GOOD IDEA? Write It Down....

[shirlthegirl43]

I forget stuff too, used to have a brilliant memory but it seems to be fritzed by the ME these days. Some days I can't even remember the names of simple items.

Does anyone know which issue of GYO had the little article on Waverex peas? Been trying to find it for weeks. I went and ordered the peas after reading it and now I have seedlings and can't remember how big the plants will get (and it doesn't say on the packet)

[zazen999]

If you have a camera on your phone [i do this as well], take a photo of what you are trying to remember; so HW, take a photo of the label in the GC - then you have it stored. Or make a note or put a note in the diary on the mobile phone - these things are fab for using to remind me of what I did when I was out.

[HeyWayne]

If you have a camera on your phone [i do this as well], take a photo of what you are trying to remember; so HW, take a photo of the label in the GC - then you have it stored. Or make a note or put a note in the diary on the mobile phone - these things are fab for using to remind me of what I did when I was out.

I like that idea! Why didn't I think of that!? Thanks zazen.

[zazen999]

Any time big fella!

[HeyWayne]

:For Sale: 1 pocket notebook, never used...

[Flummery]

I forget stuff too, used to have a brilliant memory but it seems to be fritzed by the ME these days. Some days I can't even remember the names of simple items.

Does anyone know which issue of GYO had the little article on Waverex peas? Been trying to find it for weeks. I went and ordered the peas after reading it and now I have seedlings and can't remember how big the plants will get (and it doesn't say on the packet)

Never grown it Shirley, but according to the blurb it grows to 2 ft high. Nice, dinky little thing!

And Oh, Wellie me dear, I do just that thing. I write the brill ideas down, then I can't find the bit of paper, and when it turns up months later (next time I tidy up ) I can't remember what it meant.

Soon my memory will be so bad I'll only need one book and one DVD!

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks Flummery. We all love petits pois and they are so pricey in the shops now (I assume the bad harvest last year caused that). I promise to report on the taste for all that are interested.

Off to write Flummery's info on the seed packet or I will forget what thread it is in

[moggssue]

When I read interesting/useful things on this great forum, I write them on sticky notes, which then get littered around my desk, mixed in with the work notes and inevitably lost or thrown away.

I have countless scraps of paper with names of seed varieties, recipes, places to visit, you name it .... but can I ever find them when I want them? Of course not, dont be silly!! Do you think if I had a notebook instead I would remember to keep it with me, or where I'd put it?

So Wellie and others, you are definitely not alone.

And I love the mobile phone photo idea too - could have done with thinking of that last weekend, now which GC was I in so I can go back with the camera .....

[Headfry]

Hi Wellie my memory is bad, very bad. I read things then cant remember it, I get so frustrated and these days it makes me sad too. I use my phone to photograph things, write notes. If I had a good memory maybe I could be clever

[Two_Sheds]

My memory is terrible, and bits of paper are always getting lost.
I can put 10 reminders on my mobile (Nokia 2310, with a radio for Gardeners Question Time), which is a huge help.