That must've felt so good to get it all done. The spreadsheet looks cool, I have something similar in notion but never actually used it 🤷♀️ the fluffy caterpillars look cool, very nice of you to let them have some kale and lavender 🪻
One day I will get back to growing some of my own veggies - following your progress is encouraging me - but for now I’m at capacity. Of course if I win the Omaze Cotswolds house which has a greenhouse - I’ll be definitely growing my own :)
It was amazing that house. Such stunning scenery and all that land too. I’ve not seen many of their houses I wouldn’t want to win. I mean even if you just have it a while and sell it 🤷🏼♀️
I have a garden journal where I record my progress, lack of progress, what worked and what didn't. Am very against inviting AI further into my life than it is already, so if I do a planting spreadsheet I do it ineptly by hand. It is inept, but I find if I visualise it first I can get it in the structure I want. Or this year - D T Brown has a great planning/growing record that you can fill out in the middle of its paper catalogue.
I do also ineptly scribble things down, although it’s often across several notebooks & pieces of paper! Recording it here is also quite helpful. The spreadsheet has been really helpful for me, it’s probably not something I’d have done without AI but it’s not for everyone. I’ll check out the D T Brown catalogue, thank you.
It’s all looking like you’ve made great progress. Loving the spreadsheet idea for seed propagation! I repeat my errors every year (sowing too early or too late) and despite all my lists, learn nothing.
It’s good to keep a record of the lessons we didn’t learn!! Sowing late is usually my biggest error & then I never seem to be able to manage succession planting and find that however far apart I sow my radishes they’re still all ready at the same time … well unless I leave them 2 months apart!!
My other gardening vice is growing things too close together. Born of cramming as much into the polycrub pots as possible, now that I’m starting to plant up the extra beds my brain doesn’t seem to register the concept of more space..
It’s an exciting time of year! How awesome that you were able to use ChatGPT to build the spreadsheet of your dreams. ☺️
It's very handy sometimes!
That must've felt so good to get it all done. The spreadsheet looks cool, I have something similar in notion but never actually used it 🤷♀️ the fluffy caterpillars look cool, very nice of you to let them have some kale and lavender 🪻
The caterpillars are so cool! I’m now spotting others in the garden and around - they’re pretty hardy wee things.
What a lovely essay , beautiful to read. I love your spreadsheet and thank you for letting the caterpillars 🐛 eat your kale!
Thank you Tanya - the spreadsheet has made life so much easier & how could you turf out those beautiful furry caterpillars?
One day I will get back to growing some of my own veggies - following your progress is encouraging me - but for now I’m at capacity. Of course if I win the Omaze Cotswolds house which has a greenhouse - I’ll be definitely growing my own :)
I’d never entered a maze draw until last month with the Scottish house and I thought … you know what, that’d be alright! Good luck 😉
It was amazing that house. Such stunning scenery and all that land too. I’ve not seen many of their houses I wouldn’t want to win. I mean even if you just have it a while and sell it 🤷🏼♀️
That's true, they are all pretty stunning.
I have a garden journal where I record my progress, lack of progress, what worked and what didn't. Am very against inviting AI further into my life than it is already, so if I do a planting spreadsheet I do it ineptly by hand. It is inept, but I find if I visualise it first I can get it in the structure I want. Or this year - D T Brown has a great planning/growing record that you can fill out in the middle of its paper catalogue.
I do also ineptly scribble things down, although it’s often across several notebooks & pieces of paper! Recording it here is also quite helpful. The spreadsheet has been really helpful for me, it’s probably not something I’d have done without AI but it’s not for everyone. I’ll check out the D T Brown catalogue, thank you.
It’s all looking like you’ve made great progress. Loving the spreadsheet idea for seed propagation! I repeat my errors every year (sowing too early or too late) and despite all my lists, learn nothing.
It’s good to keep a record of the lessons we didn’t learn!! Sowing late is usually my biggest error & then I never seem to be able to manage succession planting and find that however far apart I sow my radishes they’re still all ready at the same time … well unless I leave them 2 months apart!!
My other gardening vice is growing things too close together. Born of cramming as much into the polycrub pots as possible, now that I’m starting to plant up the extra beds my brain doesn’t seem to register the concept of more space..
Same, it’s all about cramming in as much as possible!
Same on the radish front 😫