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crickett1234:
Legless,

That sounds a really, really good idea.  I think I might work on that plan...  I have loads of cue cards from when I was studying and doing revision notes!!  Plus it appeals to the latent administrator within me!!   :)

It is soooo nice to know that I am not the only one panicking at the amount of work I have to do on the plot. (not that it helps us of course, but it is comforting to do!)  

I am lucky that hubby is keen to do as much hard labour as he can to help out (bless him!) 8), but I have a vision of the allotment as a paradise of weed free beds, organic heaven with all the correct beasties and none of the pests.  :o I know, I know, perfectionist clap trap with no basis in reality!  But it is this vision which is keeping me going at the moment!!   :-/

Oh I don't want to be shut in at work today!!  I want to be at the lottie digging out bramble roots (or trying to!) and battling the couch grass!  It is even raining a bit here at the moment, and I still want to be at the lottie for preference!! ::) ;) :)

The gardener:
Based on my experience, here are a few tips for you folks who are keeping diaries;

There was a time when I used to get the small 'freebies' from clients. Invariably they turned out to be too small, particulary at busy times of the year.

Get a page a day diary.

OK these are more expensive but when you think you don't  have to buy one for another few years, i.e. until it is full

Curious?? Well plants do not know if it is 2004 or 2005 if it is Tuesday or Wednesday, so filling the details in by date means you can easily locate the information in future years, effectively you have created a perpetual diary.

It also saves you looking through twenty years of diaries to find a little bit of information.

But the best method of all is to form a data base on your PC, ensuring you always have a key word to locate the info you want.

For example in the case of say Potatoes I ensure the word 'Potato' is included when filling in the details I want to save.

Now all I have to do, is filter out the word 'Potato' and everything I have recorded about potatoes over the last twenty or so years is listed.

The resultant information determined my website layout, now I never look at my diaries, I just look in my website.

It has certainly assisted my aging memory, I think there is nothing more frustrating in trying to find an entry you know you have made, but can never find when you want it.

legless:
crickett? what do you mean that vision isn't realistic? shatter my illusions why don't you?  :D

my hubby will only come down the allotment if i buy him a hammock to lay in up there!

legless:
and also it means i don't have to lable the rows in the beds as i have a record on paper relating to each bed specifically - no worries of fading or losing labels (theoretically)

oh i love my lottie...... and my seed packets...... ;D

tim:
The Gardener's ideas are great -  but the effort in transferring everything to the computer is mind-boggling. I just open a book - whatever its cost.

What label printing does not fade?? Other than impressed copper?

Never panic - it's almost never too late. The most challenging thing is to decide what 'early, mid  or late spring' means?? = Tim

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