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HOW TO KEEP A GARDEN JOURNAL
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here are are so many mental notes
that we all make throughout the
season about wanting to do more of this,
or less of that the following year, that
without some sort of organized journal,
many of these things may not ever come
to fruition. Keeping a garden journal
allows you the freedom of not having
to remember everything about a past
growing season when you are making
decisions for a future one.
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grow cycle
by Chris Bond
Much of the information that may prove
to be useful can be found by contact-
ing your local cooperative extension
service, respective government agri-
culture agency, or established garden
centers in your area. Historic weather
information can also be found online
or requested from state and federal
weather agencies. The amount of infor-
mation suggested here to include may
seem daunting, overwhelming, or
unnecessary to the average gardener
just wanting some tomato plants on
their patio, and for those folks it proba-
bly is. However, for any grower, hobby-
ist, or professional, learning from our
mistakes is part of the garden journey
throughout our lives. While every
garden journal will be different, there
are some categories of information that
many gardeners would find helpful
included in all of them.