“I have a desk calendar that gets a lot of use too.LOL”
I just printed off several months of a free print 2014 calendar, plus next month, December 2013, so I can write in the daily boxes if I need to about planting or whatever.
Right now the seed packets are in no order except a bunch in a plastic bag I won’t use for a spring/summer garden but I’ll have to go through those again since I don’t remember what’s in that bag. Then, there’s another plastic bag full of seed packets I think I will need to plant. Then, two orders of seeds are coming, so it’s really all a mess.
You guy have planted certain plants for so long you know when to start your seeds, etc., and I don’t know any of that. That’s what I’ll write next to the seeds when I get them listed in the notebook. I do have a list of what to plant in spring in the Houston area and when to start the seed or plant the plant. That list will help if it’s different than what’s on the seed packet.
I just don’t have this organized and I have to do that ‘cause that’s what I do.
I keep my Mo Extension Office schedule handy. It tells when to start seedes etc. It also has a list of seeds recommended for Missouri as well as planting amounts.
I remember some of the stuff, but I still have to check it out for a lot of stuff every year. I keep that in a file folder that sits right next to my printer so it’s really handy to refer to quickly when I am planting.
My desk calendar has November, December and 2014. I use it as my daily reminder. Appointments things to do each month/week and when I plant something, I note it and then count forward to the DTM and note that as the date to harvest so I have an idea about when I’ll do that as time goes on.
I used to be a lot more organized than I am right now, and it’s getting on my nerves, so I’ll take advantage of being indoors to get some stuff done now.