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Re: [PRIMROSES] Garden Maps

Cidjohnson wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow Robins,
>
> This winter I want to get a better handle on tracking all my perennials.  I
> plan to remeasure my property and garden outlines (for the 2nd and 3rd time in
> some places - I always seem to  find discrepancies) with the help of my
> husband (or whoever else I can get to hold onto one end of the tape measure).
> Winter seems like the best time to have helpers tramp through the garden since
> the soil is frozen.
>
> Now I would like to hear from lots of you about:
>
> How do you keep track of your plants - computer software (which ones),
> sketches, scale drawings that you have to change endlessly, spread sheets
>

Make your map on a stiff piece of paper and use a tracing paper
overlay.  Use a number system to label your plants with a key kept
elsewhere on regular paper or on the computer.
This way, as you move, divide and pitch, you can simply erase and/or add
as needed, or completely redraw with ease.

The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
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