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We “Garden People” appreciate that gardening is no mere hobby, but a lifelong journey and one worthy to record.  That’s why a Garden Journal will become your new best friend – always there for you, giver of great advice and memories!  Let’s put it this way, if I were on a sinking ship, I’m gonna save my haggard garden journals first...sorry family.  Seriously, I’ve noticed over the years that I am at my most creative and constructive when I am using my hands whether jotting down a hedge design, planting tomatoes in my garden or making a centerpiece for my dining room table. 

Get started by purchasing a waterproof monthly planner complete with ample room for your notes and observations.  Make notations each day; first frost, last frost, seed planting and germination dates, time of bloom, first fruits, fertilizing, and “what worked” and “what didn’t work just yet.”  These notes and observation will become invaluable references for you for years to come.   

I also create sections in my journal for ideas, pictures, and garden dreams.  Pictures of my projects on an on-going or rather on-growing basis are wonderful visual references I refer to constantly.  I also like to keep photographs of plants and designs I see on my travels or even from neighbor’s yards.  And don’t forget doodling any idea is, while if like mine illegible, always a great way to put your green-thumb creativity to work.  So have fun and dig in!

Keep checking back each week for more gardening tips and tricks!

- Barbara