I quite enjoy it. It only takes a minute to add a new plant and make a note in the diary about how things are going. It means that I know where my bulbs and perennials are even when they disappear underground. I take lots of photos as well and that helps if I decide to replan a bit of the garden. Don't keep as much info as Papi Jo though. I do keep wish lists.
thank you so much everyone for your responses. I've only just seen I had this many. The notifications stopped coming through. I will have a good read through.
I am NOT computer savvy, I only keep the notes because I cannot remember, all the types of seeds I buy, for instance tomatos could be 8-10 different types, I want to know which has a good crop so I can grow them again, nothing excessive about me, just a notebook.
I also have an ancient "Readers Digest" gardening encyclopedia type book, which is full of pencil scribblings, underlining and post it notes with added info.
My garden is so small that it's fairly easy to keep track of the contents
I've taken lots more photos this year to hopefully remind me what things look like in flower (for the inevitable move around next year)
Taking photos last year didn't remind me this year Kitty - I find I go over old photos and go, "Oh yeah, I remember when I had one of those" ....!
This thread has definitely reminded me that I'm a chancer of a gardener and not at all professional.
It occurred to me that the people that love to keep records find THAT the enjoyment as much as the planting. And good on 'em, diff'rent strokes and all that.
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All that meticulous note keeping would destroy my pleasure in gardening...I can see the point if you grow a lot of fruit and vegetables which i don't.
I quite enjoy it. It only takes a minute to add a new plant and make a note in the diary about how things are going. It means that I know where my bulbs and perennials are even when they disappear underground. I take lots of photos as well and that helps if I decide to replan a bit of the garden. Don't keep as much info as Papi Jo though. I do keep wish lists.
Yvie, i keep my wish list in my diary so that it's on hand if I'm having a walk round a GC.
thank you so much everyone for your responses. I've only just seen I had this many. The notifications stopped coming through. I will have a good read through.
In response to a gardening diary, I have two of these which I do use. http://www.paperchase.co.uk/gardening-journal-1.html
A great idea for Christmas.
Anyway I'm off to read all your great responses. Thank you.
I am NOT computer savvy, I only keep the notes because I cannot remember, all the types of seeds I buy, for instance tomatos could be 8-10 different types, I want to know which has a good crop so I can grow them again, nothing excessive about me, just a notebook.
I feel that all that organisation would mean never accidentally sticking a hand fork in a bulb and therefore avoiding one of the lows of gardening.
Without lows, there's no yin and yang and therefore no highs!!
Yeah I know, warped logic, it's just a poor excuse for not being organised!
I started doing a spread sheet added about 10 more plants and somehow failed to save the changes I has made. Ooops!
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
I'm an old fashioned notebook and pencil girl
I also have an ancient "Readers Digest" gardening encyclopedia type book, which is full of pencil scribblings, underlining and post it notes with added info.
My garden is so small that it's fairly easy to keep track of the contents
I've taken lots more photos this year to hopefully remind me what things look like in flower (for the inevitable move around next year
)
Taking photos last year didn't remind me this year Kitty - I find I go over old photos and go, "Oh yeah, I remember when I had one of those" ....!
This thread has definitely reminded me that I'm a chancer of a gardener and not at all professional.
It occurred to me that the people that love to keep records find THAT the enjoyment as much as the planting. And good on 'em, diff'rent strokes and all that.