Notes
On keeping a paper log of your pots
3 min readBy Marisol Vane
A year of small entries turns guesswork into something close to intuition.
One line per pot
Date, what you did, what you noticed. Nothing more. A paper log takes ten seconds and turns four vague years into something you can actually consult.
Memory flatters the gardener. Paper does not.
What it reveals
Within a season the log shows you the pattern you would otherwise deny: the plant that always declines in February, the corner that never quite works, the interval that suits your particular room.
