Why a Journal is a Gardener’s Best Friend

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If we asked you what our most valuable tool is, what would you say?

Maybe a sharp trowel? Pruners? How about a Hori-Hori? 

True, these tools help us get the job done, but there’s something in our bags that sets us apart from the average gardener. 

Give up? It’s our gardeners’ journals. I mean, I’ve already forgotten what I had for breakfast yesterday. How could I ever trust myself to remember the trials, tribulations and successes of last year’s garden. The miserable fact is, I couldn’t.  

The only way to truly sharpen your gardening skills is to be intentional about the learning process. Documenting what you did and when you did it will create a repository of information that can be referenced for years to come.