Do you guys have a scheurkalender? What is that actually? A scheurkalender is a calendar whereby there is a page for every day. Once read, you tear it off and can read the next subject. This year we are trying a new one: This is the front cover which I removed so that each day will always be on top. All the other pages are hanging in the loo. When sitting one can simply reach out and tear it off, bring it close and read the tip. There is a new gardening tip each day. The calendar we usually get is called, “Roots” and has pics and facts about all aspects of nature, not just gardening plants. There are scheurkalanders for every hobby, interest and subject you can imagine…and their size is smallish so they do not get in the way. The loo is the most commonly used location in our homes here because it is a place we visit each day.
A book ! A real book . What a concept. Books are coming back. That’s what I call dedicated gardeners, even in the loo. Hope you can share some tips with those who have curious minds and want to know. Many online communities and influential platforms for promoting and reviewing books are encouraging many to pick up the reading habit again. That’s a good thing.
Pac— it is not a book, it is a small calendar. That hangs in the loo. I get the idea that this sort of thing is not known in the PNW . Would that be correct? I could always take a foto and post it if you cannot visualise it. Just let me know, oké?
Oh I see… thank you for the clarification. I thought the calendar was inside the book… Alrighty then glad we got that cleared up.
That's a brilliant idea Sjoerd. The calendar and the location. I've not seen one like that. I've had desktop one with jokes and motivational quotes, but I've not seen one that interesting. Do you have to order the calendar?
Mel— which calendar are you interested in? The language is Dutch, I will see if they are available in English. But to answer your question: we usually buy them in the bookshop, sometimes they must be ordered though. One buys them in in sept. or oct. They are pretty much gone by now. Daniel— that would be something, wouldn’t it.
Brilliant ideas. I have inherited an old Gardening Calendar style type book that belonged to my Mum. It's very useful in keeping tabs on what should be done at different times of the year...but with climate change probably not quite so accurate nowadays.
Daniel- Looks like an interesting one. There are folks here that swear by an almanak. The one we get normally is this one: Here it is open to 5 january. I used this page because we were talking about hazel catkins not so long ago. This Roots calendar is not a gardening calendar, rather a “nature calendar”. You know, plats and animals in the wild, gardens and cities. I was out grocery shopping and dropped into the bookshop that was next to the supermarket…and they had the Roots calendar, so I scored the last one in the shop. The Bride was tickled pink— Happy wife, happy life, they say. Snikker. Oreti— BTW, do you know if the Gardeners’ World Magazine calendar is available there…in English, of course. Mel is interested, I believe.
Yes thanks @Sjoerd I usually get it but for some reason I haven't for the last couple of years. Great photos in it though normally. That's a great looking and informative book you have. I must make a point next year to browse our book shops to see if we have anything similar.
My Bride tells me that this type of calendar is called, “page-a-day-calendar”. Oreti— can you order those calendars on line? Do you have a link?
