The shed in March
The garden journal stopped in May. What the tomatoes did in August is down to memory, and so is which bed to move them to.
One page away
A journal that opens on today's date with three lines already waiting. May to October, kept, searchable, yours to reread next spring.
The blank page
Garden journals stop in May, every year, and the three seasons after that go unrecorded, which is exactly the part next spring needs. Dates, weather, and the failures are what turn a hunch into a record.
What it looks like
How to start a garden journal
Date everything, including the nothing days
Weather with no work done is still data. Next February it is the whole point.
Write down what failed and where
The failures are the most useful entries you will keep, and the easiest to forget.
Note the source and the spot
What you planted, from where, and exactly where it went. Next year you will not remember any of the three.
What this journal opens with
- What did you plant, move, or notice?
- What is the weather doing to it?
A quiet start, never a form. Write past the prompt, ignore it, or make the page your own. The journal holds the shape; the words are yours.
Garden Journal Prompts
A garden journal is worth more every year you keep it, because it turns a hunch into a record. Dates, weather, and what failed are the three things next spring will want and this spring will not remember.
- What did you plant today, where, and from what source?
- What was the weather, and what has this week been like overall?
- What is the soil like where you dug today?
- What did you move, prune, or take out?
- What did you water, feed, or leave alone this week?
Private like a notebook
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Part of Innerholm+. A good paper journal costs $30 to $40, for one chapter. Plus opens every edition for $40 a year, or $5 a month, and the free editions stay free because Plus pays for them.