Special Project 2007
Collecting hostas is a lot of fun! Being an hostaholic is a lot of fun!.....going outside on a daily basis to see and admire your hosta collection is a lot of fun! I have started like anybody else by saying to myself that I would limit myself to no more than 100 different kinds...at the most.. ..then I pledged not to go beyond 300 max.... Unfortunately, I have had this 'sickness' for 5 years now and my collection presently totals 557 different named hosta varieties and a total of 880 hostas in my yard. Now that's a lot...for me anyway...being retired and not getting any younger....Beginning this year, I'm taking it more easy....
In order for me to keep and maintain control over my hosta collection, I found it necessary to organize my photos and garden sketches in files on my computer so that I would have a pretty good idea where everything is and how they have developed over the years...and are still improving in size and beauty as they mature. Using Word I have a folder for each hosta variety detailing its characteristics. I also use Excel spreadsheets listing my hosta inventory each year, entering also the size and eyes of each hosta variety on a yearly basis.
Most importantly, I am using Microsoft Access to enter pertinent information on all my hostas. This is my most effecient tool where I can obtain countless numbers of combinations and permutations. I am showing hereafter the way I have setup my hosta database hoping that this may enlighten and help other hostalovers that possess a reasonable knowledge of these software programs. You will notice that some cells have no info, so I would appreciate your help to fill in those 'holes'.
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In order for me to keep and maintain control over my hosta collection, I found it necessary to organize my photos and garden sketches in files on my computer so that I would have a pretty good idea where everything is and how they have developed over the years...and are still improving in size and beauty as they mature. Using Word I have a folder for each hosta variety detailing its characteristics. I also use Excel spreadsheets listing my hosta inventory each year, entering also the size and eyes of each hosta variety on a yearly basis.
Most importantly, I am using Microsoft Access to enter pertinent information on all my hostas. This is my most effecient tool where I can obtain countless numbers of combinations and permutations. I am showing hereafter the way I have setup my hosta database hoping that this may enlighten and help other hostalovers that possess a reasonable knowledge of these software programs. You will notice that some cells have no info, so I would appreciate your help to fill in those 'holes'.
The page following (below) should actually go to the right of the top page...as a continuation abutting the first top page at the right:
Similarly, this next page also abuts the page above and should go to the right of it:
The interesting aspect of the above page is that by double-clicking on Package, you obtain a photo of that particular hosta. You can also import some Word documents...and also some Excel spreadsheets....and the beauty of this Access software is that whenever you modify any of the imported files, they are automatically modified in Access.
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