Re: Keeping track of things

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Keeping track of things
• From: S* <s*@gj.net>
• Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:24:06 -0600
• References: <v02130506b03c7744ccca@[137.110.17.2]>

Nan:

I am a computer-nut as well as a garden-aholic so I build a database in
Access to keep track of everything.  You could build a database in lots
of programs.  The nice part is that every time you dream up something
else you want to keep track of you can add another field or file to
track it.  Searches are very easy without reading through a lot of text.
Just build a query on what you want to find and it's there.

The hard part is keeping it up.  When the weather is gorgeous and your
plants are calling to you it's hard to hit the keyboard.

Good luck,   Sheryl in Western Colorado



Nan Sterman wrote:
> 
> Hello all my cybergardening friends!
> 
> I wonder if any of you have suggestions for a BIG problem I have -- keeping
> track of things.  I plant, cut, start seeds, start cuttings, and I date
> everything at the time they are planted or started, but after that, I loose
> track.  Does anyone have a good system for keeping track of what was
> planted when, when it bloomed, when it fruited, how well it did, when to
> fertilize, etc?  I know that some people keep diaries, but how do you ever
> go back and find anything without reading through the entire year?
> 
> Thanks for you input.  Happy Gardening
> 
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
> Olivenhain, California
> Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> So goes an old chinese proverb:
>          If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
>          If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
>          If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
>          If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener
> 
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• Keeping track of things
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