garden planning apps?

[rafiwinters]

Hi all! Does anyone have a favorite garden-planning app or program? Which ones do you like or dislike, and why? What features do you find most helpful?

Or of course I could just draw things on graph paper. But I'm willing to try the high-tech route.

Comments

[tielan]

The one that most frequently gets recommended in Australia is "Gardenate" by Yates Gardening. It's not terrible, but it relies on one being willing to do the data entry - and I find that it's tricky to do data entry on a piece of tech with dirty hands from burrowing around in the soil.

I tried a few 'free try-before-you-buy period' programs, but again, it requires data entry and I don't have the time or mental space for working out how to put the data in and then generate what I need to know. I find I'm personally better off with old fashioned paper and pencil, even if it's not as pretty.

[rafiwinters]

I probably won't use a program. I signed up for a free trial with one of them, but it only has about half the plants I want so that's not terribly helpful. It's not going to be a complicated garden, so I'll just use paper and pencil

[grammarwoman]

I've had fun playing around with Gardener's Supply Kitchen Garden Planner. Granted, it's heavily biased in favor of buying their products, but it still has its uses.

[rafiwinters]

I think that's the one I tried... they seem to have plenty of fruits and veg, but not much in the way or herbs or the ground-cover plants I want.