CULT: Maps
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- Subject: CULT: Maps
- From: S* M* <7*@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:25:38 -0700 (MST)
Labels are convenient. (Some of my plants have three -- seedling #, pedigree, &
TBR name.)
Charts and maps are much more reliable. (Even an easy-to-read list like: Row
#, planted north-to-south.)
But the ultimate in safe record-keeping ties everything together with a
Cartesian coordinate system. Using any corner of any bed as a reference point
and the orthogonal distances from it measure in inches, I can determine exactly
what's SUPPOSED to be in that position. Sounds like overkill -- until you're
faced with something like my spring task of verifying the identity of iris in
flood-damaged beds.
Sharon McAllister (73372.1745@compuserve.com)
In normally dry southern New Mexico
