FeedMeBuild my garden

The garden planner

The only garden planner that starts from the food you want to eat

For the first-year food gardener: an adult with a yard, a patch or a few raised beds, who wants to grow the vegetables, herbs and fruit they actually eat. Built around US zip codes and USDA hardiness zones.

Start from the plate, not the grid. Enter your location and the foods you want to eat, and see which plants pair well together, and why.

Every piece of planting advice is marked, proven or folklore, so you can tell the difference before you dig.

SamplePairings, and the reasons for them

A sample of what FeedMe shows a first-year gardener who asks for tomatoes, lettuce, carrots and berries. The pictures are generated illustrations, not photographs of real gardens.

  • A hand holding a truss of cherry tomatoes beside basil in a raised bed. Generated image.

    Tomato + basil

    Folklore. Said to improve flavour. The evidence is thin.

  • Staked tomato plants with orange marigolds at their base in a raised bed. Generated image.

    Tomato + French marigold

    Proven. Marigold roots release compounds that curb root-knot nematodes.

  • Green and red lettuces with white alyssum flowers between them. Generated image.

    Lettuce + sweet alyssum

    Proven. Alyssum flowers feed hoverflies, whose larvae eat aphids.

  • A bunch of carrots and spring onions held over a weathered garden table. Generated image.

    Carrot + onion

    Folklore. Onion smell is said to hide carrots from carrot fly. Results are mixed.

  • Cucumbers hanging from a trellis above nasturtium flowers. Generated image.

    Cucumber + nasturtium

    Folklore. Nasturtium is said to lure pests away from cucumbers.

  • A hand picking a strawberry beside blue borage flowers. Generated image.

    Strawberry + borage

    Folklore. Borage is said to help strawberries fruit and keep pests away.

  • Pole beans climbing tall corn stalks in a backyard patch. Generated image.

    Pole beans + corn

    Proven. Corn stalks give pole beans something to climb.

  • A hand holding a basket of peppers and basil beside pepper plants. Generated image.

    Pepper + basil

    Folklore. Said to keep aphids and thrips off peppers.

StepsFrom the plate to the bed

  1. Step 1

    Name the foods

    List the vegetables, herbs and fruit you want to eat.

  2. Step 2

    Add your location

    FeedMe is built around US zip codes and USDA hardiness zones.

  3. Step 3

    Read the pairings

    See which plants sit well together, the reason for each, and whether the advice is proven or folklore.

Price

Free

Enter your location and the foods you want. See the companion plant pairings and their reasons.

Paid: $9 per season

Planned: Layout and Calendar for one season. No subscription. Sales are closed while we test the first Season Plan.

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