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Use your Digital Camera to create a photographic record of your garden
Every spring my wife and I plan the additions and modifications to the gardens around our house. After spending a cold Minnesota winter this is a welcome exercise.  The majority of our gardens contain perennials, however, we do like to add annual baskets and pots for color. And, every year we try to remember what we planted, where we put the pots, and how well they did.  More often the not the answer to the question is, “Well, I think……”  This year I had the brilliant thought (why didn’t I think about it years ago?) to create a digital photo record of what we planted and how well the plants did.

Pat and Wayne's Back Yard Patio Garden

 This year we decided to plant more of the hanging baskets and pots ourselves rather than purchasing them from the garden centers. So, I took photos of the baskets and pots after we planted them and then yesterday I took photos to record their progress.  We planted four hanging baskets with red and white wave petunias for our front porch and side porch. Each basket contained four plants, two white and two red.  Was that enough? Here is a photo of the the four baskets after planting and one of the hanging baskets taken yesterday.  We are pleased with the result.

Use Digital Photos to Document Petunia Basket Progress

 Using digital photos to make a photo record of one’s garden is a simple idea that most people probably don’t think about. If you are like me you tend to take photos of family events or vacations, but really don’t think about using digital photos to document a garden or create an inventory of things you own.  You really don’t have to edit the photos or make prints. Just put them in a folder so you can refer to them next year when it is time to plant or separate your perennials.

But, of course, if you are perfectionist you might want to edit the photos by cropping and color correcting the photo. I must admit that I did do some editing yesterday afternoon with CorrectPhoto. 

Pat and Wayne's Garden Photo Edited with CorrectPhoto

 There are many uses for digital cameras that were simply not practical with film cameras. Let me know if you have any clever uses.

Wayne www.correctphoto.com