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'twas New Year's Day
"Sacha" wrote in message
... 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 It sounds brilliant for all sorts of inventories and such. I haven't got grandchildren to entertain, but I begin to imagine all sorts of other uses. RG says that most mobile phones have some sort of voice recorder these days, so I'll have to investigate mine. It's a few years old now, so it may not. Also, don't know what the playback quality will be, but we can check his more modern phone out first before replacing mine. Pity really, I was beginning to fancy a new toy, but at least I should always have the mobile with me. It's given me something to think about, anyway. Spider |
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