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Re: Gardening Programs

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

At 5:12 PM -0800 1/5/2000, Bill wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Katherine KlemSchool@aol.com wrote:
>stand that there is a computer program that is centered around the
>>sqft. garden.   Does anyone have any info on this?
>
>>I design databases for a living and am in the process of making
>my own square foot program to share with all of you. If you tell
>me what features would be useful to you I will incorporate them.
>
>First, no round 5 gal buckets.  It only encourages 'them.'
>Second, I have been very interested in Access.
>Which do you propose to use?  I may be interested in assisting.
>
>Best feature, is ability to add on a feature thru' a link portal.
>(I'll check the term... i.e. "Add-On" box, like Fill in the blanks, indicate
>links, then clikck on "Add Feature."
>
>I feel Access MAY be the easiets NEARLY full-featurted, user friendly
>database.  So easy to drag a link, too.

Sorry, I don't care for Access much. I do most of my programming in
FileMaker Pro.
>
>1)  I would want min 10 year tracking of plant/area relationship.)
>(Incl what varietal was in that spot.)

Okay, already have this; it's unlimited actually

>2)  Killer feature would be a subset database to input plant characteristics,
>as we saw them.  Height, width (planting row distance)  Dist btwn plants (may
>not apply to sq ft)<chuckle>

Yup, its got this too.

>3)  Plant characteristics per soil, water, type, fert req'd, season,
>germ rate, date planted, temps desired, sun shade.

Okay.

>4)  Plant yield per each. or per sq ft.. if preferred.
Okay.

>5)  I input rain and sun to my database.  Presently I mis-use Excel.

Tell me more about this. Exactly what data do you keep track of? Every
single day whether it was sunny or how much rain you got?
>
>I've found no retail programs of any worth.
>Cutsey, that's all.  One does this, the other, that.
>
>I enjoy somewhat being able to enter the inner sactum, still,
>to see a square on Excel drawn in which represent an area of
>the yard, upon which I can click, is nice.  I've 'drawn' the
>entire yard and house with the most RUDIMENTARY Excel skills...
>
>It caused me to reinvent the system, before I knew it existed,
>per se.  It was a 5x5 system.

I currently have it set for 4x4 as per Mel's book, and up to 12 blocks. Are
there other configurations commonly used?

Katherine Wendt
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