Plan a vegetable garden for my space and climate
A planting plan for your beds or containers with what to grow, layout, timing, and a care routine.
The prompt
Help me plan a vegetable garden.
Space: [e.g. "two 4x8 raised beds", "balcony with 5 containers", "patch of lawn I can dig up"]
Sunlight: [HOURS OF DIRECT SUN per day, and when]
Location and climate: [region or USDA hardiness zone, average last frost date if known]
What I want to eat: [VEGETABLES AND HERBS]
Experience and time: [e.g. "first garden, 2 hours a week"]
Budget: [AMOUNT]
Give me:
1. What to grow: a shortlist that suits my sun, space, and experience, with notes on which are easiest and which to skip this year. If my climate info is missing, tell me how to find my frost dates.
2. A layout with spacing, putting tall plants where they won't shade others.
3. A planting calendar: start indoors, transplant, or sow directly, based on frost dates (tell me to confirm dates with my local extension service).
4. Soil and containers: soil mix, container size per plant, and drainage. If the ground might be contaminated (older home with peeling paint, near roads), suggest a soil test or raised beds with new soil.
5. A weekly care routine: watering, mulching, feeding, and checking for pests, with low-toxicity pest control first.
6. When and how to harvest each crop.
Return a table: Crop | Where | Plant date | Spacing | Days to harvest | Notes.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- HOURS OF DIRECT SUN per day, and when
- VEGETABLES AND HERBS
- e.g. "first garden, 2 hours a week"
- AMOUNT
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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