If you like gardening, creating a garden journal can be an enjoyable and useful project. Not only will you enjoy writing stories and adding photos that describe your garden, but it is also a good way of saving important gardening details from year to year. If you have never kept a garden journal, below are great tips to help you get started.

Maintain Careful Records

A part of what makes a garden journal so great is possessing old records to reference. When you record what types of plants and seeds you've grown previously, you will have a lot of information that will help you choose what you should plant in the future. It is also helpful to keep records of what weather was like, the way your plants did, and also the size of the harvest. It's also a good idea to record what kinds of insects you had problems with, and you should add the periods of time of your infestations and what steps you took to counteract the problem. You'll hopefully be able to improve on your present year's garden as you refer back to your previous gardening years.

Take Numerous Photographs

Whenever you take photos of your garden, it may be to your benefit in a variety of ways. As part of your garden journal, a picture can sometimes substitute for a thousand words. When you combine your photos together with your written information, you can have a much more complete story of the way your past gardens have performed. Needless to say, while you are taking garden photos, take a few extra for you to display them in picture frames around your house.

Add Some Journal Entries

Along with recording any facts that you want to not forget, it's a fun idea to make use of the garden journal as you would a diary. It can be an extremely relaxing and enjoyable activity to write down your feelings and thoughts regarding your gardening experiences. You should feel free to write about whatever has importance to you. Years, from now, you will undoubtedly have a lot of enjoyment from looking back at your feelings regarding the garden. It's also fun to include journal entries to your framed photographs by writing several sentences on the photo mat. Display these photos in picture frames, and you'll add a lot to the overall attractiveness of your home.

Pieces of Nature

While you are keeping a garden journal, a fun idea is to add "snippets" of nature. A pressed flower, a sprig of fragrant herb, or possibly a drawing that you made of a blooming flower can all add a nice touch to your garden journal. In fact, these pieces of nature can also be nice when utilized to add some decoration to your house. Pressed leaves and flowers can be shown in picture frames and will make beautiful, natural wall art. It's also an interesting idea to use your pressed herbs, leaves, and blooms to make greeting cards or bookmarks. In fact, these garden mementos make affordable and thoughtful gifts.

Herbs, flowers, as well as other botanical materials from the garden may be used to make soaps, wreaths, lotions, fragrant potpourri, and an almost unlimited number of other creative and beautiful crafts.