The Home Almanac

Vol. I, MMXXVIThe Canadian home, in season655 stations, every province and territory

Garden Planner

Lay out a raised bed the square-foot way, drop in what you want to grow, and every plant tells you when to start it, set it out, and pick it, computed for your exact place from 30-year Environment and Climate Change Canada frost normals. It saves to this page, no account needed.

Set your place above and every plant gets its own dates for your nearest official station.

Bed 4 × 4 feet
Size or use −/+ for any size up to 12×12
Tap a plant below, then tap squares to fill the bed. Or fill a starter bed and tweak it.

Pick a plant above, then tap squares to fill them. Tap a filled square to read its dates.

Save across devices Get a code, type it on any other phone or computer, and your place and garden come right back. No account and no email, the code is the only key, so write it down.
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How the square-foot method works

Divide a raised bed into one-foot squares and plant by count, not rows: one tomato, pepper, or cabbage per square; four lettuces or chard; nine bush beans, beets, or onions; sixteen carrots or radishes. It packs more into less space, shades out weeds, and makes a bed easy to plan one square at a time. A spacing chart can't tell you when to plant where you live, so this planner adds your town's frost dates and every square shows real dates instead of just "spring."

It runs entirely in your browser, and your layout is saved right in this page's link. Share sends someone your exact bed, Save image downloads a picture for your phone or a post, and Print gives you a clean copy with the planting table. Nothing goes to a server and there's no sign-up, so it works the same in a private window.

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