my garden journal

My Garden Journal

Date _______________

Copyright© Homestead Harvest

Graph Your Garden Plot

Use the grid area below to graph out your garden for appropriate size and spacing. Each square equals approximately 1 square foot.


Soil Preparation

Graph PH Balance |___|___|___|___|___|___|____|____|____|___|___|___|___|___| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Acidic Neutral Alkali Condition of Soil - Clay, Sandy, Silt ___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Soil Amendments Used

Manure ___Yes ___ No Saw Dust ___Yes ___No Amount _____________ Amount _____________

Peat Moss ___Yes ___No Compost ___Yes ___No Amount _____________ Amount _____________

Limestone ___Yes ___No Sand ___Yes ___No Amount _____________ Amount _____________

Sulfur ___Yes ___No Amount _____________


Seed Started Indoors

Seed Name ____________________ Date Started ___________________ Light ___Natural Sunlight ___Fluorescent Lighting ___Number of Hours Per Day Water Amount _______________________________________ Transplanted On _____________________________________

Seed Name ____________________ Started __________________ Light ___Natural Sunlight ___Fluorescent Lighting ___Number of Hours Per Day Water Amount _______________________________________ Transplanted ________________________________________ Seed Name ____________________ Started __________________ Light ___Natural Sunlight ___Fluorescent Lighting ___Number of Hours Per Day Water Amount _______________________________________ Transplanted ________________________________________


Planting Dates

Last Frost Date _____________ Date ____________ Planted _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ Date ____________ Planted _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________


Garden Calendar

Month __________________ Year _________

Satu

rday

Frid

ay

Thur

sday

Wed

nesd

ay

Tues

day

Mon

day

Sund

ay


Things To Do This Month

Month ___________________ Week 1 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Week 2 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Week 3 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Week 4 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________


Individual Plant Profile

Plant Name ______________________________________________________ Date Planted _____________________________________________________ Plant Spacing _____________________________________________________ Row Spacing _____________________________________________________ Seed Depth ______________________________________________________ Sun _____________________________________________________________ Water ___________________________________________________________ Side Dressings____________________________________________________ Pest Problems ____________________________________________________ Disease Problems _________________________________________________ Growth __________________________________________________________ Maturity _________________________________________________________ Harvest _________________________________________________________ Yield ___________________________________________________________ Notes ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Fertilizing Schedule & Side Dressings

Fertilizer / Side-Dressing ____________________________________________ Plant ____________________________________________________________ Application Frequency ______________________________________________ Amount __________________________________________________________ Plant ____________________________________________________________ Application Frequency ______________________________________________ Amount __________________________________________________________ Plant ____________________________________________________________ Application Frequency ______________________________________________ Amount __________________________________________________________ Plant ____________________________________________________________ Application Frequency _______________________________________________ Amount __________________________________________________________ Plant ____________________________________________________________ Application Frequency ______________________________________________ Amount __________________________________________________________


Pest Control

Type of Pest ____________________________ Affected Plant ___________________________ Damage ___ Mild ___ Moderate ___ Severe Solution/Treatment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Success Rate ____Excellent ____Moderate ____Poor Type of Pest ____________________________ Affected Plant ___________________________ Damage ___ Mild ___ Moderate ___ Severe Solution/Treatment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Success Rate ____Excellent ____Moderate ____Poor


Disease Control

Type of Disease ________________________________ Affected Plant __________________________________ Damage ___ Mild ___ Moderate ___ Severe Solution/Treatment ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Success Rate ____ Excellent ___Moderate ___Poor Type of Disease ________________________________ Affected Plant __________________________________ Damage ___ Mild ___ Moderate ___ Severe Solution/Treatment ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Success Rate ____ Excellent ___Moderate ___Poor


Harvest and Yields Plant Name ___________________________ Yield ___ High ___ Moderate ___ Low Average Size of Fruit ____________________ Plant Name ___________________________ Yield ___ High ___ Moderate ___ Low Average Size of Fruit ____________________ Plant Name ___________________________ Yield ___ High ___ Moderate ___ Low Average Size of Fruit ____________________ Plant Name ___________________________ Yield ___ High ___ Moderate ___ Low Average Size of Fruit ____________________ Plant Name ___________________________ Yield ___ High ___ Moderate ___ Low Average Size of Fruit ____________________


Preserving Records

Preserved _________________________________________ Method Used ______________________________________ Amount ___________________________________________ Date Preserved ________________________ Lasted Until ___________________________ Preserved _________________________________________ Method Used ______________________________________ Amount ___________________________________________ Date Preserved ________________________ Lasted Until ___________________________ Preserved _________________________________________ Method Used ______________________________________ Amount ___________________________________________ Date Preserved ________________________ Lasted Until ___________________________


Canning Recipes

___________________________________ Ingredients: ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ Preparation: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Processing: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yield: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Altitude: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Overview

What Grew Well ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What Did Not Grow So Well ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

High Yields ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Low Yields ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Hints & Reminders for Next Year

Do’s ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Don’ts ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Plants to Buy Next Year ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________________________ Plant Rotation for Next Year ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________


Gardening & Preserving Resources Homestead Harvest_______________________________________________ Gardening tips, articles, glossary, plant database, and soil calculator._________ Canning, drying, and freezing tutorials and equipment._____________________ www.homesteadharvest.com_________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Food For Everyone Foundation – FREE – gardening ebook, greenhouse_____ plans, gardening tips, and gardening group. Vegetable gardening books & CD’s by The Garden Doctor – Jacob Mittleider. Garden design software. Learn_____ container gardening, soil gardening, hydroponic gardening, and organic_______ gardening. Growing tomatoes.________________________________________ www.foodforeveryone.org____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Thoughts and Reflections

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Printing Your Garden Journal Create Multiple Copies of a Specific Page Each page can be duplicated to create multiple copies of a specified page based on your needs. To duplicate a specific page from this document:

1. Scroll to the page you would like to print. 2. Go to File and choose Print. 3. Under “Page Range” choose “Current Page”. 4. Under “Copy” choose the number of duplicates you would like to print of

the specified page. Quality of Journal Print-Out Keep in mind that the quality of the print-out of your journal depends upon the quality of the paper being used. Future Use Save this document to your hard drive and print it out in upcoming years to compare notes each year and determine which methods of gardening work best and which methods should be avoided. We hope you enjoy your complimentary Garden Journal. Happy Gardening & Preserving! Homestead Harvest Food For Everyone Foundation www.homesteadharvest.com www.foodforeveryone.org


http://www.homesteadharvest.com/

http://www.foodforeveryone.org/

my garden journal

Documents