Re: How do you keep track of your plants?
Hi Anelle
I am sloppy, sloppy, with keeping records. I guess I worked as a secretary
far to long and kept up with everyone and everything too long. Now it's
time to relax and let everyone and everything keep up with me. I want to
be in the yard and not at a desk, keeping records, besides I look at my
plants so much I fell if they grow 1 centimeter or died I would witness the
act.
I make the rounds every morning and again every evening and sometimes at
noon. I can't seem to stay inside these days.
gardening is my passion. I believe I know each of my plants, with the
exception of maybe a few. I did purchase what I believed to be daises early
in the spring and they are not daises, strange, I don't know what they
are. and also a strange looking coreopsis. went back to the nursery
yesterday and the lady was on a buying trip so I still don't know what they
are. nice, but not at all what I wanted .
I kept waiting for them to bloom and when they did, I knew for sure they
were not daises, and the coreopsis has not bloomed yet. maybe I'll be
surprised again...........
organized ! ! ! maybe, but I don't think so. Sloppy is what I am, but
I'm having the time of my life in my garden.
Happy Gardening
Sloppy Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7
Anelle Kloski wrote:
> I have a friend who is amazed that I know the name of most of my plants.
> I do try, but sometimes plants get lost in the shuffle. I dont like the
> idea of someone asking, "What is the name of that?" and I would have to
> answer, "I don't know." I know some people keep notebooks of their
> gardens, but I don't have the patience for that. Another friend keeps a
> database, which is what I am aiming for. I like making databases, which
> is what I used to do professionally, in technical fields. But I havent
> gotten my garden one done yet. For now, I have a very abbreviated
> listing in my word processor. It is not well organized, especially
> since I keep finding new plants when I am supposed to be shopping for
> other things.
>
> My organized friend says she enters into her database where and when
> each plant was purchased, where it is planted, etc. I think that is my
> problem: how to identify where a plant is located. I thought of making
> a grid schematic, which could allow me to say approximately where
> something is located. But I am not sure it is worth the trouble. I
> really would rather be outside, working with the plants.
>
> How organized (or not) are others on the list? I thought of sending in
> my current list of plants, but it is not well updated, and might be
> confusing.
>
> Anelle
>
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