Well the first place I headed in the general store was the notebook section and I got my self 2 books..i got a hardcover book with lined pages..and a sketch diary, a small sketchbook with medium weight blank drawing paper pages.. I too keep a regular diary in my remote control drawer by the t v and computer, i record temps, exercise, weight, things that happen during the day, etc..in this nearly every day, sometimes when i'm busy the pages stay blank, but i try. I also keep track of birthdays and appointments in this one. I also like josh have other notebooks..i have some that have squared off pages where i sketch out garden plans and ideas..i have spiral bound notebooks that i glue clippings into ..several..all with labels like "gardening" "sheds" "interior design" "baking recipes' "meal recipes" "self help" etc..i'm a real big note taker too. i have notes on a lot of my favorite books in notebooks..and i have notes in my books, i write in all my books and underline everything. but i have tried to do the hardbound garden diaries before and they are just too structured for me..as Josh says, i do them sporadically, i write down when i see my first robin, what plants i've grown that did really well for me, when the last hard frosts are and when the snow actually melts, when the first flowers are opening..anmd i try to go week by week in the growing season and make a list of what is blooming at the same time, mainly so i can know how to arrange my plants to a pleaseing garden someday..when i divide plants, i'll have a list of what else was blooming at the same time and maybe i can find a pink this that goes with a pink that in the new garden..etc. as far as lists..i keep in another notebook a list of each plant that i've ordered mail order, or lists of packets of seeds that i have bought and am ready to plant this year, a list of leftover seeds from last year and a list of what i want to buy..etc.. i think my purpose for this garden notebook is to be able to write my "garden" type thoughts of what is going on in my property that has really nothing to do with the rest of my life..in the house..etc..and something i can go back to. i have kept the same daily diary hardcover from the same plublisher every year for about 20 or so,they send them to me automatically, but they aren't really garden diaries..i wanted something that i could keep just for my gardening.. also i think the sketch book will be nice to have on the front porch to grab with some pencils or pastels so that i can draw whatever catches my fancy..as well, it isn't pretty, maybe I'll cover it with some pretty fabric or paper..why aren't sketchbooks pretty like the journals and hardback notebooks are that they sell..don't they think artists like pretty???? duh..i have some larger 8x11 sketchbooks, but i did want a grab size one that i can have handy rather than schlepping around big ones..too.

Please use the latest listing. Thank You. Ron S

Please use new list. Thank You, Ron S.

Please use the new listing, thank you Ron S.