Re: Tag and Identify
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Tag and Identify
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:14:06 -0400 (EDT)
Oh yes......a planting chart with cultivar name and variety is the
absolute first thing I do and the most important!
Thank you, Dave, for reminding us that markers are only a garden
convenience.
Ellen
On Tue, 23 Apr 1996 DavidS1812@aol.com wrote:
> The very first thing a beginning gardener must learn is to make a planting
> chart of EVERYTHING planted in the garden as soon as the planting has been
> completed for that day. Don't trust to memory and don't trust to markers that
> can heave out or be knocked over or be pulled out by mischief or accident.
> Always use some prominent feature in the garden or property as a prominent
> indicator (i.e. fence line, house wall, etc.)
>
> I learned all of this the very hard way. Had to discard 40 + iris because
> someone had removed all the tags and I didn't have a chart.
>
> Dave Silverberg, Oregon
>
