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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
