At the beginning of March (every year) I put my gardening notebook on the bench in the potting shed with a pen to write in what i have sown and when and to make a note of jobs I need to do later in the year and put planting suggestions in for next year.
Every October I remove said notebook to the house with (if I'm lucky) maybe 1 solitary entry...
The nearest I come to proper organisation is a tin with the seed packets in and markers (ie bits of torn off cardboard) reading 'Done' 'Repeat' 'Outside' 'Not This Year'. First and last are self explanatory - 'Repeat' means a form of successional sowing (sometimes it gets done sometimes not) and 'Outside' means sow these where they are to flower when the weeds start germinating.
Otherwise I garden exactly like Joyce . I also do a big hack back at the time of the Hampton Court Show to make room for summer stuff.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I created a simple template in Word which has photos and details of each plant, which caters to my obsession with lists and order. Mostly it's just lots of time thinking, planning and doing and it eventually all sinks in.
I can't believe how organised some people are! Most days gardening feels like firefighting.
If my weeds would agree a ceasefire it would be lovely to sit down and list all my successes (about 10 mins) and all my failures (now we are talking weeks!) but until then I will relentlessly toil on trying to keep a space clear for my poor veg and trying to remember how I got stuff to grow last year..........
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Every year I plant new things which are then totally submerged under more mature plants coming up later, so I have to dig them up to move them somewhere else before realising there is no room.
Thank goodness I am having a new raised bed put in soon :-)
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At the beginning of March (every year) I put my gardening notebook on the bench in the potting shed with a pen to write in what i have sown and when and to make a note of jobs I need to do later in the year and put planting suggestions in for next year.
Every October I remove said notebook to the house with (if I'm lucky) maybe 1 solitary entry...
The nearest I come to proper organisation is a tin with the seed packets in and markers (ie bits of torn off cardboard) reading 'Done' 'Repeat' 'Outside' 'Not This Year'. First and last are self explanatory - 'Repeat' means a form of successional sowing (sometimes it gets done sometimes not) and 'Outside' means sow these where they are to flower when the weeds start germinating.
Otherwise I garden exactly like Joyce
. I also do a big hack back at the time of the Hampton Court Show to make room for summer stuff.
As I use an IPad I use notes different headings plant lists photoes ect easy to refer back to and add details for reference
Runny - maybe this might provide a route into the mucky club for us...
At the moment I can only offer them a little spilt compost and untidily stacked (but stacked nevertheless) plant pots...
PS - You must have hit the Quote button to get my posting included with yours
Last edited: 02 June 2016 17:24:05
Mucky club?
I'll give you mucky club!
I have an A4 note book with maps and plans of all the different areas and conditions in my garden. South facing - dry, West facing - shade etc.
I list out all the plants I have in my nursery.
I mark out roughly which plants should go where according to height, spread etc on my little map.
Then I wait for the plant fairies to match them up and put them in.
i have a beautiful big garden journal i treated my self to last year, filled out one page wrongly last year and it has lain empty ever since
PPauper - I'm only jealous
I created a simple template in Word which has photos and details of each plant, which caters to my obsession with lists and order. Mostly it's just lots of time thinking, planning and doing and it eventually all sinks in.
I can't believe how organised some people are! Most days gardening feels like firefighting.
If my weeds would agree a ceasefire it would be lovely to sit down and list all my successes (about 10 mins) and all my failures (now we are talking weeks!) but until then I will relentlessly toil on trying to keep a space clear for my poor veg and trying to remember how I got stuff to grow last year..........
Every year I plant new things which are then totally submerged under more mature plants coming up later, so I have to dig them up to move them somewhere else before realising there is no room.
Thank goodness I am having a new raised bed put in soon :-)