - I am always looking for 2 tomato topics a week. It's been harder in the middle of winter.

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Wow, 2 tomato stories a week...can you talk about eating them too, or just growing them?

I love tomatoes, but my hubby can't stand them. He thinks there's something wrong with a veggie that looks undeveloped on the inside.

stldenise said:

Wow, 2 tomato stories a week...can you talk about eating them too, or just growing them?

I love tomatoes, but my hubby can't stand them. He thinks there's something wrong with a veggie that looks undeveloped on the inside.

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Hey, do you know the details on the Campbell's seed give-a-way? I'd love to write about it for Examiner!

stldenise said:

Wow, 2 tomato stories a week...can you talk about eating them too, or just growing them?

I love tomatoes, but my hubby can't stand them. He thinks there's something wrong with a veggie that looks undeveloped on the inside.

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It's a blog devoted to tomatoes. We talk about growing them a ton, but especially in winter, it's anything to do with tomatoes.

I am the same way with my best guy pal. I dont like onions and he doesnt like tomatoes, so we trade. Mmmmm tomatoes.

princessvessna said:

It's a blog devoted to tomatoes. We talk about growing them a ton, but especially in winter, it's anything to do with tomatoes.

I am the same way with my best guy pal. I dont like onions and he doesnt like tomatoes, so we trade. Mmmmm tomatoes.

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Tomatoes are awesome! It's good that there's a site devoted to them!

Barb - you might be able to use this:http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/549595/?sc=rsla
"Largest Family Literacy Conference to Begin March 1"
It's at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando.

I got this off of newswise.com, a great press release site. They do lots of interesting reports on science, medicine & business stuff. I saw about Science Geek's (what the heck is your name here?) psychedelic frog fish on this site the other day too. If you can prove that you're a journalist (with clips or links) they'll give you a press pass so you can read reports before they are released to the public. Really cool stuff is "embargoed" which give you time to send a query out before it hits the blogosphere.

Edit: Our Science Geek Is Princess Vessna - sorry I didn't think of that fast enough. I couldn't connect the dots between tomatos and frog fish and come up with your name!

Thrill (per twitter conversation): I had to go back here and see what you were talking about... The tomato thing can be looked up at http://www.helpgrowyoursoup.com/ffa

The site isn't giving any big details yet - we need to wait until March 15. I saw it in a add in April's Family Circle, page 124 (I've got it sitting next to the computer). The ad says "get free Campbell's tomato seeds when you buy Campbell's condensed soup. Blah blah blah...and with your request, we'll make a donation to help plant gardens in communities and schools across America."

If you go to the site you can see something about their plans, but they aren't saying how it works yet.

stldenise said:

Thrill (per twitter conversation): I had to go back here and see what you were talking about... The tomato thing can be looked up at http://www.helpgrowyoursoup.com/ffa

The site isn't giving any big details yet - we need to wait until March 15. I saw it in a add in April's Family Circle, page 124 (I've got it sitting next to the computer). The ad says "get free Campbell's tomato seeds when you buy Campbell's condensed soup. Blah blah blah...and with your request, we'll make a donation to help plant gardens in communities and schools across America."

If you go to the site you can see something about their plans, but they aren't saying how it works yet.

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That's so cool. Super-smart on Campbell's part considering all the home- growing the country is about to embark on!

Gardening friends: another tip from newswise
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/549517/?sc=sphr
On getting your body ready for the gardening season. Great tips. Go read.
From the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia .

It looks like I am the new San Francisco Baking Examiner *insert happy dance here*!

blueobsidian said:

It looks like I am the new San Francisco Baking Examiner *insert happy dance here*!

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Yeah, for Blue!! Yer gonna have fun!

blueobsidian said:

It looks like I am the new San Francisco Baking Examiner *insert happy dance here*!

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Oh, now you're really going to make me regret my low carb diet!

stldenise said:

Oh, now you're really going to make me regret my low carb diet!

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I've done some low-carb baking that has been well recieved. Remind me to dig out my low-carb pumpkin bread recipe when I'm officially up and running at Examiner

inkkognito said:

Wow! More new Examiners...congrats! This is getting really exciting. I noticed that Examiner brought on several new writers in Orlando, and I'm guessing it's the same for other cities as well. I hope they are able to develop this into something solid and viable for the long term. The money will go up with the traffic, and so far the swag alone has been worth it. Who would have ever thought I'd get to meet Ruben, my favorite Idol, as well as Simon Fuller and more? Good stuff!

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Ruben is a sweetie, but Fantasia!!!!

figured I'd join in here I'm the Boise Dog Examiner.

blueobsidian said:

It looks like I am the new San Francisco Baking Examiner *insert happy dance here*!

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oooh, lucky you. I'm jealous!

ravenlea said:

figured I'd join in here I'm the Boise Dog Examiner.

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Congrats!! You'll really like it at Examiner.

inkkognito said:

Has anyone else noticed their hits dropping lately? I was close to 1000 per day, and for the past several days I've been lucky to get 500. Not sure what's up with that.

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Mine weren't that high to begin with..so...

I'm wondering if I didn't apply properly. I don't know that I did it through the topics and available positions for my location. I'm going to try that way.