Kitchen Garden Almanac

Know exactly what to plant, when to plant it, and where.

The Kitchen Garden Almanac is an interactive digital planting guide built around your specific USDA hardiness zone. Set your zone and the current month, and it instantly shows you what to direct sow, start indoors, or transplant right now — no more guessing or flipping through generic planting charts that don't match your climate.

Features

• Personalized to your USDA hardiness zone (3a–10b)
• Month-by-month "what to plant now" view
• Full year calendar to plan ahead
• Build and save your own "My Plan" as you go
• Filter by vegetables, herbs, or pollinator plants
• Shows your zone's frost dates and total growing season length
• Works right in your browser — desktop or mobile, no printing required

How It Works

Open the file, select your USDA zone and month, and browse crop cards for what to direct sow, start indoors, or transplant that month. Tap "Add to plan" to build your own seasonal growing plan, or explore the year calendar to map out your whole season in advance.

Instant digital download. For your saved plan to stick, keep the file in the same place on your device and avoid opening it in a private or incognito window.

Format: Interactive HTML file — opens directly in any browser, no app or software needed.