I've finally gotten into using planners. It was just a matter of time really, now that I work for a stationery shop, but I did want to wait until I actually had a solid plan for how to use a planner. And now in the span of 6 months, I've gotten two.
This planner is a 3-month with tomoe river paper. I am using it as a plant journal / growth tracker because gardening is an important part of my life, and something specific that I do want to record over time. I tried to maintain a gardening tumblr/IG previously, but it didn't last long because I don't have a strong emotional attachment to digital photos. At least if I'm putting in the effort to sketch and write in this planner, I feel more motivated to keep going.
Here is my April wrap-up of the photos above:
Plants in my balcony garden are re-sprouting with the warmer temperatures! I unfortunately face northeast so my best bet has been shade tolerant perennials, and a good number of them do survive every winter. An asian lady beetle looks like it's waking up from hibernation, and I also had a sparrow visit to feed on the midges on the walls.
I like growing strawberry seeds for fun, and this time it's tiny alpine strawberries. I'm getting a lot of flowers but they don't always become berries, so I'm still trying to troubleshoot that. I also planted some green onion, dill, and cherry tomato seeds in another planter.
My little terrarium garden beside my desk, so I can look at my plants while I draw. It's full of small succulents, orchids, and carnivorous plants (the terrarium is 24"x18", but only 12" tall).
Two carnivorous plants I bought recently! A venus fly trap (the default species, nothing fancy) and a pinguicula (a hybrid, definitely fancy). The venus fly trap started to wilt after I brought it home, probably unhappy about the change in environment, but hopefully it'll recover. In contrast, the pinguicula grew a second flower the next day.
