Small Property Living
The Small Property Living Index § Free Tool

The Square‑Foot
Garden Planner

Lay out your plot, and get a planting schedule tuned to your frost dates — plus a ready-to-go shopping list. Most people have a full plan in under two minutes.

  • 🌱30+ crops
  • 🗓️Frost-date calendar
  • 🛒Shopping list
  • 🖨️Printable plan
Start planning
Your location

Zone sets typical frost dates. Know your real dates? Type them in (MM/DD), it makes the calendar accurate.

Plot size
Width
16 ft
Length
16 ft

Each square is 1×1 ft. Drag across the grid to select an area, then pick what to plant.

Your plot

0/256 planted

Tap a square, or drag across several, then choose what to plant.

§ How it works

Three steps to a full plan

  1. № 01

    Set your spot

    Pick your USDA zone (or type your real frost dates) and your plot size. That is what makes the calendar accurate for your yard.

  2. № 02

    Plant your squares

    Tap a crop, or drag across the grid to fill a whole block at once. Each square shows how many fit — 1 tomato or 16 carrots — using square-foot spacing.

  3. № 03

    Get your plan

    See exactly when to start seeds, transplant, and harvest, plus a shopping list for seeds, soil, and your bed. Print it or save it as a PDF.

A free vegetable garden planner built for small properties — not sprawling farms.

It uses the square-foot gardening method, so you get the most out of a tidy raised bed or a larger in-ground plot without overcrowding. Pick from common vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit, and the planner handles spacing, sun, water, and companion notes for you.

The planting calendar is driven by frost dates, not just a hardiness-zone label, so it tells you when to start seeds indoors, when to plant outside, and roughly when to harvest. Know your local last-frost and first-frost dates? Type them in for the most accurate schedule.