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HortIdeas is a gardening newsletter in its 24th year of publication. Starting in 2007, we have started publishing the printed version of HortIdeas bimonthly, instead of monthly. Each bimonthly issue will be twice as long (24 dense pages) as the previous monthly issues, and they will be mailed early in February, April, June, August, October, and December. We have changed the publishing schedule to save on postage so that we do not have to increase the subscription price. But we will still be doing research and writing HortIdeas every month, and the e-mail version, HortIdeas OnLine, will continue to be sent by e-mail at the beginning of each month (the first 12 pages of the printed version the first month, and the second 12 pages the second month). Each month, we spend hours in our state agricultural college library, scanning all the latest gardening, horticultural, agricultural, forestry, ecological, etc. publications, popular and technical, U.S. and foreign, to find what's new in the world of horticulture. We also get lots of mail, both from our readers and from companies trying to market everything horticultural. Then we abstract the most interesting and most useful of this information in short articles explaining the research so it is relevant to backyard gardeners and small-scale commercial growers, eliminating the technical jargon found in research journals, while keeping what's needed for the home gardener to use the research, and even throwing in a bit of humor and opinion now and then. We also include short notices about new gardening products and reviews of new gardening books. What you won't see in HortIdeas are beautiful color photos, chatty articles about what the authors are doing, basic information on how to plant strawberries or tomatoes (unless there is a new technique), or paid ads. Our readers include many professional horticulturists (nursery operators, extension agents, garden writers) and experienced home gardeners who are enthusiastic about learning about what's new in gardening, but don't have the time to read dozens of publications. See what our readers have to say about HortIdeas. Or read a few new articles straight from a recent issue. We also offer subscriptions to an e-mail version of HortIdeas in addition to the regular paper edition. Sign up for a free sample e-mail issue, or better yet subscribe to the paper or e-mail version so you won't miss the gardening news YOU can use!
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