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Backed your files up lately??

20 years ago

Yes, you guessed it from the subject line. I never got around to putting most of my plant files into my new computer (thankfully I did put my garden layout into a new excel file). So ever since the old computer died last month I've been recreating lists that would have taken a few seconds if I'd backed them up onto a disc or CD.....

Neil

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iris_gal
20 years ago
Good reminder. Santa brought me a portable hard drive that plugs into a USB port and all the iris photos went on first. I know CD's have a shelf life so cannot fully trust them. Bummer.

I'm interested in how you used Excel for a garden layout. Is it too complicated to explain?
thurston
Original Author
20 years ago
Since my iris beds are square, triangular, and rectangular, it's fairly easy to use the rows and columns in an Excel file to keep track of what's planted where. It would be more challenging for round or curving beds where things don't form rows.
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iris_gal
20 years ago
Thanks Neil. Makes perfect sense. Rather like graph paper.

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