This is in answer to jayb asking me about Airtable. My reply was too long for a comment and was going rather definitely off topic. So I thought it best to begin a new topic here.
I heard of Airtable through Steve's Seaside Allotment on Youtube. He offers a a kind of masterplan but then I actually used my own. After that I found my middle son was using it for the community work he does because it lends itself to that too. I shared access with him and he suggested ways I might improve my use of it which took it old a bit further.
My main base is a growing log but with separate tables for beans, tomatoes and peppers. Not sure why I haven't got a separate pea one but it's not altogether logical - work in progress! I also have separate bases for annual ornamentals, plants I plant in the rest of the garden and I did start one for weather with last frosts etc but haven't really kept that up. The main one is the growing log on which I aim to record sowing date, numbers, descriptions, planting out date, position, first harvest, seed saving etc.
I think I can share my records, warts and all, Jayb or anyone, if you want to have an idea of how I've used it. I think it's really good for the kind of stuff we do as it's so user-friendly and adaptable compared with Excel etc, and really easy to add photos and data to, especially if you have the app also on your phone and can add things to it as you go.
I heard of Airtable through Steve's Seaside Allotment on Youtube. He offers a a kind of masterplan but then I actually used my own. After that I found my middle son was using it for the community work he does because it lends itself to that too. I shared access with him and he suggested ways I might improve my use of it which took it old a bit further.
My main base is a growing log but with separate tables for beans, tomatoes and peppers. Not sure why I haven't got a separate pea one but it's not altogether logical - work in progress! I also have separate bases for annual ornamentals, plants I plant in the rest of the garden and I did start one for weather with last frosts etc but haven't really kept that up. The main one is the growing log on which I aim to record sowing date, numbers, descriptions, planting out date, position, first harvest, seed saving etc.
I think I can share my records, warts and all, Jayb or anyone, if you want to have an idea of how I've used it. I think it's really good for the kind of stuff we do as it's so user-friendly and adaptable compared with Excel etc, and really easy to add photos and data to, especially if you have the app also on your phone and can add things to it as you go.
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