# Garden Journals

**URL:** <https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433>\
**Category:** Q & A\
**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433 "2020-10-20T17:11:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BNeilson](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@BNeilson](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/BNeilson)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433/1 "2020-10-20T17:11:45Z")

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I would like to improve my vegetable garden records.  
Do you use a book and/or computer? What do you find most useful to record? How do you organize them?

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**Author:** ![jono](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/jono/32/98_2.png) [@jono](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/jono)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433/2 "2020-10-20T23:09:44Z")

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I use spreadsheets and drawings. I keep the documents in the cloud so I can use my phone when I’m outside and my computer indoors. I wrote a bit about my approach here:

> [@My smartphone](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/my-smartphone/373):
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> I know I know… the garden is a place to get away from technology! But hear me out… I love my [Rachio irrigation controller](https://rachio.com/products/?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_content=none&grsf=kch7ne-q0smin) and dripper lines. I set up all the zones a couple of years ago and now I just turn it on the summer and forget about watering. The controller keeps track of the weather and estimates how much moisture is in your soil (taking in to account rain / temperature / wind / evaporation etc.), and waters automatically only as needed. You can choose what kind of plants a…

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**Author:** ![sweetpea](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/sweetpea/32/508_2.png) [@sweetpea](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/sweetpea)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433/3 "2020-10-21T01:25:23Z")

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We’ve been using the Lee Valley 10 Year Gardeners Journal, and have found it an invaluable tool. there is space to record garden highlights for each day and so you can look back for any given day for the past ten years. There are also sections to plot garden layouts, purchases, planting records and harvesting records.

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**Author:** ![Kim](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/kim/32/1407_2.png) [@Kim](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/Kim)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/garden-journals/433/4 "2021-07-02T05:20:47Z")

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We use it too - when we remember!