Anyone using notion to keep a bonsai journal?

[Necro96]

I have been seeing that there are people who are using notion to keep a record of the plants they have in their house, and I have thought that this could also apply to bonsai, I would love to know if any of you have experience using notion to maintain a bonsai diary. These are some examples of notion for gardening:


In this video she shows more about it

Also this is how i am doing it:


(it is in spanish it says bonsai garden)


Here is the inside of the page, also i am going to put like a chalendar to know where i have done the works (with some photos) and the works that need to be done in the future. What do you think about this, do you have any idea to improve it?

P.D. English is not my main language so I apologize for any misprints that may have been found in the text and also I a new to this forum so I also apologize for any mistake I have made during the post of this thread.

 

[leatherback]

In the end, a journal is only as good as the one keeping it. I am way too uninterested in administrative chores to keep a journal. I take pictures and somewhere on a rainy wintersday I go through the pictures and toss them in the folder I keep for each tree. That is my admin

 

[sorce]

Aye, a before and after pic works well.

I think a journal has more potential to lie than be accurate.

Sorce

 

[Flowerhouse]

Analog all the way.

 

[Tieball]

No on Notion. I use Bonsai Album....an App on my iPad. Easy collection of comments, history and photos I have in my photo library.

 

[penumbra]

This is about the extent of my computer skills.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I have Bonsai Album software, too, and it has places to make notes, etc., but mostly I just annotate pictures in a easy code for the jpg file name so it lists by individual plant, then chronologically, and with basic info. I put all that on the photo, too, because when I load the whole directory on my phone which sorts files by different criteria than my PC and I can't see the file name, I can still see the photos in chronological order for historical purposes. Like this...

If you hover your mouse over the picture you can see the file name reflects the same info as annotated. (Species, variety, cultivar, date, data) Here, "Bougainvillea Blueberry Ice & Bougie Raspberry Ice 10/07/17 etc. Species in caps, varieties lower case except some characters are confusing in this type face so i is always lower case because caps look like lower case L. I have a word processor file with all the names and codes, probably 150 or so now.




I only gradually began this system about 2015, and there was no place to file photos in the old days and we didn't carry cameras before the cell phone, so I don't really have a record other than yearly show photos, so trees that never made the cut in the first 15 years had no records at all. Some still don't. The system reflects my own personal way of referring to my plants, so some are proper names and some are common names and concessions to the practicalities of keeping it short when too many species start with the same character, like F, P and S. I try to keep the descriptions short, too, like "edit, hedge, tip, repot, wire, unwire, SQ for status quo, etc., but you make exceptions where advisable. Of course every camera has different formatting, so I have to reformat to a common size so the annotation fits. I tried to do similar things in the old days on word processors and spreadsheets and that was just too clumsy to work. It was work, and didn't do the job anyway. Thank God for handy cameras and software!

 

[Necro96]

In the end, a journal is only as good as the one keeping it. I am way too uninterested in administrative chores to keep a journal. I take pictures and somewhere on a rainy wintersday I go through the pictures and toss them in the folder I keep for each tree. That is my admin

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I also like this way, but as i am very messy, i like to organize more this hobby, but thanks for your photos

 

[Necro96]

Aye, a before and after pic works well.

I think a journal has more potential to lie than be accurate.

Sorce

Well it depends on the point of view, but thanks for answering

 

[Necro96]

Analog all the way.

 

[Necro96]

No on Notion. I use Bonsai Album....an App on my iPad. Easy collection of comments, history and photos I have in my photo library.

Thank you, i will try it

 

[Necro96]

I have Bonsai Album software, too, and it has places to make notes, etc., but mostly I just annotate pictures in a easy code for the jpg file name so it lists by individual plant, then chronologically, and with basic info. I put all that on the photo, too, because when I load the whole directory on my phone which sorts files by different criteria than my PC and I can't see the file name, I can still see the photos in chronological order for historical purposes. Like this...
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If you hover your mouse over the picture you can see the file name reflects the same info as annotated. (Species, variety, cultivar, date, data) Here, "Bougainvillea Blueberry Ice & Bougie Raspberry Ice 10/07/17 etc. Species in caps, varieties lower case except some characters are confusing in this type face so i is always lower case because caps look like lower case L. I have a word processor file with all the names and codes, probably 150 or so now.
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I only gradually began this system about 2015, and there was no place to file photos in the old days and we didn't carry cameras before the cell phone, so I don't really have a record other than yearly show photos, so trees that never made the cut in the first 15 years had no records at all. Some still don't. The system reflects my own personal way of referring to my plants, so some are proper names and some are common names and concessions to the practicalities of keeping it short when too many species start with the same character, like F, P and S. I try to keep the descriptions short, too, like "edit, hedge, tip, repot, wire, unwire, SQ for status quo, etc., but you make exceptions where advisable. Of course every camera has different formatting, so I have to reformat to a common size so the annotation fits. I tried to do similar things in the old days on word processors and spreadsheets and that was just too clumsy to work. It was work, and didn't do the job anyway. Thank God for handy cameras and software!

Wow, thanks for your reply, i will try that software

 

[penumbra]

Well it depends on the point of view, but thanks for answering

IMHO, It isn't as much a point of view as it is a statement of fact. Kinda like most trees are green. It is not directed to a particular type of person or situation.

 

[Forsoothe!]

The software is excellent, cheap and cost-effective.

 

[Underdog]

In the end, a journal is only as good as the one keeping it. I am way too uninterested in administrative chores to keep a journal. I take pictures and somewhere on a rainy wintersday I go through the pictures and toss them in the folder I keep for each tree. That is my admin

Exactly what I do.
Last year I started an index card/recipe box file noting soil components, containers, repots and any major work and wiring dates. The thought was to be able to take outside and jot notes w/dirty hands ect... as I don't usually want my computer out there. Worked well for me for a while but falling behind this time of year.

 

[AZbonsai]

P.D. English is not my main language

Your English great! Much better than my Spanish.