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BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
edited March 2019 in Problem solving
I keep every single plant label and I have them sub divided into type for example perennial, shrubs, bulbs etc, then they are alphabetically ordered within the sections. I even have a spreadsheet. 

This is all good and well (I have too much time on my hands) But I then forget where I placed them. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I keep all the labels ... they’re all in a shoebox on top of a bookcase ... that’s as organised as they get 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I left mine  in a box  in the  storage  'coffin ' in the garden.  Snails  or something  got  in and ate the pictures  off, leaving  the cardboard.  I still  have  some  plastic ones  though. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Snails - vindictive beasts lol
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    This is the extent of my record-keeping - take photos with my ipad and label using the edit feature:


    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Nollie said:
    This is the extent of my record-keeping - take photos with my ipad and label using the edit feature:


    Thats a very good idea, I do take pics when it's looking good but I could use them foe reference
  • tessagardenbarmytessagardenbarmy Posts: 346
    I keep my plant labels in an old metal biscuit box.  Over the last few years I've kept a large green notebook,mainly for my allotment  plans and harvest records but have also started to list what plants I have bought and from where, in there. 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I have a huge list of plants planted. It's depressing to read, too many are no longer with us.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I keep all labels in a storage box in envelopes in roughly alphabetical order. I write the date I got them on the back. Any dead plants have labels noted 'died'. I also hand write a garden diary every day, listing what I've done, dug up, planted and in which bed.  @Nollie - that's a brilliant idea with the photos.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    My dead plants section is called 'garden in the sky' 
  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    I wrote myself a program that allows you to draw your garden and your beds, and then add plants to each bed, marking the position as accurately (or otherwise!) as you choose. A chore to set it up (am still, slowly, doing this for our new garden), but it does mean you don't forget where you put something. Though, as NutCutlet says, it can sometimes be depressing reading!
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