Thinking about planting for fall? There’s an app for that!
In fact, quite a few apps for that. Here are just a few of the special gardening picks by Kate Murphy from The New York Times for your iPhones and Androids:
Garden Tracker (iPad, iPhone): Garden Tracker lets you size and plan your garden plots, plant your vegetables, and then track your garden’s progress, including days to harvest, days since watered and days since last fertilized. All this info is conveniently referenced in a grid you design.
iVeggieGarden (iPad, iPhone): iVeggieGarden was developed by people who have a passion for growing vegetables. We’ve relied on years of first-hand experience to identify the most relevant information about vegetable gardening and organize it into an effective, flexible and easy-to-use product. We’ve also provided helpful tools that allow you to track the progress of each item in your garden, manage multiple gardens, build a shopping list, track purchases and more.
Gardenate (iPad, iPhone, Android): Gardenate is intended to make it easier to keep your kitchen garden growing and producing. Each month the home page lists what you can plant now in your climate zone and what to prepare for next month.
A secret to productive gardening is to plant regularly—plant something every day if possible in suitable climates.