Don't manage to do this every day, but this is how I record:
With my digital camera I take pictures of plants just put in, significant changes of whatever named plant[s] , like first blooms, fruit setting, growth, weather effects, etc. Sometimes just a pretty picture. Sometimes a project, or project area as it develops.
When I come in I load pics to the computer and save to that day. More importantly, I name the plant, project, area, date etc. before I crop, fix and size for my journal use.
Then I go to my "idailydiary" (a free software program that can be used offline) where I include anything and everything I did that day {it reminds me that I can still be useful}, the weather, family or personal stuff, etc. I mean ~ it's my diary! so I put in it what was important that day to me. Last, but not least, I put in each photo taken that day - one at a time - so I can name it and note what is significant about that photo for that day.
All that can be time consuming, especially if I have a dozen or more photos. Most days it is just a few. And it doesn't get done every day.
The hard part is the next step . . . . Eventually I take those photos and place them in in my huge 'plants and gardening' folder that has more sub and sub-sub and sub-sub-sub folders than I can count. Each photo is placed in the folder that is its own or with the folder that is within that variety of plant. There are further organizational things to do, but the hopeful end result is to provide a view of the life and history of each plant or area and how it has managed from year to year.
Since I have 5 acres and have lived here for 36 years there is a lot to cover. Of course, I don't have pictures of all those earlier decades, but doing pretty well this decade !!!
And now I have all the right pictures with the right plant with the right year and season ! That's a whole lot of record keeping !! Which is very good for an old lady that can't garden as heartily I used to.
