An organizing fool

Friday, February 08, 2008

It’s February and that means I have been nose-first in seed catalogs the last couple of weeks.  I suspect many FTP contributors are in the same boat.  There’s nothing more ‘local’ than growing it yourself!

I keep a stack near my couch so I can read and reread the catalogs, deciding which company has the best seed varieties, figuring out what I really want to grow.  Normally, I’d have a little notebook close by so I can make notes and lists.  Now I just keep my laptop handy - I’ve gone high tech.  I have become completely enamored of MyFolia.

MyFolia is a program for gardeners that let’s you electronically track, organize, and share what you’ve planted, what seeds and plants you’ve purchased, and what you want to buy.  There’s a reminder section for making gardening task notes and a journal.  It’s a pretty great idea.  The site is in public beta, so not everything works perfectly...but it’s definitely better than the system I was using.

For those of us who are knitters, you might think it sounds pretty similar to Ravelry.  It is very similar and even has the same Flickr interface. Like Ravelry, MyFolia definitely appeals to the inner nitpicky organizational freak in me.

I’ve been busily entering in all the seeds I’ve recently ordered.  Just this week I placed an order with Territorial Seed Company.  Spring will soon be here and I want to make sure I have time to start some seeds indoors.  Some of the first things I’ll start inside are the Brilliant Celeriac and Tadorna Leeks.  And, of course, one of my first outdoor plantings will be a sea of Hakurei Turnips, the seeds for which I procured from Kitazawa Seed Company.