This weekend is a long weekend in Australia for the King's Birthday, and I hope that your weekend feels long in the garden even if you don't get the extra day! And I hope you find time to vote. Sorry for those who have found it diffcult to log into LeoFinance - try jumping into their friendly Discord to ask for help. If you're struggling with keychain, have you tried another sign in method, like Hivesigner?

First of all, congratulations to last week's winners @crosheille and @alt3r! It's the first tie we've ever had which is pretty cool. I would have found it hard to decided too. You have been set a 30 percent beneficiary each of this post which will be rewarded next week - well deserved!

^{This initiative is not just about our community but the whole of HIVE - so go check out some of the other #topauthors polls on Leo Threads and vote there as well. The beneficiaries not only support the people blogging in the community and the community itself through reward.app and hefty votes via @blocktrades, but also goes toward Twitter marketing - a gold mine for getting YOUR blog out there as well as marketing Hive itself!**}

**Thus, your vote MATTERS - by getting involved, YOU get involved with supporting great content on HIVE and marketing it too!

The Author of the Week will receive:

• A share of the rewards of these announcement posts,awarded via Reward.app the following week (some of Hive’s biggest accounts will be voting)
• Inclusion in a digest that will be heavily marketed on Web2 (e.g. Twitter, Reddit)

✅ Vote for this week’s author by heading to the poll HERE!

The Hive community has the final say in who wins. Below are the four finalists for Week 6. Voting closes on Sunday evening. Winner will be announced in next week’s poll post.

Finalists for Week 12

This week the four selected posts are all responses to the #creativegarden challenge - it's a nice way to reward and celebrate the effort Hive Garden folk go to support the community.

🌸@sofs-su | What do we do when our plants die for lack of water? | Looking Heavenward
🌸@fotostef | Working in a vineyard - and taking a break for photos | Cutting Weeds and Taking Pictures
🌸@owasco | Never underestimate the relationship between baking and a garden | Big House, Tiny Garden Update
🌸@maytom | Sometimes life doesn't go as you expect | Chilli Plants

👉 Head to the poll here to vote!

How to Vote

🌿 Make sure you’re signed in to Leo Threads. It uses Hive Keychain.
🌿 Go to the linked poll thread above and cast a vote
🌿 The poll will refresh and show you some results. Note: your vote may not be reflected immediately.

Hive Garden selects finalists who:

• have well presented posts with clear photographs & formatting
• are in English (you may follow the English content with your own language if you choose)
• explore garden related themes. These might include permacullture techniques, planning your summer garden, a visit to a botanical garden, indoor plants, how to make compost, and much more.

We are selecting for quality so whilst we will try to include as many of you as possible over the week, you'll see some authors again and again simply because they're GOOD! See these as an example for what you can do in your own writing!

✅ Please make sure you cast your vote here!

^{@plantstoplanks @jude9 @sofs-su @nikv @owasco @umirais @buckaroobaby @farm-mom @thebigsweed @polesinns @andrastia @multifacetas @amygoodrich @jenthoughts @fanyokami @isdarmady @anafae @tanjakolader @yolithy24 @andrastia @minismallholding @goldenoakfarm @sanjeevm @nainaztengra @rem-steem @almi @leoplaw @denmarkguy @akiponn @dodovietnam @fermentedphil @galenkp @ifarmgirl
@ciadanmea @kennyroy @simplymike @dodovietnam @babeltrips @trangbaby @kaelci @shanibeer @proto26 @ifarmgirl @artemislives @edprivat @meesterboom @momogrow @antnn @luckylaica @blingit @traisto @fotostef @tydynrain @hindavi @steven-patrick @vibeof100monkeys @samstonehill @anttn @friendlymoose @jacksonizer @ciadanmea @tuocchu @gertu @artywink @dora381 @stortebeker @zakludick @maytom @juwell11 @chuch @maxdevalue @travoved @sunscape @alt3r @ninahaskin, @housecatharsia @promisedland @chidiadi65 @jude9}

The reward distribution for this post is as follows: 60 percent for the winner of last week's poll, 15 percent to the community, 5 percent to the author of this post for their time and effort, and 20 percent for @reward.app. The liquid rewards via @reward.app then go to @weeklytops to use for Hive marketing.

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