What do you do to be an eco-friendly gardener?
Poll Is Closed |
| Buy biodegradable pots/recycle plastic pots |
5 |
12% |
| Use natural pest control |
6 |
15% |
| Have a rain barrel |
8 |
20% |
| Plant native species |
9 |
22% |
| Use solar lighting |
7 |
17% |
| Avoid planting invasive species |
3 |
7% |
| I'm not an eco-friendly kinda gardener |
3 |
7% |
| Votes: |
41 |
100% |
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02-08-2010, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: portage
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beating the winter blues
hi garden buddies.  .. seems mother nature is going to hit pretty hard with another snow storm...I have my garden books memorized by now...so that got boring...this past week-end I bought a pocket sized address book.....then I dug out all my garden journals and books. On Sunday I made myself a pot of hot tea curled up in my favorite chair and went thru my journals/books....I listed every plant that I have in my gardens....then I wrote them in the address book along with helpful infomation ( water needs, sun, shade, when to prune, etc.) Now I have a pocket sized little notebook ("aka" address) that I can tuck into my garden tote. I know it will come in handy. Between dividing and transplanting this past fall, I moved about 100 or so plants, trees and shrubs. Now if some of my plant are not doing well I can quickly refer to my "address book." And of course there are always those late fall purchases (50-70% off) that just got planted here and there to beat the crouching winter weather...lol. Now when I am in my gardens this spring I won't have to haul all those garden books out to the patio to look up stuff. Don't get me wrong..I love my garden books ...but face it we don't have everything that they put in those books and sometimes it can be a hassle looking up info in them...one book will go into great detail .... another book will hardly have any info on the same plant.
I am going to enjoy looking into my "address book" knowing that everything I have planted in my gardens is in there. Just another way to beat the winter blues. 
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02-08-2010, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Charlevoix
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Clever, Janet! I assume you listed your plants in alphabetical order on your address book. I would never have thought to do this.
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02-08-2010, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Maple City
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JANET!!!!!!
You ROCK, woman! What a productive, fun and even comfy way to spend a Sunday afternoon. SOOOOOO good to hear from you!
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02-09-2010, 11:23 AM
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Location: portage
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hi garden buddies. ..yes my address book is in alphbetical order(common names for me)..I also want to keep track of the growth habits(when they start coming up in the spring) and bloom time (how long they stay in bloom and when they start to bloom.) That way if I have a spot in the garden that is all foliage I can transplant a blooming plant there. I am very excited about my garden adress book...I am sure I will use it alot. P.S. ....I called my sister in Twining, Mi. and told her about the address book idea....she is all geeked up and going to buy one today and get started on her's!!! 
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02-09-2010, 11:58 AM
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Location: Sterling Heights
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Janet, your ambitious organizational skills are on a much higher level than mine for sure. What a terrific idea ! To have each plant's requirements all down and in one handy reference book will be fantastic.
For the last several years I have kept a journal on my vegetable gardens, but only put down info on successful plantings and some of the duds. This helps me in making the changes needed for a better crop the next year.
But, your idea Janet, extends further and would be helpful all season long. Kudos, gardening friend !
Harv
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02-23-2010, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Wayne County
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Great for you!
ABC order...
My brain doesn't work abc order *lol
It works color.
I understand how books can become a bother to find stuff after a while but ...if you like to learn about bugs it will take you a while to get bored with some of those bug books!*LOL!
Oh, I use index cards I write the name of the book and page, lets say you just planted a new plant and have info in a book on page 10 lets say...So on the index cards you put that info then you will know which book and page, fast quick access.Or another thing is those sticky notes write on them Lets say "compost info" and stick them out of the page that has the new plant info on it.
You may not remember which book but at a glance you can just read those "tabs" you placed.
Just a thought.
I like the latter one because I tend to loose the red ribboned little index notebook.
I do use 5 subject notebooks to log everything.
Kale 
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