The dog days of late summer are a trying time for gardeners. Hot and muggy weather makes it hard to keep up on routine garden chores. So, wait until fall to start large projects.

Meanwhile, there are fruitful garden-related activities one can do indoors. This is a good time to begin planning new garden beds and borders for next year.

Also, get your garden notes and records in order for this year. Galison has some new products that will help you do that.

The new Cherry Blossoms List Journal is just the thing for keeping garden lists and notes. This handy spiral bound journal has an elastic closure. The cover is beautifully decorated with images of cherry blossoms from the National Agricultural Library files. It has 140 lined pages. The 40 pages of graph paper are perfect for sketching garden designs. This slim-like journal is 3¾ inches wide and over seven inches in length.

If your desk or work table is overflowing with garden catalogs and garden magazines, get them organized with Galison’s trendy Magazine Holders. Decorated with garden motifs, these sturdy, collapsible holders come in sets of three with color coordinated labels. Four of these magazine holders feature garden themes. Among these are the Happy Butterfly Day, Pinwheel Floral, Garden Party, and William Morris Clover.

Store garden records and notes in style with Galison’s fashionable File Totes. The Garden Party and Happy Butterfly Day are both new styles. This has eight expanding, interior compartments with plenty of storage space for gardening files. This tote is 12½ inches long and 11½ inches tall. It has a handy elastic closure. This comes with 16 labels. Matching/coordinating file folders are also available.

The file folders are great with or without the file tote. These are a fashionable way to file garden records. The set includes eight file folders with two each of four different designs. The new designs for fall include Garden Party, Happy Butterfly Day, and Pinwheel Floral.

Late summer is a great time to catch up on correspondence. Galison has everything you need from note cards to stationery. Gardeners will particularly like the new Garden Party Thank You Notes. The set contains 12 note cards and 13 coordinating envelopes. With a rich burgundy background, these depict aqua songbirds perched on a flowering branch. Gardeners will also find the Garden Party Stationery Set to be very helpful. This has ten sheets each of two different designs and 21 matching envelopes. The set comes in a beautifully decorated box with an elastic closure.

For garden note cards, Galison is the leading publisher. New items for fall include the Garden Party and Pinwheel Floral Flip Top Note Cards. The set features 12 beautiful, blank, tri-fold note cards and 13 matching envelopes. These come in a gorgeously decorated flip top hinged box.

Galison is now giving way three sets of its most popular Home Office products on its blog. If you leave a comment on the blog, your name will be entered in the contest.