We’ll have been living in our cottage in Wales for two years in early August, and we’re still making little changes and updates to the lovely garden that we inherited.
We’ve had a few successes and a few failures; the latter have mainly been down to the local wildlife helping themselves to our edible crops! Furthermore, we’re getting our heads round what’s planted where, what works, what doesn’t work and what new projects we’d like to try out next year.
I’d like to start jotting down all the garden ideas we have – my memory needs a bit of help these days. What I’ve been doing a lot recently is scrolling through our Instagram feed to see what was at its peak and when. I’ve noticed that things are a full month behind where they were this time last year; the roses, the veg seedlings, the foliage on the trees… We don’t post that many images to our Instagram feed – on average, one per day – but it can take AGES to get to photos posted a year ago.
Anyway, back to jotting down ideas – one of these garden diaries would be just the thing. I’d want one that’s not just for edibles. For example, we have a great selection of roses that I’d like to record details about – names & descriptions, locations in the garden, flowering times etc.
The printables option seems like the best bet for us. I can pick & choose the pages that are relevant and print those out as and when they’re needed, in the quantities I need.
- Big garden planner printables: £8.04, Etsy
- The edible garden journal: £10.75, Etsy
- RHS A gardener’s five year record book: £15.00, RHS
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