Gardening with Gary

Gardening Advice from an Expert

Garden Journal

Part One:

A book on your flower and vegetable gardening records is a fine way to keep track of what you have done and how well it worked. Include:

Information on planting, seeding, fertilizing, mulching and pruning. Record dates and quantities.

Vital statistics on plants you are growing, as height, width, flowering season, harvesting, needs: soil, watering, fertilizing.

Basic Information on your garden areas as micro-climates: sunlight, soil conditions and moisture.

Plants that performed well for you and those that did not.

Names of plants which you have seen in neighboring gardens and wish to try in yours, including tips from those gardeners.

Part Two:

Keep records of any insect infestations, what chemicals you used at what concentration. Information on beneficial insects to fend off the attack.

Weather conditions as too much or too little rain, strong winds, frost, and what actions you took and how the plants responded.

Magazine and newspaper clippings on plants you grow or wish to. Articles which contain information you wish to apply to your work.

Diagrams of your garden beds and what dreams you have for the future. Include present pictures and those of gardens you admire.

Photos from seed catalogs of what and when you purchased plants, seeds and supplies.

A final chapter on what you wish to accomplish, which plants do well for you and why you like a certain vegetable or flowering plant.