Logan "I didn't do a plan,just put where I thought would be best."
That's exactly where a plan can help: putting plants in the right place for the best effect! But each to their own. For me an ornamental garden is 3 things: a plan, a selection of plants and a scenery.
I just bought an inexpensive pretty hardback note book from Tescos, I draw my veg plot, usually twice a year put dates, crop rotation, types of seeds/and or plants if they are veg what the yeald was like,I also put the yeald of my fruit trees. In the back I stick pictures or write notes and descriptions of any plants I am interested in for later, and any handy tips from magazines etc.
I created a simple template in Word. I mostly use photos of my own plants but occasionally use photos from the internet if it's something that hasn flowered yet. Dead easy and cheaper than buying software specifically designed for this
Even cheaper than Microsoft Word I use LibreOffice, which is free. And rather than using a word processing software such as Word I use the LibreOffice database software. This allows me to enter, organize, sort, filter, etc. my plants records easily. Of course to set up such a database you have to be computer-savvy. But computing is one of my hobbies, along with gardening and photography.
Here is an example of a plant record in my database:
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Papi Jo, I've got a good idea where things go. If I do have to move them, it's more fun that way.
Quite often a shrub or plant goes where I can appreciate it from one of my windows.
Yviestevie, that sounds similar to my work, when I'm at home I'm much more ..... chaotic!
Only way to relax a bit of chaos! he he.
I just bought an inexpensive pretty hardback note book from Tescos, I draw my veg plot, usually twice a year put dates, crop rotation, types of seeds/and or plants if they are veg what the yeald was like,I also put the yeald of my fruit trees. In the back I stick pictures or write notes and descriptions of any plants I am interested in for later, and any handy tips from magazines etc.
I created a simple template in Word. I mostly use photos of my own plants but occasionally use photos from the internet if it's something that hasn flowered yet. Dead easy and cheaper than buying software specifically designed for this
@KeenOnGreen,
Even cheaper than Microsoft Word I use LibreOffice, which is free. And rather than using a word processing software such as Word I use the LibreOffice database software. This allows me to enter, organize, sort, filter, etc. my plants records easily. Of course to set up such a database you have to be computer-savvy. But computing is one of my hobbies, along with gardening and photography.
Here is an example of a plant record in my database:
Papi Jo did you design that data base completely? That is the sort of thing I could do with.
I can just about do Excel spread sheets. I am hoping to find a freebie template somewhere on t'internet.
I rather feel though I could end up spending so much time doing a data base that the plants get neglected.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
I feel humbled Papi! I am an obsessive organiser. Just as well I didn't know about that database or I'd have spent months filling in all the boxes. ?
Crikey! How do you find time to do gardening as well?! Do you do housework, cooking and washing?