Plan the garden. Measure twice. Plant once.
Practical calculators, seasonal timing, and layout tools for more confident garden decisions.
Build a crop schedule from your local average frost dates. Dates are starting points; weather and soil temperature still decide the day.
Get a regional planning estimate for spring and fall frost, with a manual climate fallback.
Check a quick built-in estimate, then verify the exact 2023 USDA half-zone for your address.
A practical monthly checklist adjusted for broad U.S. climate bands.
Match pruning timing to how the plant flowers and grows—not just the month.
Paint an 8 × 5 one-foot grid. Click and drag to place crops; choose Eraser to clear cells.
Start with a balanced template, then customize every square in the planner.
Estimate bulk cubic yards and bag count for a rectangular or circular bed.
Estimate soil volume for raised beds, planters, or grade adjustments.
Calculate screened topsoil for lawn repair, leveling, or new beds.
Find a practical minimum pot volume and depth for common edible crops.
Use interplanting for diversity, space, and pest management—without treating traditional pairings as guarantees.
Select every symptom you can observe. The tool ranks common causes and gives confirmation checks.
7-day forecast turned into practical garden actions for your location.
Checks tonight's overnight low against your plants' cold tolerance.
7-day heat check with care actions for hot weather.
Not sure what to grow? Pick the characteristics you want and we'll match plants from our reference library. Reference only — always confirm variety details before planting.
Matches are based on typical characteristics; actual color, height, and season vary by variety and climate. Results are estimates only.
Keep track of what's growing in your garden. Add plants with planting dates, beds, and notes.
Log what happens in your garden — plantings, watering, pests, harvests, and observations.
Track your seed packets — variety, quantity, age, and source. Old seeds get a viability warning.
Viability warnings are general estimates only — germination varies by storage conditions and species. When in doubt, run a germination test (see the Germination Tracker).
Log germination tests and get an automatic pass/fail verdict against a 70% viability threshold.
The 70% threshold is a common home-garden rule of thumb, not a guarantee. Results are estimates only.
Log every harvest and watch your running totals grow per crop.