The problem with great garden ideas is that so many of them come at the wrong time.  For example, yesterday I was out in the garden and I noticed that the very first snowdrops were blooming.  This was very exciting, of course, since winter has not yet given up the fight in this part of the country.  But after the initial wave of excitement passed, I thought about getting more snowdrops.   It is too early to divide my existing plants and it is way too early to buy bulbs for fall planting, which means that the idea has to be stored somewhere and in some way that is easily accessible. 

I could put the information on a list in my computer.  That way it won't get lost in the household shuffle.  I could put it on the last page of my current garden diary so that it is easy to find most of the time--even when I'm in the garden making notes in the diary.  I could also copy the list and put it on my refrigerator, where I will see it all the time.  If I had one of those handheld PDA's, I could even put my list in its electronic "brain".  (For better or worse, I am not there yet.)

So, in the interest of actually acquiring the snowdrops, I will probably add the item to my computerized wish list, print out the list and hang it on my refrigerator and copy the information onto the last page of my garden diary.  This sounds time consuming, but it really only takes a few minutes.   The information will be available when I need it and I have freed up a few brain cells for other applications.

To really enjoy gardening, you have to find ways to keep it as simple as possible.