I'm getting a little overwhelmed -- have tried to keep notes about what I've planted and various updates, but I've got little bits everywhere -- DG gardening journal, a notebook, some loose diagram pages, emails to myself, scribblings on the tops of my seed packets -- you name it. Nothing is quite "landing" for me though.
I need some direction I guess. Does anyone feel like they have a system down that really works for them, and if so, would you please share? I would be very grateful!
LiseP
Record-keeping
I use a couple html files I can edit from my browser and ReminderFox for planting dates. I make tables of the html files and put in what it is, how much I need to plant, and info about planting. I've been doing this since 2004, and it's really a help. The ReminderFox thing I started doing last year, and now I have found that the dates are stored and it reminds me again a year later, which is neat because I don't have to remember when to start whatever. It's in there.
We chewed over this one fairly thoroughly earlier this winter, Lise, although we were focusing on software for record-keeping and garden diagramming. Here's the link:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/953125/
I use a plan of my garden and print it out so I can fill in which plants are going where each year, in order to keep rotations working properly. I also keep a list of what I've planted in flats and when, which I can refer to year after year, and I sometimes say how well they do - just very brief notes. And on my seed packets - and sometimes on my plan - I write when I planted each item in the garden. It sort of works for me, but it would be lovely if someone would develop a program for Macs and PCs which would keep track of all this for us!
i plant in containes and only have about 9 of them and i still can't get things straight. to me, it isn't important.
Amen Herbie My garden layout changes every year anyway so it does me no good to do a layout, my only records are on a calendar ie. date planted and how much. Then if I'm lucky I remember to jot down something in the fall about harvests.