How to Keep a Garden Journal

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With the spring gardening season just around the corner, this is a great time to get out your seed packets and garden journal and start making plans and preparing for a successful garden season.

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A great way to keep track of your garden’s progress year to year, and to keep track of everything you have learned while gardening, is to keep a garden journal.

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GARDEN NOTEBOOK

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GARDEN MAP

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WHAT DO YOU PUT IN A PLANT JOURNAL?

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