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Your Garden-Savvy Neighbor
in Your Pocket

Get personalized planting suggestions based on what you're already growing, your local climate, and available seeds. Skip complex planners—just track your garden and get helpful, actionable advice.

Free tier available
Mobile-first
No complex setup
9:41 AM ●●●●● Wi-Fi

My Garden

Zone 7b • Richmond, VA

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Harvest Ready

Your lettuce is ready now!

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Succession Plant

Plant more radishes in 2 weeks

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Perfect Timing

Great time to plant basil

How It Works

Simple gardening wisdom in four easy steps. No complex layouts or overwhelming features.

1

Set up your garden

Enter your zip code to get accurate planting timing for your USDA zone. We use this for personalized suggestions.

2

Track what you're growing

Record your current plantings with approximate dates. Don't worry about being exact - "mid-March" works great!

3

Add your seeds

Tell us what seeds you have available. We'll only suggest plants you can actually grow with your current inventory.

4

Get helpful suggestions

Receive personalized recommendations for harvesting, succession planting, and making the most of your garden space.

Ready to grow a better garden?

Simple, Honest Pricing

Start with everything you need to track your garden for free. Upgrade to premium when you're ready for advanced features.

Free

$0

Perfect for getting started

  • 1 garden
  • Plant & harvest tracking
  • Garden-aware suggestions
  • Weather forecasts & frost warnings
  • Garden journal with 100MB photos
  • Export your data anytime
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Premium

$30/year
or $3/month

Save $6 with annual billing

  • Unlimited gardens
  • Plant identification from photos
  • Share gardens with family & friends
  • Unlimited photo storage
  • Everything in Free
Go Premium

vs competitors at $29-40/year

30-day money-back guarantee • Cancel anytime

Garden-Aware Suggestions

Unlike other tools that only consider timing, Sow & Tell considers what you're already growing to give you personalized, actionable advice at exactly the right moment.

Considers What You're Growing

We track what you have planted and when. Get harvest timing, succession planting reminders, and space optimization suggestions based on your actual garden.

🏆 Unique to Sow & Tell

Mobile-First Experience

Built for how you actually garden - with your phone in hand. While competitors are "clunky on mobile," we work great on tablets and phones from day one.

📱 Garden anywhere

Export Your Data Anytime

Unlike competitors that trap your garden data behind paywalls, you can export all your plantings, journal entries, and garden history anytime. Keep your garden data forever.

📦 No subscription lock-in

Personalized Garden Suggestions

Helpful recommendations that consider your specific plants, local weather, and garden timing

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Harvest Ready

Your lettuce is ready to harvest now!

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Succession Planting

Plant more radishes for continuous harvests

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End-of-Season

Remove spent tomatoes, plant fall crops

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Space Optimization

Use freed space for quick-growing plants

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Perennial Care

Restrict first-year asparagus harvests

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Perfect Timing

Ideal conditions for planting basil

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Long-term Investment

Consider rhubarb: 8+ years of harvests

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Weather-Aware

Get frost warnings, optimal planting conditions, and timing based on your local weather

Built by Gardeners, for Gardeners

We're a small, honest operation from Richmond, VA who got tired of complex tools that don't actually help you garden better. No ads, no data selling, no venture capital pressure.

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Share Gardens with Family

Invite family members and gardening friends to collaborate on your gardens. Track plantings together and share in the harvest planning.

Fast & Reliable

Quick loading, works great on your phone, and reliable when you need it. No complicated software to install or maintain.

Premium

Unlimited Gardens

Manage multiple garden spaces - backyard, front yard, community garden plots, containers, and greenhouse spaces. Each with their own tracking and suggestions.

Built to Last

Solid foundations for your long-term gardening journey

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Simple Start
Track & get suggestions in minutes
208
Plant Varieties
Vegetables, herbs, fruits & flowers
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All USDA Zones
Zone 1a through 12b supported
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Garden-Aware
Personalized recommendations

Built for Real Gardening

Simple tools that understand your garden's rhythm. Track what you're growing, when you planted it, and get straightforward suggestions for what to do next. No complexity, just practical gardening guidance.

🌱 Ready to help you grow better gardens

Ready to Grow a
Better Garden?

Join gardeners who've moved beyond complex planners to practical, helpful suggestions that actually help you grow better gardens.

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"Gardening is forgiving. Close enough usually works, and there's always next season!"
- The Sow & Tell Philosophy