I know we can put stuff like this in our phones, but I still appreciate having this in paper. And then there’s the hand-drawn look of the log pages – so charming. It makes writing and drawing in it easier. Unlike most garden planners, this one is landscape (page layout) oriented rather than portrait.

This is a wonderful all-around garden planner, but a couple of specific features caught my eye. growing zone map, propagation guidelines, and weather guidelines, to name a few. Pages to record disease and pest control and even pages to write down the formulas you used if you mixed up your own soil or pest treatmentīesides entry pages for you to input your gardening information, the planner has a ton of useful information.You can log pruning activity and days when you tidied up your garden.There are pages to plan out your entire growing year.I love the details of the hand-drawn pages. There are plenty of plain diary pages too to record thoughts or comments about the growing season.Wildlife sighting pages (dad would love this).There are even pages to record hardscaping if you decide to put in something like a water feature this year, there’s a place to document it in this planner.There are pages for fruit, veggies, herbs, vining plants, shrubs and trees.Plant information pages to record specific information for the plants you grew that year logs for the types of plants you’re growing – annuals, biennials and perennials, even logs for bulbs.Graph paper and a lined page for garden planning? I’m in love. Garden layout pages – one page of graph paper and the other page lined for notes – I love this!.I don’t know that I need all of this information every day, but it might come in handy now and then. Here’s a quick rundown of all the forms included: And my goodness, I can’t seem to think of any gardening information that you would want to record that’s been left out. The planner is set up with forms you fill in for one growing year per planner. And as far as the amount of information you can record, it’s hardly little. The Garden Journal, Planner & Log Book This is the garden planner to end all garden planners.Īside from TGJPLB’s ridiculously long name, this little book is a gem. Beyond that, I chose planners based on Amazon’s recommendations and the reviews for the planners. I know there are other planners out there, but nearly everyone has access to Amazon, so that’s where I restricted my search. I decided to choose planners from Amazon. Let’s jump in and take a closer look together. There’s a gardening planner here for everyone. I have to say, folks, I was pleasantly surprised. Wouldn’t it be handy if there were dedicated planners just for gardening?Īnd I picked up five of them to review for the Rural Sprout gardening community. Needless to say, all of this information is useful when planning next year’s garden or learning from past mistakes. Was it an especially bad year for blossom end rot? Is that the first robin of spring? Yup, it all gets noted. Suppose there were deer in the garden that gets written down too.

Every day he notes the temperature he notes what he picked from the garden that day.

He keeps a gardening journal year-round, even in the winter. It’s funny because my dad is the exact opposite, and he taught me everything I know when it comes to gardening. I know it was red, but aside from that, I can’t remember its name. Or what variety of tomato I grew last year that was incredibly tasty. I’m that person who thinks they’ll remember which Saturday it was when I started my seeds. If you read Lydia’s post, 15 Seed Starting Lessons I Learned the Hard Way (and you should, by the way), then you know that #12 is all about documenting your growing season. Let’s take a look inside these lovely books.

Kgi garden planner