how it works
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Set up
your Garden
Once your settings reflect your growing conditions, you can layout the size and shape of your garden beds.
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Add Plants to Your Garden
Choose plants for your garden from a wide variety of categories suitable for your growing conditions and add them to your garden.
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Create your Smart Garden Plan
Get a Plan created just for your garden based on your plants, layout and growing conditions.
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Receive your Weekly To Dos
View your prep, plant, care and harvest To Dos all in one place and receive them weekly in your email too.
Gardening Guide
An in-depth reference on organic vegetable gardening.
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Shopping List
Purchase your plants or take the list to your local nursery.
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Public Gardens
Share your Garden with the community for anyone to use.
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Dynamic Journal
Add notes while the Journal auto-tracks all your activities.