Beginner Gardening: Gardening app ideas, 2 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
Too funny, WeeNel... As if any gardener could be told when and how to garden!

But I can't begin to count how many times I come in with gloves on to look up one more detail before planting a new acquisition-- how deep, how far apart, how much sun/shade, how rich soil, manure or no, drainage...

I've been renovating a very old, very large garden for the last 7 years, very much a labor of love, but hard labor none the less.

This year I did hundreds of plants from seed, starting in the winter while the house was closed, in one window in a city apartment (pic 1). In the spring when we opened the house, I started shuffling hardier plants out there (Pic 2), then outside under shelter to be hardened off, then outside ready to be planted (pic 3).

Some seeds I bought, some were found in a round robin. I also bought 'liners' through co-ops, traded plants with DG-ers, and then there was the occasional must-have from local nurseries on top of that. Now it's time to plant them all... That's an awful lot of detail to remember! Not to mention, by the way, learning about all the great plants that had managed to seed themselves or otherwise survive the chaos of ferns, tradescantia, goldenrod, raspberries and all the other thugs and weeds one wild.

Anything that helps me organize better is a good thing!

Pic 4, 2007
Pic 5, May 2013