Property News · October 1, 2016

Alys Fowler: learn to love plant labels


Writing down the plant’s name is a must. However much you believe you will remember it, you won’t Over the years I’ve kept many diaries: seed sowing, daily temperatures (max and min), night temperatures (max and min), propagation, first flowering, trials, tribulations and some heartache. They are all interesting in one way or another. Gardening is an art, but there’s a great deal of science to make it work; understanding the many variables is part of mastering it. Or, if mastering’s too much to hope for, a diary at least allows you to recognise your own messy, variable ways.If nothing else, learn to love plant labels. Yes, they are unsightly, and there’s nothing sadder than a graveyard of them littering a bed, but there is no better way to record plant information. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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