I always have a million things on my mind as far as "lists" of what needs to be done in the food forest, greenhouse and general property, and can never remember them when I get back inside. I usually have my cell phone and earpiece on me while gardening listening to talk shows, podcasts or music. Today, I downloaded an app called "Voice Recorder". I can make an ongoing recording of all the "tasks" I need to keep track of. When I get back inside, I can easily play it back and jot down everything. Great for gardeners, grocery shoppers, and anyone who needs to "remember" to make lists later on. Voice Recorder by TapMedia Ltd for iphone and iPad. It is free. I'm sure if you have an android phone there must be a similar app. The little "recorder" even has an interface that looks like an old cassette tape recorder for us old folks! I really like the "pause" feature. It keeps everything in one recording no matter how many times you start/pause. There is even a web address to go to, and there is your recording. You can listen to it over any computer and make your hard notes at your leisure.

I am going to create a spread sheet with tasks for the FF, GH, and GP (gen property). List them all, post it on the fridge. I can cross off and add as we go along, and easily update when the lists needs to be freshened up.

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Some of you may have mastered the cell phone, and this is old news. I'm 68 and delighted to have figured this out since I use my phone for not much more than a phone, phone book, radio, daily gardening pics, and occasional online look-up, and a few simple apps. Other than those, I do everything on the pc in my office.

I've always been a "lists" person. Especially when there's 100s of things to get done and you don't know what to do first and end up jumping all around not finishing anything. Lists help me a lot with that and also deadlines.

If you're using your phone that way, there are apps to make your lists directly on the phone and just work off them from there. After trying out about 6 of them, I now use Google's Keep. A big advantage for me is that you can type the lists on your computer into Keep and it will sync with your phone, very handy when having to enter a lot of info (like my full list of spring and fall chores to get done and I hate typing on a phone vs a real keyboard... my keyboard doesn't do silly and embarrassing auto-corrects). You can add check boxes to mark things off when done, move them up and down just by dragging them so you put the top priority items at the top, and change that order easily.

Murky said: I've always been a "lists" person. Especially when there's 100s of things to get done and you don't know what to do first and end up jumping all around not finishing anything. Lists help me a lot with that and also deadlines.

If you're using your phone that way, there are apps to make your lists directly on the phone and just work off them from there. After trying out about 6 of them, I now use Google's Keep. A big advantage for me is that you can type the lists on your computer into Keep and it will sync with your phone, very handy when having to enter a lot of info (like my full list of spring and fall chores to get done and I hate typing on a phone vs a real keyboard... my keyboard doesn't do silly and embarrassing auto-corrects). You can add check boxes to mark things off when done, move them up and down just by dragging them so you put the top priority items at the top, and change that order easily.

OMG, Nancy! I think I'm in love! Thanks for the tip. Just what I needed for my daily dose to keep my OCD alive!

Definitely will check out Keep. Thanks.

You're welcome! You can also assign tags to each note to keep all gardening together, etc. I also use it for my grocery shopping, something I hate with a passion and do anything to get in and out quick. I have a long list of most everything I buy with checkboxes... I check it when I need to buy it, which moves them all to the bottom of my list together and I shop from that. It gets to be a long list, but if you keep them alphabetical, you can quickly find it and check it quicker than making a list.