OPEN SESSION: The Moleskinerie Open Thread Discussion
Welcome to OPEN SESSION: The Moleskinerie Open Thread Discussion.
Moleskinerie invites you, our visitors to share your thoughts on a special topic.
Today it is: "KEEPING A GARDEN JOURNAL"
Spring has sprung and so has the pages of many garden journals. Recording the progress of growing things is a tradition kept by farmers and gardeners for ages. Do you keep one?
Image: Victory Garden/WIKIPEDIA
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They say there are no stupid questions but I don't believe it...What is a Victory Garden?
Posted by: Sophie Brown | April 25, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Hi Sophie,
"Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany[1] during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort...."
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_garden
Posted by: Armand | April 25, 2009 at 03:44 PM
Some of us are never going to understand some of these things, like collecting string, but I remember they had rations of some sort, nobody had sugar, etc.
Posted by: Sophie Brown | April 25, 2009 at 08:07 PM
i remember when i worked in a bookstore in college, there was this illustrated (with watercolors) garden journal created by a victorian lady (?) that was reproduced in color and published. it was gorgeous, and i always wished i could garden and paint like that. the text was like some of thoreau's observational journal writings. i can't for the life of me remember the name of the author.
Posted by: johnny | April 25, 2009 at 08:55 PM
I started using a 'large' cahier with squared paper in spring of 2008 (south hemisphere) to keep track of what/where I planted and when seeds came up etc. I stick the seed packets in it and make little drawings of plant layouts.
Posted by: Helen | April 28, 2009 at 09:18 PM
The Country Diary of a Victorian Lady? That was a popular book awhile back. I keep a garden journal -- it's a combination of notes, sketches, seed packets, pressed leaves & flowers, photographs, smudges of dirt. I really enjoy it, especially in the dead of winter when I take it out and remember summer...
Posted by: dianna | May 01, 2009 at 02:46 PM