Journaling: Your secret weapon to a great spring garden
With the last of the carrots harvested during Thanksgiving week, I finally finished the 2025 garden season.
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I’ve been keeping a garden journal since 2006. These are just a few of my old-school, wire-bound notebooks.
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Make a dream list for your garden — like building a greenhouse ... you never know when it might come true!
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It's satisfying to have the garden prepared for winter, but now it’s time to start planning for spring!
Photo by CANDACE GODWIN
Finally, I can take a break from the garden. If you follow me on social media, you know I’ve been busy this fall installing new raised beds and hauling in soil. I just finished preparing the last raised bed for winter during Thanksgiving week, after the year's final carrot harvest.
With the garden beds protected under a layer of leaves and straw, it’s my turn to sit down, reflect on the past season and start some pre-planning for spring. While I write notes about the garden throughout the season, I’m taking time to do a deep-dive garden review of the good and the not-so-good to help me get a strong start next spring.
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