Start with constraints: climate, sunlight, soil, water, paths, and the time you can actually give the garden.
A field guide that responds to the season
veggie.farm
Know what your garden needs today.
Turn frost timing, soil conditions, crop knowledge, and your own observations into practical next steps.
Garden TodayYour next useful action
Local inputs
Plant
Find crops with enough season left
Compare frost runway, maturity, and seedbed warmth.
Watch
See the risk before you plant
Cold soil, heat, and tight harvest windows stay visible.
Record
Keep what your garden teaches you
Your observations become next season's best context.
Clear assumptions · reason codes · linked growing guides
Start with a decision
From garden information to garden action
Choose the question in front of you. Each answer stays connected to the guide, source, and observation behind it.
01 · Today
What can I plant now?
Rank 23 familiar crops using frost dates, measured soil temperature, regional Extension facts, and an optional NWS forecast.
Open Garden Today → 02 · Place How should this garden fit?Find a Massachusetts parcel, draw beds, place crops, check spacing, and compare the plan at property, bed, and canopy scale.
Open the Studio → 03 · Memory What should I record?Capture planting, weather, stress, harvest, and the small signals a generic calendar misses.
Open My Garden →The garden gives better instructions than a generic calendar when you learn what to watch.
Better gardening is cumulative. Small useful changes compound across seasons.
Start here
Build the foundation first
These guides explain the decisions that shape the rest of the garden: soil, layout, climate, water, and seasonal rhythm.
Soil
Build healthy soil
Understand structure, organic matter, water, biology, and compaction before chasing quick fixes.
Garden Plan your gardenMake beds, paths, water access, crop groups, and records work together.
Climate Understand your climateUse frost dates, microclimates, wind, shade, and soil warmth to make better timing decisions.
Seasonal notebook Follow the garden from April to OctoberTimely New England field notes for planting, harvest, disease prevention, and orchard observation.
Explore
Reference by section
veggie.farm is organized around the recurring decisions gardeners make during the season.
Crops
Vegetables
Annual crop guides organized by season, family, spacing, and harvest habit.
Perennials FruitsLong-term food plantings with establishment, pruning, harvest, and care notes.
Kitchen & ecology HerbsUseful herbs for cooking, insects, fragrance, and seasonal planting.
Foundation SoilTesting, texture, compost, mulch, clay, sand, and biological soil care.
Ecology Beneficial insectsPollinators, predators, parasitoids, decomposers, and habitat for a balanced garden.
Data Plant databaseStructured growing facts for future filters, calendars, spacing tools, and crop planning.
In season New England field notesSeven practical moments from spring peony shoots through fall sowing, apples, and cleanup.
Tools for better gardening
Planning should make observation easier
Better gardening is not about guessing less because a tool tells you what to do. It is about noticing more, planning better, and recording what happened.
Spatial planner
Garden Planning Studio
Turn Massachusetts parcel context into editable beds, crop placements, spacing checks, and a synchronized canopy preview.
Tool system Garden planning toolsPlanting calendar, crop rotation, spacing, seed starting, watering depth, frost notes, and field records.
Decision tool Garden TodaySee what to plant, what to watch, and what to postpone—with Extension evidence, forecast effects, and assumptions shown.
Reference Plant spacing tablePlan with mature size, airflow, root room, and harvest access in mind.
Records My GardenSave frost dates, soil overrides, and field observations privately in this browser.