A Gardner's Diary

Article by: Rachel Paxton

Have you ever thought about keeping a gardener's diary to record what you plant , Reel Lawn Mowers and where you plant , s and Trees Native to DurhamTownship Pa. it? Keeping a diary will help you plan , Love to garden but short on money? Her?’s 10 money saving ideas. next year's garden , How to Find a Pond Leak by recording which plants , 5 useful tips to care for your s while you are on holidays grew well and which ones didn't. You can also note which colors , Gardening: Tips for Autumn Vegetable Growing do or don't look good together, or which plants , Granite Preformed Rock Pond Kits overwhelm one another. Keep a record of how long the sun , Make Your Home's Style Unique With Mix and Match Decor shines in different areas of your yard , Love to garden but short on money? Her?’s 10 money saving ideas. so you can find plants , Make Your Home's Style Unique With Mix and Match Decor that require the appropriate amount of sunlight. In our yard, , Tips for Clay Soils Near ley Boro, PA the soil , Are You Over Watering Your Garden? is not the same everywhere. We have made do by planting different kinds of plants , Love to garden but short on money? Her?’s 10 money saving ideas. in different types of soil. , Is It Really Teak Wood? Caveat Emptor! (Part One)

We have a big patch of very sandy soil , A Look at Cheap Flower Deliveries that turned out to be adequate to grow , Butterfly Gardening a good crop of zucchini and pumpkins last year, as long as we kept it well watered. Our tulips , Dimmers Set a Lighter Mood did really well last year. We have them scattered here and there throughout the yard, , How Stained Glass Can Add Elegance To Your Home but their favorite place , Butterfly Gardening is in a very sandy shady spot next to the front porch. , A Japanese Garden is Not Your Ordinary Garden Those tulips , Plants and Trees Native to DurhamTownship Pa. were twice as big as the ones that got more sunshine. This year, however, we got a little warm weather , Tasteful Home Decorating Changes Your House Into a Home in early spring , How Much Your Appliances Cost to Operate and then a cold , Reel Lawn Mowers spell. The poor tulips , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Trevose Pa. never recovered from the cold , Are You Over Watering Your Garden? and didn't bloom at all! One plant , "How to" for Lawns - Mowing that doesn't seem to care where it is planted is our rhubarb. It has been moved from house , 10 Tips for Hiring a Heating and Cooling Contractor to house , Building Your Dream Home several times, it has grown in different types of soil, , Overwintering Pond Fish and it has been watered inconsistently. I then cut it all off and it grows , Tips for Clay Soils Near Yardley Boro, PA right back again! This plant , How to Add a Touch of Warmth to Every Home: It’s as Easy as seems impossible to harm.

We're experimenting with daisies this year. I wanted to add some more color , Overwintering Pond Fish to our yard. , Be careful of over mulching your plants. I planted them in different places , Butterfly Gardening and will watch to see where they do best.

I love looking at my yard , Are You Over Watering Your Garden? and looking at all the different plants , Overwintering Pond Fish that people have given me. Who would have thought that plants , Artistry, Espionage and the Triumph of Toile could be keepsakes. You can make notes in your diary as to who gave you what plants , How to Add a Touch of Warmth to Every Home: It’s as Easy as and what meaning they have to you. Our rhubarb plant , Artistry, Espionage and the Triumph of Toile is the same one that we had at our home , Heirloom Decorating when I was a child, and my mom gave me some of the chrysanthemums that were given to me and planted in her yard , Marble Information when my daughter was born almost twelve years ago. Walking around the yard , Reel Lawn Mowers I see flowers , How Much Your Appliances Cost to Operate from my aunt, rosemary from my husband's grandmother, and the young maple tree , How Stained Glass Can Add Elegance To Your Home my daughter grew from a seed , Bamboo flooring is Eco-friendly, elegant, and durable. several years ago. There are many memories in our small surroundings. Planting seedlings from other people's gardens , Bonsai Care is also a great way to save , Summer and the Death of your Refrigerator money - plants , How To Make a Headboard are so expensive these days. Why pay for them at the store when you can get them for free? I also buy a lot of plants , Water Pond Wildlife - How To Attract More Animals to Your Backyard at the end of the season. , Make Your Home's Style Unique With Mix and Match Decor A lot of stores have two-for-one sales and practically give away their leftover plants. , It's Party Time - Let's Decorate! Even a half wilted annual , It's Party Time - Let's Decorate! will perk right up when you give it a little tender-loving care. It will be back good as new next year.

Your diary can be as simple as a spiral notebook or as fancy as a bound diary you can buy at the store. If you are good at drawing, you can also make sketches of your plants , Japanese Barberry ..... A Multi Use in your diary. If you end up living in the same place , Gardening for Kids for many years, your gardening , How to Add a Touch of Warmth to Every Home: It’s as Easy as diary can be a little piece of history for your family. Your family will cherish those memories for a lifetime.

About the Author

Originally published at Suite 101. Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For recipes, tips , Dimmers Set a Lighter Mood to organize your home, , Garden Soil Preparation for the Backyard Gardener home , Building Your Dream decorating, crafts, , Self Storage : 10 Mini Storage Packing Tips holiday hints, and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com.

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