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Gardening journal

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A gardening journal helps gardeners improve their efforts over time by providing a historical record of actions taken, the weather and other elements and the results.

Contents

Example data points

Some data points worth tracking:

  • planting dates
  • transplanting dates
  • source and cost information for plants and seeds
  • weather particulars such as rainfall, frost dates and results
  • plant characteristics, date of germination, date they emerge in spring, appearance of blooms
  • date of harvest (for vegetables) or cut flowers taken
  • date and type of fertilizer or other chemicals applied, and to which plants
  • observations
  • photographs

    • Famous Gardening Journals

    Among the most famous keepers of Gardening Journals are Thomas Jefferson and Vita Sackville-West. Sackville-Wests' gardens at Sissinghurst Castle are kept today based on her written details. Mr. Jefferson's garden journals are available from the Monticello Society as a book.

    References

    Gardening journal Wikipedia
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