A little space. A fresh start.
Grow what
you eat.
Find your next plant, learn what it needs, and enjoy something you grew yourself.
Explore the garden
Make yourself at home
Every garden starts somewhere.
A windowsill counts.
So does one little pot.
Meet the plants
Good things to grow.
Tomato
A warm season fruit that almost everyone treats as a vegetable, and the crop most people try first. It needs heat, steady water and something to lean on.
- Harvest
- 50 to 85 daysfrom transplant
- Effort
- Season
- Warm
Basil
A tender summer herb that grows fast, hates cold nights, and gives more the more often you cut it.
- Harvest
- 50 to 75 days
- Effort
- Season
- Warm
Strawberry
A low perennial that fruits for years once established. The first summer is about getting the plants settled; the real crop comes after that.
- Harvest
- 300 to 400 daysfrom transplant
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Lettuce
A fast, cool weather leaf crop that you can pick from for weeks. It is at its best in spring and autumn, and turns bitter in a hot, dry spell.
- Harvest
- 50 to 70 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Peas
A cool-season vine grown for sweet seeds or tender edible pods.
- Harvest
- 55 to 70 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
Radish
A quick, cool-season root crop that is ready in weeks when soil stays loose and moist.
- Harvest
- 25 to 35 days
- Effort
- Season
- Cool
In your corner of the world
Grow with
the seasons.
Every garden has its own rhythm. Find planting times for the place you call home.
Your garden's calendar
Your garden's calendarWhat can I plant right now?
Tell us roughly where your garden grows and we'll show what's ready to go in the ground this month, timed to your own frost dates.
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No place needed to read any growing guide.
A little help along the way
Notes from the garden.
- FIELD NOTE / 01
How to Start a Garden
A small, realistic plan for growing food in a yard, raised bed, patio, or balcony.
- FIELD NOTE / 02
Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
A calm first-year plan with easy crops, quicker harvests, and good choices for containers.
- FIELD NOTE / 03
How to Grow Your Own Food
A realistic way to turn the space and time you have into useful harvests across the season.
One plant is a lovely place to start.
Clear steps. Growing advice you can trust.
And a little more green in your everyday.