Garden Journal Challenge

Welcome to the Garden Journal Challenge! I’m so glad you are here.

I’m really excited to start this challenge off, wanna know why? I realized my memory of last year’s garden is not always accurate. Wait, when did the zucchini start coming in? The weather was totally hot right? Was I able to preserve as much as we needed last year?

Oh how about the years gone by? There’s been plenty of year’s since I’ve been gardening and they start to become a blur. That’s why I’m so glad I started writing in a notebook/journal years ago. I’m able to review so many things! I started writing things down in 2014 (I gardened for about 5 years prior to that)

What prompted this was the weather- the weather this year has been way off course and a local weather station posted the rain amounts WAY lower than what we actually had here. It made me realize how micro climate each of our own yards basically are, and how important it is to pay attention to what is going on in your neck of the woods, literally.

⇒ I want to encourage YOU to start TODAY! ⇐

This is why I created the #gardenjournalchallenge a Garden Journal Challenge so I can keep track of all the growing goodness! (and sometimes not so goodness”

⇒What I like to keep track of:

Weather through the entire growing season
Planting Dates
Frost Dates (spring & fall)
When I started my seeds in doors
What varieties did well or not
Where I purchased onion sets, strawberries, tree’s and seeds from.
How many I was able to harvest
Keeping track of what I was able to preserve
My notes such as techniques I tried
How I planted certain items (trellis/ground/etc)
Things I tried and failed
Things I tried and succeeded
Things I learned and would like to implement the next year
What fertilizer or sprays I used
What worked for pests & disease
Germination rates
What needed to be replanted
And an overall wrap up of how the season went
To do list

Always include a layout/ map of your garden areas

How to start:

This is your chance to keep track of all the things, to keep a good reminder of reality, what worked, didn’t work. To keep on LEARNING. Grab a favorite notebook and start today.

Every growing season I grab my journal as well as review it in January & February as I’m itching to get back into the garden. So time to plan on what seeds to buy (if I haven’t already, or seed saved), see what techniques I want to try differently this year and get a game plan going. Also a great time to draw a layout.

This is why I created the #gardenjournalchallenge a Garden Journal Challenge so I can keep track of all the growing goodness! (and sometimes not so goodness”

1) Grab a notebook

2) Print off my Harvest & Preservation Trackers

3) Watch my quick video reviewing my Garden Journal

4) Start taking notes using suggested items above

5) Take a photo and post it on my Roots Revival FB Group and on the Instramgram acct #gardenjournalchallenge to share & encourage others

6) Have fun, there’s no right or wrong way to keep track of YOUR garden