Ilona, over at Ilona's Garden Journal has a very good piece on the usefulness of keeping a garden journal. A garden journal is basically something you can write down anything relevant to your gardening. Weather, and plant names are the favorite topics, but also your reactions to certain plants, fertilizers, tools, etc. It's a good way to keep track of your successes and failures, and it's well worth a visit to her website to read about it: Ilona's Garden Journal.

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