Creating your Green Thumb Sunday Posts

I’ve had a few members of my Green Thumb Sunday meme ask me about the photo requirements, so I thought I would address some of your questions here:

1. It’s going to be winter in my area soon and I won’t be able to take nice photographs, do the photos have to be current?

No. The photo do not have to be current. There is no age limit on the photo. You can post some photos of your garden 10 or 20 years ago and perhaps a photo from this year to show how it’s changed over time if you want.

This coming winter I hope to take some nice outdoor photos. Perhaps some of snow covered bushes, ice glazed tree branches, and frosty flowers. However, there will be times when I can’t take a nice outdoor photo, so I might focus on some of my house plants – I have a number of flowering and non flowering house plants; or I’ll resort to the many many photos that I’ve taken over the years of my garden or lovely landscape scenes from places I’ve visited.

2. Do I have to make a Green Thumb Post every Sunday?

No you don’t have to play every Sunday. It would be nice if you could but we all have lives to live and sometimes we aren’t able to post on our blogs on busy weekends. I would like my GTS members to post no less than once a month, preferably twice a month if your a busy person.

If you use blog software that will automatically publish a post that you’ve set up ahead of time, you might be able to post every Sunday without disrupting your busy lifestyle.

I know you can set WordPress up to automatically publish a post.

1. Simply write your post,
2. then adjust the date and time in the “Edit Timestamp” section on the right. Make sure that you put a check mark in the box beside “Edit Timestamp” when you’ve made your changes.
3. Then, in the “Post Status” section on the right, change the posts status from draft to published.
4. Then save your post.

All of my blogs are wordpress now, and when I have time I try to set up a number of posts ahead of time. I often set them to publish just after midnight, at 00:01 for example. I can be away from home and my post will still be published. I love it.

I’m sure some of the other blog software does that as well. See if yours does and take advantage of it.

I think those are the major questions that I’ve been asked. Can you think of any other questions that you’d like me to answer regarding Green Thumb Sunday? Please comment and let me know what’s on your mind.