Keeping track of your victory garden’s triumphs and tribulations will help lay a foundation for long-term success. Not only will you want monitor this year’s progress, you’ll want to make notations for the future about what works–and what doesn’t–in your own garden.
Blogging is fun way to do this, but the simplest way to keep up with all the relevant details is it to keep a basic notebook.
Below are some materials and ideas that will help you create an affordable, personalized garden journal with ease.
• Put pencil to paper and draft a layout for your veggie bed to keep track of what’s what in your garden. (You can see my layout from 2010 here.) Spend some time researching online the idea of “companion planting” before putting seed or plant start into the ground. Once you’ve got your sketch, place it in an a binder or folder for easy reference.
• The RW&G Victory Veggie Fact Sheet - Print and complete to track which veggies do best–and which ones your family enjoy. (There are other tips on the fact sheet for how to engage your family–especially little ones– in the tracking process.)
Other useful information for new victory gardeners:
- The Bare Essentials: or an Open Letter to a New Victory Gardener
- $oil Amendments
- 2010 Victory Garden Registry
- Using Food Stamps to Purchase Seeds, Trees
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Feeling crafty? You could decorate the cover of your notebook with vintage posters. Just do a Google image search with these key words: vintage victory garden posters. You’ll discover American and British (“Dig for Victory”) posters.
Or, even better, look on Etsy.com for contemporary victory garden art. Use the search term “victory garden.”
Funny, I was just thinking about starting this year’s garden journal this morning!
Great minds…