| There are numerous gardening books available...in | | | | - Be sure to keep a watering record. |
| your home, at the library, in your local independent | | | | - Keep track of the dates your seeds germinate. |
| bookstore, and online. The contain very helpful | | | | Then track and record your planting and transplanting |
| information and encouragement. In the you can learn | | | | dates for each crop. |
| things about what to plant, when to plant, how to | | | | - Make sure to keep information on cover crops and |
| germinate seeds, how to make your own compost, | | | | times that you leave an area fallow. |
| how make your own insecticide, etc. The are most | | | | - Journal your composting piles [the dates started, |
| helpful if you remember to read all the words and | | | | when you water, material added, and the finishing |
| plan your garden using the information available....but | | | | date for the pile]. |
| they are not the most helpful gardening book | | | | - Track your pests and diseases making sure to note |
| available. Those books are written with excellent | | | | the number, duration, severity, what you treated it |
| general information. They are not specific to your | | | | with, and the outcome. |
| yard or garden plot. The books in the stores have | | | | - Track your soil maintenance [crop rotation, compost |
| good information and much inspiration for your | | | | addition, rock powders, leaf mold, other soil |
| organic garden. They tell you about soil pH, air | | | | supplements. |
| temperature, gardening climate zones, plant mixing, | | | | - And finally, track and record your harvest notes. |
| interplanting, new ideas; however, the most helpful | | | | - How much did you end up with? Several years of |
| garden book is not available in bookstores or online. | | | | comparing what you did and what happened to the |
| You have to write the best organic gardening book. | | | | output will result in excellent information of |
| Only you will actually garden in your yard or plot. If | | | | maximizing your garden production. |
| you take good notes and create a thorough | | | | If you are interested in the more existential aspects |
| gardening journal, you will have the best gardening | | | | of gardening, journal how different events make you |
| book ever written. It will be customized just for you. | | | | feel, your reaction to hardship, your reaction |
| In order to have the most successful organic | | | | germination, harvest, pests, dogs, cats, moles, etc. |
| vegetable garden possible for you and your location, | | | | Gardening is a process. The journey is excellent and a |
| what should you record in your journal? | | | | lesson in patience and letting go. You cannot control |
| - Soil and air temperature at different times of day | | | | nature. You can help it. There is frequently no why as |
| including the daily minimums and maximums will give | | | | to the events in nature. It's okay not to understand. |
| you information that helps in choosing plants for your | | | | You don't have to understand here to be here. |
| garden in the future. More immediately, that | | | | Gardening can be a great help in understanding and |
| information will assist in determining whether you | | | | getting in touch with now. A journal can track your |
| need to shade plants or soil for optimum garden | | | | past help improve the present. Make sure to review |
| production. If you use row covers, record the | | | | your journal regularly. Most importantly, a garden |
| temperatures under the row covers and/or your | | | | journal assists with planning and is invaluable when the |
| plastic mulch. | | | | snows set in, the seed catalogs come in the mail, and |
| - Record unusual weather events [storms, droughts, | | | | your plan your spring, summer, and fall planting |
| deluges, very hot and/or very cool weather]. Several | | | | schedule. Go outside and garden. Save money with |
| years of regular "unusual" weather events become | | | | your own organic vegetable garden. |
| regular weather events. | | | | |