I have plantstep also. It can even be used to keep track of books or other collections.
On my older computers, I have excel programs full of lists, then on my laptop I have google spreadsheets. I like google spreadsheet the best because I can open it up on my phone while out in the yard. In the yard, every plant has a metal tag with p-touch label that has name, hybridizer and year hybridized.
In reality, what I have in the house is a stack of papers here and there, some in notebooks, some stuffed in catalogues, others in file cabinets, with notes scribbled on envelopes, that kind of recordkeeping. It's horrble. I can't read my handwriting half the time, and I forget to date my notes, and even my pictures don't indicate if the photo was taken in my yard of someone else's. I've lost track of how many iris i have, but it's way too many to keep track of with the system I've been using. (1200 plus iris?)
I save my orders and shipping lists, but I don't always write down where something is planted. If a deer comes through the yard and knocks over a plant tag, I have to try to catch the flower while in bloom to get the tag back on. I have a huge basket full of tags that need to be matched back up with plants.
The last few years, I've planted alphabetically, which helps in identification, but doesn't make for the prettiest display.
My winter project is to get myself organized! My roses, daylilies, photos, taxes, everything is in the same state of disarray and it's really frustrating, because I really like things organized.
