"I can't wait until we have fresh strawberries", "Mmm, those will be so good!", "I'm looking forward to when our cosmos are blooming"... These are things I find myself saying. When I was eating lunch outside today, which consisted of a salad using our spinach, radishes, and alfalfa sprouts, I thought, you know, this is pretty great. I love spinach! And while out of the corner of my eye I could see tiny green strawberries and my taste buds were watering at the thought of when they'll be ripe, I need to remember to really be thankful for what we have right now. So I'm devoting a notebook to garden notes, for tracking what/when we plant, what/when we harvest, general noticings, etc. Writing garden notes is a practice I don't normally keep. Usually I jot down when seeds go in the ground on the fridge calendar and that's it. So I'm giving this note taking a go.
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| notebook made by Jen Causey |
garden notes:
4/22/11 Fri.
`it really rained
4/23/11 Sat.
`picked a bunch of spinach, handful of radishes
4/24/11 Sun. Easter
`a beautiful morning, I took film photos in the garden after chuch & brunch
`planted cosmos & bachelor's buttons
4/25/11 Mon.
`rain
`blackbirds bathing in the alley puddles
4/26/11 Tues.
`while printing & looking out the window, I thought how different the garden will look in a month's time.
`robins greeted me atop the grape posts
`spinach galette
`picked spinach & radishes
4/28/11 Thurs.
`ate lunch on the strawberry step
`spotted the baby bunny hopping from under the woodpile, eating dandelions
`pulled nearly all the radishes
`alfalfa sprouts
`sun
`sun
what a magnificent post - you so inspire me in all you do!!!!
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love these garden field notes, h.
ReplyDeletebeautiful. i started keeping a garden notebook my first year of gardening, and i LOVE looking back on what i did, reflections, timing of plantings and harvestings. can't wait to see what you keep in your notebook throughout this season.
ReplyDeletelove love love this heather. so inspiring! i have so many empty notebooks and journals lying around here. i think tomorrow i will put one of them to good use:)
ReplyDeletelove these sweet notes. especially the note about the blackbirds in the alley puddles. such detail!
ReplyDeletei really like your simple garden mindfulness. I tend to go hot or cold on garden journaling: either noting every tiny thing, or not recording a thing (though doing much!). you've inspired me.
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