When I created this blog it was with the idea that I would make a journal of my own garden and the experiences throughout the growing season. I have done that, to a certain extent, but because blogging has turned out to be more community-oriented for me, rather than introspectively writing down my garden’s facts […]
Helps For Garden Journals
How to keep a journal, types, and resources for DIY garden journals. Many of those resources are free.
Print Your Own Garden Journal
Printable Garden Journal! (The original source is no longer online, but I linked to the version captured on the web archive.) Look at this, if you want to put your computer to work for you… print your own garden journal. You choose your paper, and if you have a graphics program you could tweak colors […]
Journaling Again
Time to make an entry to Ye Olde Garden Journal. It’s been an interesting week. Last weekend had beautiful spring weather, so I tentatively went out in the field over the weekend. You know, just walked around, inspecting things. The vernal aroma was just what I needed. There is just something about the soil warming […]
short thoughts
Rainy. Cold. Blah. I will be forced to go out today. Doing obligatory things. Maybe this weekend I will set up my light stand for seed starting later in the month, that would be cheering. I really want to start some perennials for this year. Some of them are better and cheaper that way, but […]
Garden Journal Lists
Freezing cold. This is typical beginning for January in Ohio, a little later than usual, but now it feels like winter. It looks like one of those years when whether one mulched the roses will make a difference. Though I am not much for diaries, I have always been a list person. Lists help me […]
Making A Garden Journal
Making a Garden Journal Years ago I read some advice on making a garden journal, which I subsequently ignored in my chutzpah assurance that I would always be as involved with the process as I was at that time. The advice was to write the names of the plants which I had planted, and to […]

