It never would have occurred to me to purchase software to track my garden. Like you, I find an Excel spreadsheet to be a versatile tool for tracking the information that interests me, and a simple Word document, or file of documents, can contain any quirky info not suitable for a spreadsheet. In addition to the computer-drawn plan, I have a large-scale printout of my new garden plan with a 10' by 10' grid for a visual record of the location of specimens. The grid coordinates go into the spreadsheet, and my husband swears he's going to give me GPS coordinates for the plants. : ) I once had a paper garden journal, but my entries were very sporadic so the result is incomplete, and the journal lacked any organization beyond calendar dates, not very useful for the type of data you are keeping. These days I type far better than I write, such has been my evolution...

I got mine today. I also got a 2 pk Black Ink HP Printer cartridge set for $52. She gave me one of the packs of paper free since they were out of the free HP paper that was a bonus with the cartridges. I should have gotten a rain check but don't plan to go there for awhile; I'm happy.

dedtired - I know it sounds like a lot of files, but it really isn't when you count in all the files you get with the software programs like Windows OS, Office and Photoshop. Plus add on's and extentions. It recovered all the files on the hard drive, not just my personal ones. The fun part is that the names of the files were lost so I have to go through each and every one to decided what to keep. It will take me days or even weeks. Ugh! And they might be empty files or junk and corrupted files. Won't know till I open them. compumom, jessyf, triciae - Thanks for the recommendations. I will keep the ones suggested in mind. This one was the first one to actually find something. The others I tried before couldn't find anything at all. DH just bought a new 1 Terra Byte IOMEGA External hard drive 3.0 as a new backup. I am still going burn my PS files and photos onto DVDs as a third backup. Thanks for the replies. Clare

Don't forget this offer ends Sept first !!! I have 6 reams already