On 25/10/07 13:28, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

You could give them the option. Perhaps they'll get the "I wonder that
will turn out to be" seed collecting bug. ;-)

They've all got that, but they give me the seed to find out or ask if
I'll take a cutting of their newly bought shrub, a) in case they lose it
or b) to give to on of the others.

Sounds to me as if the Tweedy School of Horticulture is just waiting to
open! ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article , Sacha
writes


Sounds to me as if the Tweedy School of Horticulture is just waiting to
open! ;-)


Not while the Tweedy "Printing for everyone who forgot to ask until
the last moment and could they have 200 instead of 100 calendars"
company is running Some seeds and cuttings I fail with but I do find
many gardeners even serious ones don't see the individual plants or want
to 'faff' about with trying to propogate them. They just want the effect
or to find unusual varieties etc.
Don't get me wrong, they love gardening but they look askance at my
scruffier garden where there's pots of stuff that I am taking cuttings
from or posts of seed waiting to germinate. They would rather have the
wow factor of the garden than the mess I ma happy to live with

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

On 25 Oct, 13:35, Janet Tweedy wrote:
I normally use a "police style" A6 notebook, with an short length of
elastic to keep the pages together in the pocket. I have always
wanted one with two elastic loops - one to mark the current page, and
one to keep it closed in the pocket.

Not sure how I would fix them but it's a brilliant idea. Thank you!

http://www.discountofficeproducts.co...0174ad224007b6

The elastic loop comes out of a slot in the middle of the back. The
two ends are laid outwards from the slot on the inside of the back
cover, and taped over/gummed down. Then the inner back cover goes on
top.

What I crave is two, one just below the one shown. The one shown
would go around the un-used pages, to mark the place, and the
additional one would go round the whole notebook to hold it flat.

'course, your notebook with separate sections would not need two - but
perhaps multiple silk ribbons as page marks like posh diaries used to
have. My Dad's executive OHMS one use to have 3 silk ribbons, red,
white, blue.

On 25/10/07 21:56, in article , "Janet
Tweedy" wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes


Sounds to me as if the Tweedy School of Horticulture is just waiting to
open! ;-)


Not while the Tweedy "Printing for everyone who forgot to ask until
the last moment and could they have 200 instead of 100 calendars"
company is running Some seeds and cuttings I fail with but I do find
many gardeners even serious ones don't see the individual plants or want
to 'faff' about with trying to propogate them. They just want the effect
or to find unusual varieties etc.
Don't get me wrong, they love gardening but they look askance at my
scruffier garden where there's pots of stuff that I am taking cuttings
from or posts of seed waiting to germinate. They would rather have the
wow factor of the garden than the mess I ma happy to live with

Janet

Until I married Ray I never had a greenhouse to 'play' in. Any cuttings or
seeds I had were raised on the window sill of a potting shed or under some
old bits of glass double glazing over bricks. I am told today that next
week I will be doing a lot of 'serious pricking out', as so many new seeds
have germinated. To me, every single one is a tiny miracle. I am enchanted
by those baby plants and get the most enormous kick out of seeing 'my' seeds
turn into real plants that will go to someone's garden. Few things are more
satisfying.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article om,
writes


The elastic loop comes out of a slot in the middle of the back. The
two ends are laid outwards from the slot on the inside of the back
cover, and taped over/gummed down. Then the inner back cover goes on
top.

What I crave is two, one just below the one shown. The one shown
would go around the un-used pages, to mark the place, and the
additional one would go round the whole notebook to hold it flat.

'course, your notebook with separate sections would not need two - but
perhaps multiple silk ribbons as page marks like posh diaries used to
have. My Dad's executive OHMS one use to have 3 silk ribbons, red,
white, blue.



I like the idea but I think it would work better in perfect bound books
rather than wire bound ones. I will investigate the possibility as it
sounds very useful!

Thanks

Janet
--
Janet
Hedgerows & lawns
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
FarmI
writes

The only thing I haven't done yet and which I need to do, is to
either stick an envelope into the back of one of my notebooks, or create a
folder with such envelopes for sticking plant labels into - those plastic
things that can't be pasted into notebook and for which I know I won't
remember the name and for which I don't want to make up a proper metal
name
tage.

Helen Dillon once famously said that the thing she grew best in her garden
was the collection of plant labels from stuff which either disappeared or
died

:-)) I love it! Although I don't tend to put the labels in the garden but
store them elsewhere.


I know the feeling ...
Mind you the other annoying thing is when a seed germinated after about 2
years and the writing on it, albeit 'permanent' had become so faint you
can't read it.

:-))

"Sacha" wrote in message
"FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
I want to make some spiral bound notebooks

I use A5 notebooks with a bound binding. (These are specifically
selected
because they aren't spiral bound as I've found the spiral bound books
lose
pages too easily) and in addition to these I use an A4 Any Year Diary
(for
when I need to know a date/year of planting out trees, what's in flower
when
etc). The only thing I haven't done yet and which I need to do, is to
either stick an envelope into the back of one of my notebooks, or create
a
folder with such envelopes for sticking plant labels into - those plastic
things that can't be pasted into notebook and for which I know I won't
remember the name and for which I don't want to make up a proper metal
name
tage.


I think Janet has corrected herself from spiral binding to wire. I agree
about spiral binding. The pages seem to tear away far too easily. Glad
we
agree about the little pocket at the back - and now I know you're one of
those people who pinches the labels out of our plant pots, causing the
next
customer to tell us, indignantly, "this isn't labelled!" ;-)))

Well, I might consider theiving them from your pot plants if given the
opportunity, but I have to plead innocence to theiving them from your pot
plants or any nursery owners. Plants here all seem to come with their own
placcie label. In fact I hate the blasted things because they breed and I
only ever need one.

On 26/10/07 13:08, in article
, "FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
"FarmI"
ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
I want to make some spiral bound notebooks

I use A5 notebooks with a bound binding. (These are specifically
selected
because they aren't spiral bound as I've found the spiral bound books
lose
pages too easily) and in addition to these I use an A4 Any Year Diary
(for
when I need to know a date/year of planting out trees, what's in flower
when
etc). The only thing I haven't done yet and which I need to do, is to
either stick an envelope into the back of one of my notebooks, or create
a
folder with such envelopes for sticking plant labels into - those plastic
things that can't be pasted into notebook and for which I know I won't
remember the name and for which I don't want to make up a proper metal
name
tage.


I think Janet has corrected herself from spiral binding to wire. I agree
about spiral binding. The pages seem to tear away far too easily. Glad
we
agree about the little pocket at the back - and now I know you're one of
those people who pinches the labels out of our plant pots, causing the
next
customer to tell us, indignantly, "this isn't labelled!" ;-)))

Well, I might consider theiving them from your pot plants if given the
opportunity, but I have to plead innocence to theiving them from your pot
plants or any nursery owners. Plants here all seem to come with their own
placcie label. In fact I hate the blasted things because they breed and I
only ever need one.


The ones with pics on are the PBR protected ones usually, though not
exclusively. They get sent to us with the plugs. Otherwise we use
stick-ins for hardy perennials, alpines etc. and tie-ons for shrubs. The
former end up in quite a sprawling collection around the place which has to
be swept up from time to time! People pick them up, look at them and
sometimes literally drop them on the ground, which I find quite peculiar.
Others attempt to stab them back in the pot but miss, so they fall out. I
caught one child walking along a row of plants swapping every label by one
row, so that each was just one 'out' in terms of accuracy. There is no easy
answer. ;-)
Maybe there's a market for someone to design a computer program that allows
people to make a simple, basic plan of what they've planted where and then
label it on the computer. Okay one of you techies - off you go!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'