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Garden Journal types and blogs

13 May 2016 Comments Off on Garden Journal types and blogs

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Paper Daydreams Tags: journals, planning

Dear Fellow Journalers,

Planning ahead with a garden journal can save you time and money. The journal will serve as a reference later, on what worked well and didn’t in your garden. You can record information such as where and when you planted seeds, pruning and fertilizing schedules, garden supply resources and web sites.

There are many journal options:

a. Homemade – decorate a plain composition book and add document envelopes to hold loose pages.

b. Shoebox – organize seed packets.

c. Homemade binder with printable pages.

d. Hand-covered store bought.

e. Software

f. On-line garden planners.

What can you journal?

There are so many topics here, that I probably missed one or two! Weather, locations of plantings, seed packet information, seed starting dates, photos, garden quotes, perennial dates, magazine clippings, websites, wish lists, chore lists to name a few.

Here are some different types of journals that I found:

Catalog your seed collection: Get your shoebox of seeds organized so you know what you have available to plant this year and when you should plant it.

Create a list of plants and seeds you’d like to grow – A Garden Planner

Record Keeping Journal: Includes current gardening information and planning tools such as garden layouts, visual references such as pictures (magazine clippings) bloom types and colors.

Garden Organizer: Grouped by plant type or location by color or season.

Photo Album: This form of garden journal lets you store garden picture details of plants and activities. A popular use of this type is to take digital photos of your plants through each stage of their growth. You can review what weeds look like so that you don’t actually cut the flowers by mistake.

Here are some blogs I found:

http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/

http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/

http://gardening.about.com/

Gardening Journal

~Sallie

How to create a Garden Journal

11 May 2016 Comments Off on How to create a Garden Journal

Dear Fellow Journalers,

This is a video on creating a Garden Journal.

Enjoy!

~Sallie

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=eIGg1J4sDfI

Video by uniquelyyourscraftjournal

Happy Mother’s Day

08 May 2016 Comments Off on Happy Mother’s Day

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought

A mother is like a flower;

each one beautiful and unique.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Garden Journal quotes

06 May 2016 Comments Off on Garden Journal quotes

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Garden Journal Tags: flowers, Max Lucado, The Secret Garden

Dear Fellow Journalers,

There are so many quotes about gardening on the internet so I picked my favorite ones to share with you.

Sallie

” If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett “The Secret Garden”.

” A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.”

Leo Buscaglia

” The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.”

Rumi

” A book should be a garden that fits in the hands, word petals of color. Stems of strength, roots of truth. Turn a page and turn the season. Read the sentence and enjoy the roses.”

Max Lucado

” Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle… A seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.”

Barbara Winkler

” If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”

Buddha

” May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to light upon.”

Irish Blessing

” April showers bring May flowers.”

Why is gardening good for you?

04 May 2016 Comments Off on Why is gardening good for you?

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Garden Journal Tags: garden, healty, organic, tomatoes

Dear Fellow Journalers,

I have to admit it, I’m not a gardener. Oh, I have planted flowers and shrubs in my past life, but I’ve not got the patience for it. When I decided to write about the different types of journals that people write and found garden journals on the list of favorite types I was intrigued. I had no idea how popular they are. I discovered that most garden journalers write more than just what they plant. They realized during the process of planning, buying, tilling, planting and weeding that the very acts were good for them.

So, for all you garden journalers out there, here’s a consensus of why gardening is good for you:

1. Beats depression: There was a study done on individuals who showed the common symptoms of depression. The subjects were instructed to tend a garden for 6 weeks. The very acts of digging, pruning, weeding, watering and observing “the fruits of their labor” gave them hope and a new zeal for life.

2. Gardening is low-pact exercise – a new way to lose weight and lower blood pressure.

3. All that digging and bending develops all the major muscles in the back and legs. You develop a stronger posture.

4. Spending time (at least 1/2 hour a day) increases your intake of Vitamin D.

5. Gardening relieves stress.

6. A sense of calm becomes evident when you immerse yourself in nature.

7. If you’re addicted to your devices, gardening will help you wean from your habit.

8. Everyone is embracing the idea of organic foods. If you grow your own fruits/vegetables, you know you’ll be eating healthier.

9. Besides eating healthier, you’ll save money at the grocery store.

10. Your neighbors will appreciate your flowers and extra tomatoes and you’ll start new friendships.

11. Tending to your own plot of land can encourage feelings of gratitude and a sense of awe as you come to admire creation and beauty of nature.

‘Til next time,

~Sallie