It's NOT filled with advertising (although they are planning to add affiliate sales from seed companies). It's supported by the young British couple who run it and write their own programming, and by many users who think it is so valuable that they pay a little every year (and get a few extra features). I actually supported it last year, and will renew my membership later this month. But it is free, unless you want to chip in support.
I have inventoried all my "seed stash" on MyFolia....I get all the description and plant info entered, and then when I plant the seeds, I just have to refer to the seed entry and put in what how many I planted, and which garden they were in. As they grow, I can mark milestones like Sprouted, First True Leaves, Hardening Off, Transplanted, etc.
The owners just added a very nice "Harvesting" feature to the list of milestones that allows users to keep a running record of harvests.
In one of my favorite journal entries by another gardener, one of my garden buddies recently cataloged every single item she harvested from her garden to make a single bowl of salad - she laid all the individual leaves out side by side and photographed them, labeled the photo, and wrote a detailed description of every plant, leaf, flavor, what she liked and how they all came together in the salad. She doesn't do that every day - - that would be really obsessive -- but she's experimenting with new plants, many of them unfamiliar Oriental greens, and recording her results - I thought it was informative and very pretty as well. She got more out of a 4x4 garden last year than I did out of my much larger plot, and she has very similar interests, so I "tune in" to her journal frequently.
In one of my favorite journal entries by another gardener, one of my garden buddies recently cataloged every single item she harvested from her garden to make a single bowl of salad - she laid all the individual leaves out side by side and photographed them, labeled the photo, and wrote a detailed description of every plant, leaf, flavor, what she liked and how they all came together in the salad. She doesn't do that every day - - that would be really obsessive -- but she's experimenting with new plants, many of them unfamiliar Oriental greens, and recording her results - I thought it was informative and very pretty as well. She got more out of a 4x4 garden last year than I did out of my much larger plot, and she has very similar interests, so I "tune in" to her journal frequently.
Disclosure:
I already wrote and posted this review on a more private forum for friends! But the site is offering a free month of membership for any member who writes a review on their blog or website.
