2012.05.14
Dig into our new gardening blog; photo/video poll results
Have you seen our new gardening blog, Down to earth? The idea for this blog actually “grew” here on the RefreshRT blog, when commenters said they would enjoy having such a blog.
You may be familiar with blogger Karen Hager from her gardening column that runs in the Extra section every other Saturday. She’s been pleased with the response so far; it seems there are lots of eager gardeners out there with lots of questions and useful information to share with one another.
If you’ve got ideas for Karen,visit her blog! You can also find ”Down to earth” on our mobile site, m.roanoke.com. From the topics page, click on blogs and you’ll see it in the list.
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The results of our photo/video poll were enlightening. Out of the 30 respondents (we hope more people will vote in the future), readers seem to overwhelmingly prefer breaking news videos and photo galleries. This was interesting.
Follow-up question: For those who like breaking news videos, we’d like more clarification.
What if it’s a press conference? (The recent firing of former Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg comes to mind).
Or do you mean you’d like us to get videos on breaking news scenes like major traffic accidents?
Would you view user-submitted videos on our site?
I’ve liked the new gardening blog, but have supremely disliked the continued technical problems with posting comments, namely having Captcha failures a half dozen times just to get a single comment to go through. It’s why I am walking away from the blogs as a commenter, it’s not worth the hassle.
This one has taken two attempts, as an example of the problems that I’m talking about.
Comment by Other John — May 14, 2012 @ 8:33 am
Other John, we understand your frustrations with the Captcha code. We are aware of the issues and are working on a long-term solution that we hope will make it easier for you to post comments, while still blocking SPAM from our system. Please bear with us while we try out a new solution.
– Karenna, RefreshRT team
Comment by karennag — May 14, 2012 @ 2:49 pm
I love gardening..still at it at age 85 years of age. Always want to learn more. There are many shortcuts for the older generation. Beats paying and traveling to the gym for exercise. Keep the tips going. I always try each summer to plant something different, just for the challenge.
Comment by Norma Sisson — May 15, 2012 @ 9:18 am