tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970153806441842849.post7830538770221473786..comments2023-11-20T08:04:53.018-05:00Comments on the simple life ain't easy: How to make a raised garden bedAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143489710058190187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970153806441842849.post-89284966622783115632011-06-16T10:34:46.014-04:002011-06-16T10:34:46.014-04:00Great tip! I would really love to have a detailed ...Great tip! I would really love to have a detailed journal of the garden and its progress every year, can't believe I didn't think of actually taking photos throughout the season with timestamps to record growth, pest problems and location of each plant within the garden. It's definitely early enough this season to start this too! Thanks for sharing!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143489710058190187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970153806441842849.post-63670917017713294452011-06-16T10:16:22.149-04:002011-06-16T10:16:22.149-04:00I have used similar software for garden planning, ...I have used similar software for garden planning, but I found the best way to document and plan (esp with crop rotation) is just to take pictures of your beds. A few times during the season. My beds are 7x14 and 7x7 and one bed fits nicely into the camera frame (you can see enough to recognize which plants are which, if they are too crowded/spaced out, etc.) for the next planting season. Also, they have time stamps on them so one year when I first had Colorado potato beetles show up on my plants, I had the date handy so I knew for subsequent years when to start keeping my eye out for them. Sure enough, the next year I looked and was able to control them before they devoured my entire crop (live and learn).Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289736725474907311noreply@blogger.com