Disk No  1125
Program Title: GARDENER'S ASSISTANT
PC-SIG version 1

This handy program for planning a garden presents an attractive initial
title screen with handsome graphics followed by a main menu after pressing
any key. The choices are: describe where you live and your garden
dimensions, choose what vegetables you want, display how to lay out your
garden, choose when to plant/harvest, add to/modify vegetable chart, and
quit. You can press the number of your choice, "?" for an explanation, or
"!" to go back to the prior menu.

The first choice offers a screen with a menu requesting the following
information: request: desired garden name, length, width, orientation, and
the region of the country the garden is located in. Under the second choice
of the main menu, choose vegetables, another menu is offered with three
choices: choose vegetable, print chosen vegetables, and return to main
menu. Another screen appears with the indication of the approximate
percentage of garden left with a negative number displayed if more space
has been used than you have allocated. Then there are seven columns: the
name of the vegetable, the suggested row feet per person, choose number of
people to feed, feed the family (y or n -- size you have indicated), number
of row/feet to plant, number of units to plant, and the units in which the
vegetable is normally measured -- crowns, pounds, packets, ounces, etc.
This works as follows: the first vegetable for example is asparagus. If the
number of people entered is four, the screen indicates that you need 80/row
feet planted, for four people, 80 plants need to be planted, and so on for
the rest of the vegetables. The third choice from the main menu displays
how to lay out your garden according to the information on the vegetables
you want to plant. Selection number four presents a screen that asks you
whether you are planting in spring or fall. Depending on your response, you
are given window dates when to plant and expect to harvest your vegetables.

This program is easy to use and can be a valuable tool for planning and
managing your garden.

Usage: Garden Planning/Home Application

System Requirements: None

How to Start: Type GASSIST (press enter).

Suggested Registration: $25.00

File Descriptions:

GASSIST  EXE  Program file.
BASRUN   EXE  Secondary program file.
LOGO     BAS  Basic file for screen Logo.
MAP      BAS  Basic file for US Map.
README   BAT  Batch file for typing README.TXT
README   TXT  Information and instructions.
GA       BAT  Starts program on a hard drive.
GASOURCE BAT  Batch file with invalid information.
??????   GT   Data files for gardening information (25 files).

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