Solanaceae

A garden plan that knows your frost dates

Enter your ZIP, beds, and crops. Get a companion-aware layout with USDA zone timing for seeds, sowings, and transplants.

Plan your garden

ZIP, beds, crops, and harvest goals. Hover a crop for sourced details.

Garden plot builder

Rectangle beds by size, or custom beds and paths on one canvas. North is top; width runs east–west.

Shape

Enter width and length for each rectangular bed. Add more beds as needed.

32 sq ft · plot 1

East–west

North–south

Total planting area: 32 sq ft

Sets people for crops on people & preference. Crops with an exact plant count ignore this number.

What do you want to grow?

Hover or focus a crop for details. Bracket numbers like [2] match the numbered sources at the bottom of the page.

P = perennial (returns each year; commit a lasting bed location)

vegetable

herb

flower

fruit

Harvest & planting goals

Choose one counting method per crop: people & preference, or an exact plant number. Exact count replaces people and preference for that crop.

  • Slicing Tomato

    4 plants · salads and sandwiches for 2 people

    Start: No preference · plan shows all start timings

    4 plants → roughly 80–160 slicing tomatoes, or about 100 sandwich or salad tomatoes, over a typical home-garden season. For 2 people eating this crop, that is about 50 sandwich or salad tomatoes each across the season.

    ×4

  • Basil

    2 plants · regular kitchen snipping for 2 people

    Start: No preference · plan shows all start timings

    2 plants → roughly 10–24 kitchen cuttings, or about 16 recipe bunches, over a typical home-garden season. For 2 people eating this crop, that is about 8 recipe bunches each across the season.

    ×2

  • Leaf Lettuce

    12 plants · side salads most weeks for 2 people

    Start: No preference · plan shows all start timings

    12 plants → roughly 48–96 side-salad harvests, or about 72 side salads, over a typical home-garden season. For 2 people eating this crop, that is about 36 side salads each across the season.

    ×12

  • Carrot

    32 plants · steady fresh harvests for 2 people

    Start: No preference · plan shows all start timings

    32 plants → roughly about 32 carrots, or about 16 side-dish servings, over a typical home-garden season. For 2 people eating this crop, that is about 8 side-dish servings each across the season.

    ×32

  • Marigold

    4 plants · companion accents (not for eating)

    Start: No preference · plan shows all start timings

    ×4

Selected goals: about 54 plants needing roughly 27 sq ft · beds have 32 sq ft. Extra bed space stays open unless you raise a goal. Some crops can also be planted in fall—enable that per crop if you want a second harvest. Yields are typical home-garden planning estimates (Cooperative Extension ranges) and vary with variety, weather, and care. Plant counts scale with how many people eat each crop.

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Data sources

Hardiness zones come from the official 2023 USDA PHZM ZIP listings (PRISM / USDA-ARS) for the 50 states and Puerto Rico. Crop names come from USDA PLANTS. Companion pairs and seed-start lead times come from Cooperative Extension guides linked or cited by USDA NAL. Harvest amounts are typical home-garden planning estimates. Frost dates are zone-typical planning averages—not NOAA station probabilities or a forecast for your yard—and can vary with elevation and coast effect. Confirm timing with your county Extension office.