Year after year, I found myself re-inventing my regular gardening tasks – the to-do lists, the calendar of when to buy my seeds, when to re-plant starts, when to dead-head the hydrangeas, what veggies did great one season and failed miserably the next. Every year I did the same tasks, made the same mistakes, and swore I’d remember what worked for next year. But alas, next year came, and I stumbled over the same mistakes. Would I ever learn?
Finally, I decided to create a gardening journal. One that would include a calendar, and provide me with a place to jot notes, include photos and seed packets, and provide a resource to trigger my memory from year to year.
It’s been such a good idea, that I will, from time to time, make blank gardening journals for friends and family, using my scrapbook tools and skills. They make great gifts, and are really useful tools, to both the novice and master gardener alike. Below, find a set of photos of some of the pages included in one gardening journal I created and gifted to my lovely sister-in-law, one of the best ‘green thumbs’ I’ve ever known!
An 8″x8″ square hoop-bound journal, with room for notes, calendar entries and even pockets to hold seeds and other garden-related ephemera.
