Gardening journal

Gardening journal

A gardening journal helps gardeners improve their efforts over time byproviding a historical record of actions taken, the weather and otherelements and the results.

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 asa [http://monticellostore.stores.yahoo.net/010033.html book] .

ee also

*Garden
*Plant

External links

* [http://www.s-t.com/daily/01-00/01-02-00/h01ho221.htm/ Journal can help you grow as a gardener]
* [http://www.gardentodo.com/ Free online gardening journal]


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