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DIG IT! is a gardening magazine for people who love gardens and spending time outdoors. It has original reporting and photography by knowledgeable people, and a fun email newsletter. Let us know how you like us or what you'd like to see. Email us at publisher at dig-itmag.com

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Publisher/editor Mary Jasch
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Contributing Writers
John Cannizzo
Lance Casper
Mary Jasch
Patricia Scibilia
Rosalie Stanley
Ruby Weinberg

DIG IT! Magazine
Augusta, NJ
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Email us at: publisher at dig-itmag.com

Who are these people anyway?

John Cannizzo works with The Horticultural Society of New York and the GreenTeam, their income generating project for individuals who are getting their lives together after leaving prison. He has lived with the loves of his life - his wife Pam and daughter Julia - in New York City ever since returning from Kenya in 1995, where he served in the Peace Corps as a specialist in agroforestry. John writes The GreenTeam, a monthly column.

Lance Casper is a Newark boy that took to the woods. He owns Muddy Foot Farm and is a retired professional dog breeder and trainer. He lives, hunts and fishes in the wild gardens of Northwest Jersey. He also owns Old Man Music, a guitar teaching studio and music store, in Sussex County. Lance recounts his boyhood outdoor adventures in his irregular column, Grandma's Garden.

Mary Jasch owned Exotic Designs, an indoor landscape company, for 23 years. She graduated magna cum laude from Cook College, Rutgers University, in Natural Resources Management/Applied Ecology. Mary is a freelance writer and photographer, and publishes DIG IT! Check out Mary's book, Best Hikes with Dogs - New Jersey (The Mountaineers Books) on New Jersey Dog Hikes

SHiNYMACHiNE www.shinymachine.com has 17 years experience in web design on both Coasts. The SHiNYMACHiNE portfolio consists of large corporate work for IBM, WWF and JCPENNEY, law enforcement (LAPD, Sacramento Sheriff's Office) to smaller businesses like SoundSpa Recording and Productions (NJ).

Patricia Scibilia is Interpretive Gardener with the Somerset County Park Commission at Leonard J. Buck Garden in Far Hills, NJ. She assists with the management and development of plant collections and displays, and manages the nursery, greenhouse, and plant propagation operations. Tricia writes for The Blooming News and The DIG IT! News, our newsletter.

Rosalie Stanley is a passionate gardener and artist in everything she does. Her automatic motto is "silk purse from a sow's ear." Rosalie graces us with her easy to do silk purse projects in Hardcore, her regular column.

Ruby Weinberg, author of The Garden Reborn has been a landscape designer and hobby gardener for over 4 decades. Ruby ia a freelance garden writer for national and regional magazines and her husband, Martin, illustrates much of her work with his photographs. Reach her at rubyhunterdon@embarqmail.com

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