Deb, well-expressed excellent thoughts, so similar to mine. GMTA! You know what else occurred to me, I hate waiting for Excel to open. Browser is always open. I'll probably take more & better notes now. And the huge bonus, if my computer crashes, it won't be lost. Yeah, I know, cloud storage, we don't have anything like that although I do occasionally email a copy to myself. I've not investigated the blog feature here, but theoretically, other lists of stuff, like nectar plants for hummers, could be put in a blog I guess?
Who has other, extraneous stuff in your notes besides stuff about specific plants? I have a spreadsheet of blooms so I can see "when" more of them would make the most difference although since I don't plan to buy any more plants purely for their flowers (unless they are useful to hummingbirds,) this has fallen into obscurity, not up to date. There's a list of plants I'm allergic to with those other people have reported a sensitivity to, and what toxic compounds are irritating in them if I know. A list of purple leaves, one of pink leaves, a page with columns for flower colors (also not tinkered with the past few years,) what the bunnies ate when I gardened 'with' them, and notes/ideas for mini gardens.
Forgot when I posted before, my most urgent plan for spring is to buy more mulch before the pile is gone. I'm not falling for that again and now sure/know there won't be another load at the one store that sells 'finely shredded hardwood mulch' that's not painted or dyed or naturally some color I don't like (or more than $2 per bag!
) NOT needing to water plants with tap water (as often, if it doesn't rain) would help a lot.
