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You can find me on YouTube. Here is a video I did for the Ecosystems day of International Nature Journaling Week. I upload videos of my sketching adventures, so be sure to subscribe to the channel if you like that sort of content!

For Ecosystems day of International Nature Journaling Week I will take you on a sketch-walk to explore a forest ecosystem near my home.

Day 27: Compost
Oh how I LOVE compost!! It’s incredible to me how nature turns waste into gold. Helped along by bacteria and fungus, so many animals make a home in the compost pile, breaking it down into soil which will again nourish the garden

Day 26: Weed
My garden is home to lots of weed species, and I have included just some of them on this page. I have a more gentle relationship with weeds since meeting @katewallgardeningcoach and listening to her advice on ways to make peace, and even

Day 24: Seed
For today’s #inktoberinthegarden prompt I had fun adding some fresh and dried nasturtium seeds to my garden journal. There are nasturtium seeds everywhere in my patch right now. I think I will never have to plant them again!

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Day 23: Herb
I think herbs are amazing! They flavour our food, heal different ailments, are great for herbal tea and are beneficial for the garden as companion plants and food for pollinators. But the thing I love most about them is that they seem to

Day 19: Companion
I think there is something so poetic and sweet about the fact that foods that go well together in a meal, also benefit each other as companion plants, like tomato and basil. We have an amazing number of tomatoes in the garden at the

Day 18: Invertebrate
Earthworms make me happy! I know the soil in my garden is doing well when I dig a little and find handfuls of worms. Every time I see them I feel happy and grateful for their help creating good soil and healthy plants.

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Day 17: Root
I am totally in awe of roots and all that they do - reaching out under the soil, gathering water and nutrients to support the plant. This is an arrowroot that grew from a fragment left in the dahlia bed. I am sketching it tonight and tom

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Feb 13, 2025

Garden weather wheel

Feb 13, 2025

Keeping track of the temperature and weather can be a useful addition to our garden journal. In this blog post I share how I record this information and offer a downloadable template for you to use in your own journal.

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Inktober in the garden

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This month I will be using a set of prompts to inspire my garden journal. I invite you to join in!

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A simple framework for nature journaling

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Deciding what you include on your nature journal page can be difficult. In this post I explore a simple framework to remind me what to focus on when I am outside with my sketchbook.

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