Two days to decide..........

[veggiechicken]

.............how to record my gardening activities in 2017

I have 9 different gardening journals and diaries, a normal diary, 5 year diary, a what to do today book and several notebooks. Every year I start with good intentions and by March I've run out of steam.
I like looking back to see what I've done and when but January is about the only complete month I manage.

I've tried blogging which was good for photos but a bit of a chore to keep up.

So, tell me, kind grapes, will you be recording your 2017 garden and how, please
Inspire me!

[Greenleaves]

Nothing exciting here I am affraid, just simple notes, temp, weather type, whats been sown, germination date etc

[Guest]

I am the same as you. The best I have managed is a monthly run down of what has happened. Basically the calendar thread with notes.

What do you actually want to achieve? I only used mine as a bit of a nosey/ memory jogger. I am not organised enough to use it to perfect sowings and such likes

[Cadalot]

Done all the paper versions and spreadsheets to death, but this year going to try the blog, I have set up two pages one for each allotment and I'm about to set up a sowing and planting schedule on there and keep it live and updated.

Plan Your Work
Work Your Plan

[Chestnut]

Do you have a computer or tablet?
I use tablet to take photos, then upload them to a shared folder - with option to add a short comment to each photo.
My immediate family have accepted invitations to share access to this folder, but if you have (or can get) a second email address, you could choose to be the only group member!

[Scarlet]

Daily photos for me...no notes. I just like photos.

[scarey55]

Sorry, nothing to add from here - I gave up recording anything years ago

[veggiechicken]

What do you actually want to achieve? I only used mine as a bit of a nosey/ memory jogger. I am not organised enough to use it to perfect sowings and such likes

I like to look back and see when I sowed seeds last year to decide whether it was too early or late.
Can't cope with spreadsheets or recording too much detail.
I need someone to prompt me to write up a diary or summat each day. I've set up a reminder on the computer but I hate being nagged by a machine

[bramble]

Well, I have a gardening diary and a day by day diary.
I have been keeping both for years.not a huge amount of info in either of them but enough to give me a good idea of what I have been doing on a daily/monthly/yearly basis.

[roitelet]

Sorry, nothing to add from here - I gave up recording anything years ago

Me too, apart from the weather that is.

[Cadalot]

I like to look back and see when I sowed seeds last year to decide whether it was too early or late.
Can't cope with spreadsheets or recording too much detail.
I need someone to prompt me to write up a diary or summat each day. I've set up a reminder on the computer but I hate being nagged by a machine

VC - I've kept my diary since I got my first plot in 2012 and I look back and plan based on the notes I have left myself. My camera automatically uploads the photos to dropbox and I move them into a folder and use them on the Diary/Blog if you do it like gardening a little at a time it works.

[rary]

I've set up a reminder on the computer but I hate being nagged by a machine

Yes it almost as bad as being nagged by a woman

I have several note books bought for recording my work in the garden, some year I might use one

[Thelma Sanders]

Last year I used a simple notebook I kept in the greenhouse (in a plastic box with a pencil - so it stays dry) and wrote down what I've sown and when, as I wrote out the labels.

The notebook got quite grubby, but writing the labels (pencil in hand) was enough of a reminder for me to actually make notes.

[Snadger]

I just blag it!

Makes it more interesting for me!

Spreadsheets and diaries are for work, and I don't class my allotment or garden as work.

[Bigmallly]

VC.......put 8 diaries away & just use one...........as for me, I won't bother.