Comments on: Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop – Labeling and Record-Keeping

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:27:21 +0000

So many great ideas. I did a post on the mini blind lable recently, and I’ll be using the labels for this years garden. Usually I just stick the manufacturer’s labels in a plastic bag and store it. Once it goes into the garden I don’t really need to refer back to it, but I’m a bit of a pack rat and keep everything. I think I’ll like the mini blind labels in the vegetable garden because of the uniformity.

As far as garden journals, last year my “journal” was my digital camera card. It’s got hundreds of pictures on it, and I like being able to see the journey from the first true leaves of a cantaloupe, for instance, all the way to the cantaloupe on a plate just after you’ve picked it.

Great post, Cheryl! Here’s a direct link to It Was Going to the Garbage…Now It’s Going to the Garden.
-Nan

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:19:06 +0000

Thank you for doing this topic. I have completely given up on labelling my plants. I don’t like the look of the plant markers (it always reminds me of headstones in a garden gnome cemetary), and I’ve tried putting the tag that came with the plant under the mulch next to the plant, but the squirrels always dig them up. It’s time for me to get inspired.

Glad you too found it of interest, MMD!
-Nan

By: VP

VP — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:46:02 +0000

Hi – me again!

I’ve written up this year’s allotment plan and realised it also fits into this month’s GGW theme

http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2009/01/veg-plotting-2009-style.html

By: Commonweeder

Commonweeder — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:49:01 +0000

Nan, This is a great post. Like all of us, I’ve had quite a history with labels, full of failures and inconsistencies. I’ve learned that ceramic labels (onions, parsley, carrots) are the kind of thing non-gardening friends give you as a gift, that plastic labels break and fade, copper labels fall into the compost and mulch and wooden labels around the roses in the lawn get mowed over if they aren’t removed immediately after the Annual Rose Viewing. Records in my garden journal are intermittenly useful. At least the Map of the Rose Walks and Beds are almost accurate. But change is ever a companion. Photos are helpful, but they don’t provide the Where very well. I am looking forward to the round up for inspiration and instruction.

By: Frances

Frances — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:57:44 +0000

January is such a long month, it seemed like there was plenty of time, then all of a sudden the end was near! The point being, my post is up.

http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/not-what-but-where/

Frances

January did seem to pass quickly, didn’t it? Still, you’re in with plenty of time. Thanks, Frances!
-Nan

By: Heirloom Gardener

Heirloom Gardener — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:29:50 +0000

Nan,

I used to struggle to keep track of what I had ordered, where I planned to plant it, and what I still needed to purchase. Here is a new post about my solution to the disorganization, the Garden Planning Binder:

http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-keep-track-of-what-plants-you.html

-Heirloom Gardener

Awesome, HG! Thanks for the link.
-Nan

By: VP

VP — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:17:51 +0000

Hi,

Here’s the second piece I promised – my experiences of what the National Trust is doing over here:

http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2009/01/garden-tagging-national-trust-way.html

Thanks again, VP! I’m really looking forward to seeing how the experts approach the labeling issue.
-Nan

By: Heirloom Gardener

Heirloom Gardener — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:30:09 +0000

Nan,

What a great topic. Here is a post from last year about keeping a Garden Journal, which is one component of my labeling and record keeping:

http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2008/03/invaluable-tool-how-to-keep-garden.html

I am working on another post about my Garden Planning Binder, which I use to keep track of what I have ordered, where I plan to plant it, and what I need to order.

-Heirloom Gardener

Super, HG! Thanks once again for being one of our regular workshop contributors.
-Nan

By: VP

VP — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:25:02 +0000

Hi,

Post number one’s up today about the work in progress re my garden’s record keeping and labelling:

http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2009/01/tagging-my-garden.html

Post number 2 is planned for next week about the National Trust’s approach plus snippets about other gardens open to the public. I’ll pop back with a link when it’s up.

Two posts for one topic – that’s super, VP! Thanks so much.
-Nan

By: Pam Kersting

Pam Kersting — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:28:20 +0000

Labels! I love them, but can live without them. Most of the gardens I design, I use a plan to identify the exact plant including botanical name, common name and cultivar. Thereby, eliminating the need for plastic labels. The few that I do keep end up in a manila file folder labeled “Garden Plants.” I am new to the blogging world, so haven’t tackled this topic yet!

Welcome to the community, Pam, and to GGW! Sounds like you’ve come up with a good system for you.
-Nan