On 2010-01-03 18:46:06 +0000, "Spider" said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-01-03 15:56:11 +0000, "Spider" said:
snip

Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were
showing
no sign of bud, which is very late here.
Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster,
Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera,
Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera).

Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr!

That's a really impressive list, especially given the weather. BTW, for
these purposes and for making notes on the nursery, I have a little
Olympus note taker and find it invaluable. It's a tiny handheld
dictaphone thingy called a digital voice recorder.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon




That's a really good idea, Sacha. I used to wish I had one when studying
spiders in the field, but was forced to change my mind. So many people
would approach me whilst walking their dog and ask what I was doing (with
magnifying loupes, notebook and pen and spider guide) that it seemed likely
I would end up with a tape (in those days!) full of enquiring chat, and not
much about the relative eye patterns and leg lengths of assorted spiders.
Sorry, Sacha, I know s-words aren't your thing!

However, (returns to gardening) it would be very useful for gardening. I
could note where there's a bare patch in need of Triffida robusta to add
interest and eat the burglars ... and, as you imply, rules out trying to
write with icicle-bedecked fingers. Mmm .. feels a visit to Staples coming
on.

Spider

Because we grow most of our own plants, they're not in A-Z rows, coming
in one door and being kerchinged out the other. So up on the mypex
right at the top of the Nursery, which slopes a bit, the perennials
are arranged according to how much drainage they want, how much shade
and of course, where there's space! Once everything's potted on and up
there, I go out and make a list of where everything is so that if any
of us are running up there to find things for customers we know
immediately where they are. This is especially handy to the
part-timers. And in the garden, it enables me to make myself a little
aide memoire as to where there's a hole that needs filling with some
plant or other, or if something looks a bit straggly or sick or
whatever.
It's also a wonderful grandchild entertainer. ;-)

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon