If you've ever lost track of when you planted your basil or forgotten which tomato variety thrived last summer, it might be time to start a garden journal. Think of it as your garden's personal diary: ...

The new year is nearly here, and 2026 is another year to have high hopes for beautiful gardens and dependable weather ...

Keeping a garden journal is an easy solution for the dilemma of lost names and hidden plants. A journal can make it easy to record your successes and failures, a memory jogger for names and sources ...

Gardening can be more than just growing plants. It is not only a hobby, but an opportunity to learn new things, connect with nature and grow as a person. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just ...

The older I get, the harder it is for me to remember what year something happened in my landscape or garden. I should have written things down. Maybe I should consider starting a garden journal in the ...

My 2024 New Year’s resolution is to do a better job of keeping up on my garden journal. I start with good intentions but get busy and the note-taking drops off. At the end of the season, I’m kicking ...

The definition of procrastination is Pam’s winter projects. Every year, I seem to have a list of projects to complete during the long winter nights. One of them is assembling a garden journal that ...

Improving your garden recordkeeping is a New Year’s resolution every gardener should think about. It’s easy to think we’ll remember what happened from one year to the next, but our memory tends to get ...

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A number of books have been published on high desert gardening, but Taos author Nan Fischer says none have been like her new guidebook that spans the whole year. Fischer’s readable book is titled ...