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Last year I wrote down planting dates and other significant events in a book something like a journal. I don't find this very helpful, first from the viewpoint of keeping track of the book, second in being able to quickly find a specific item.

In 2013 I snapped a lot of photos of the results of our activities and the date stamp on these has provided basic chronological info. And by adding keywords and descriptions I can quickly search for specific topics.

In mid-Summer 2014 I explored using a mobile phone with the Evernote application to record photos and comments. That approach didn't work well as-is because of peculiarities on Evernote. However, I did manage to use it in this way:

• I capture the scene with my phone's camera.
• At home on my desktop computer:
  • I name each event, and add keywords and descriptions
  • I export photos from my collection specifically for Evernote.
  • I type in the comments for the day into Evernote.

• I attach the photos to the day's comments.

I can imagine a revised Evernote app that effectively added pictures on-site as I recorded what I had done, but that's not the case yet.

HOBO data logger to monitor temperature and humidity and log each at 30-second intervals. It saves the readings so that I can read the via a Bluetooth wireless connection with the HOBOconnect app on my mobile phone.

The data logger is in a solar radiation shield to reduce heating from direct sunlight.

I pay attention to the high and low temperatures, the average high temperature and the average low temperature, and summarize by month. During season changes I evaluate the temperature readings to make decisions about when to sow or transplant, or to arrange for cover material to protect the plants. Such information serves well in a new season or at the end of a season.