Record Keeping
- To: IRIS-L <i*@RT66.COM>
- Subject: Record Keeping
- From: L* D* <7*@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: 13 Oct 96 19:59:08 EDT
>>>>Anyone find any software for this? (See below)
>>>>How detailed do you get. (Varies - one can can as sophisticated as needed or
wanted -(see below to evaluate the method I use)-
>>>>How do you keep maps straight? (What do you mean by 'straight' ?)
>>>>Journal or note paper?? ( Some people swear by this hard copy method)..
Note books are easy to carry around the garden, etc. Garden shapes are easy
to annotate on sheets of paper. - But, erasers are used extensively !...
Sharon -
I have researched this subject sometime ago and have written a small articles
for an Iris publications. MY solution to mapping was to use a Spreadsheet
program (you must have at least one around). Even tho your beds may not be
straight - it is easy to compromise on 'paper'.. A Database Program certainly
will work for you, too. Printing the map with a Spreadsheet program can be the
only major problem.. (the wide carriage dot-matrix printer is best for this
purpose) I was able to print out 13 plants per spreadsheet-row (landscape
mode).. Does this make sense to you ?
Anyhow, I've been using this method quite satisfactorily for over 10 years...
The Spreadsheet program can also be used for the general listing. I listed my
plants as follows: NAME - HYBRIDIZER - TYPE - BED (Usually coded) Actual
LOCATION in bed - COLOR - Then a column for each year to record BLOOM date then
finally a column entitled REMARKS - A hybridizer would record many additional
fact ..
Does this help - If not - ask me more questions
** Time Began In A Garden **
Larry Doucette Wilmington, Mass.
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USDA 5B -15 F : 12 mi. North of Boston : 12 miles inland
