I love modern technology. When it works it can make things so much easier! You can now carry a smart phone to the garden center so that you can go on-line and check out the plant before you buy it. You can blog about your garden and share pictures. You can read other peoples' blogs to find out what works for them. It's easy to check multiple sources for information. No more needing a shelf full of book. No more depending on a relative or neighbor for advice that may or may not be any good.
Lately I've started using technology to document the progression in my garden. During the winter when it was time to order plants I was trying to go back and remember what the garden looked like, where there were empty spots, what blooms together. Of course I've never made a map. That would be too useful.
I'm going out every two week to a month and photographing every inch of my garden. I start at my driveway and take a photo of that end of the garden. Then I take a big step to the left and repeat. And repeat. It takes about 100 photos. Way too cost prohibitive in the old days of developing film. Now? Cheap and easy. And I can find what I'm looking for if I organize it well on the hard drive. Next winter I'll have a better guide to where I might be able to squeeze in just one more....
I love technology.
PS. The end of the semester is in sight! In about two weeks I'll have more free time and will try to get back to blogging regularly, I promise!
