01 · Plan the beds
Draw it once, keep it forever
Beds on a 1ft grid, plants placed where they actually went. Next spring you'll remember.
A garden journal · For gardens of obligation
Plant it. Forget it.
We didn't.
Dirt Diaries remembers what you planted, what actually grew, and when to try again — so a bolted lettuce is a note, not a verdict.
02 · Know your dates
Frost math, done quietly
Sow, transplant and harvest windows counted back from your zone's real frost dates.
03 · Keep the diary
One line a day is plenty
What went in, what came out, what the squash bugs did. Season after season.
Everything you need to grow.
Planning tools with a little science underneath — enough structure to be useful, not enough to be bossy.
Plant search
Find it, or write it in
Search hundreds of crops, or add your own custom variety — including the one from the packet with no name on it.
Plant details
Spacing, sun, season
Days to maturity, sow depth, how much room it really wants. Paste a seed-shop link and we'll fill it in.
Schedule
A season on one line
Timeline or table. Successions, transplant dates, harvest windows — all recalculated when your dates move.
How it works
Three steps · No guilt
01
Draw your garden
Beds on a grid, plants dropped in by hand. Ten minutes, once.
02
Get your dates
Enter a zip. We find the zone, the frost dates, and count backwards for you.
03
Log as you go
A line here and there. Next year it's the most useful thing you own.
Best times to plant
Zone 5A · Mark your calendar
Week of 3/04Indoors
Seed starting
Tomatoes and peppers, 6–8 weeks before last frost. Yes, it feels too early.
Week of 3/14Indoors
Cool season crops
Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. They like the cold better than you do.
Week of 3/22Direct sow
Early spring veg
Peas, spinach and radishes as soon as the soil can be worked.
Nothing's ruined.
You can always plant again.
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Seasonal planting reminders
A note when it's time to sow something. Nothing else, ever.