Keeping Track of Your Garden Beds and Plants Using a Camera

By beckygardener
September 16, 2016

Many gardeners need a way to easily keep track of their garden beds as well as their plants (especially if they are hybridizing). With camera in hand, I came up with two ideas that have worked for me.

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Sep 18, 2016 9:47 PM CST
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Name: Greg
Lake Forest Park, Washington (Zone 8b)
Garden Ideas: Level 1
What are those red blocks or whatever they are you used to make your bed?

I do something similar with my camera, except I'm not as detailed. When I finished planting the bulbs my wife and I picked out, I placed the package labels by each area they're planted in (but removed them afterwards) and took pics for future reference should I need it.

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Sep 18, 2016 9:52 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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I like that idea, Greg! Thumbs up Thumbs up Thumbs up

Those red "blocks" are concrete pavers turned on their side, adhered together to created a raised bed wall, and painted. I tend to think of some odd ideas using concrete. And I think how I can make things cheaply. Concrete material + cheap = inexpensive raised beds. Big Grin
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
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May 14, 2017 11:31 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg
Lake Forest Park, Washington (Zone 8b)
Garden Ideas: Level 1
beckygardener said:I like that idea, Greg! Thumbs up Thumbs up Thumbs up

Those red "blocks" are concrete pavers turned on their side, adhered together to created a raised bed wall, and painted. I tend to think of some odd ideas using concrete. And I think how I can make things cheaply. Concrete material + cheap = inexpensive raised beds. Big Grin


I'm all for inexpensive stuff that works! The cost of buying cedar beds is, frankly, horrible! What did you use to adhere the pavers together?
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May 14, 2017 9:05 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
I used construction adhesive. It comes in a tube (like caulking), so you have to use a caulking gun.
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