Whatever you’re trying to do out there, there’s probably a tool for it.

Plan it, build it, grow it. Tell me what you’re after and I’ll point you at the right calculator or write-up.

Tell me what you’re after

PLAN

Decide before you dig.

Timing, layout, and what goes where. The thinking that saves you a season of do-overs.

Seed Starting Calendar

Back out from your last frost date. Honest about the margin.

Square Foot Planner

What fits where, without the spreadsheet headache.

Frost Date Planner

First and last frost by your location. The calendar that actually matters.

BUILD

Make the thing.

Beds, water systems, structures. The math and the parts list before you cut anything.

Rainwater Harvest Calculator

How much water you can capture from your roof, by month. Pick your conditions, get the answer, and see what size cistern actually makes sense for your setup.

Soil Volume Calculator

How much soil fills the bed. Cubic feet, cubic yards, bags to buy.

Hugelkultur Calculator

Wood, soil, compost ratios for a mound bed.

GROW

Keep it alive.

Soil, compost, pests, and the ongoing work once things are in the ground.

Mulch Calculator

Cubic yards by bed. Bags versus bulk, settled.

Compost Ratio Calculator

Browns and greens, worked out so the pile actually heats up.

Worm Bin Sizer

Household size to bin size to feeding rate.

Featured · PlaySort It! · the recycling gameTen things from the kitchen and the yard. Four bins. A couple of them will fool you.

From the Garden · May

The bean trellis leans, and so does the gardener.

A sunflower that came up where I didn’t plant anything. Sometimes the best stuff shows up uninvited.

From the field notes

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Field Note · Build

A ram pump for the stream

No electricity, no fuel. Just the weight of falling water pushing a little of it uphill. Building one from brass fittings and testing it on the creek.