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Apps for gardening
There might not be an electrically outlet in your garden but that doesn't mean you can't get 'plugged' into gardening. Computers monitor weather conditions to let farmers know the best time to harvest or when an expected frost is coming. You can certainly use a computer to research information about your plants. Here are some examples of ways to use technology in the garden you might not have thought of:
Labeling your crops. Sometimes its hard to remember what we have planted where, especially when it comes to bulbs you plant in Fall but you don't see until Spring.
These pictures use an app called Doodley Moore.
- Don't know what you have? You need the Garden Compass. It has a Plant/ Disease Identifier
- Vegetable Planting Calendars, electronic alerts remind you what weeks to plant, transplant, and when to harvest...even Moon Gardening, using the lunar calendars..ever hear of "Harvest Moon"?
- There are too many Design apps to list.
- How much to plant to feed your family? Use the "Vegetable Garden Calculator"
- Not sure which spot in your lawn have the best sunlight for your garden? Use Sun Surveyor app.
- Companion Planting..not all vegetables play well in the same sandbox.
- And of course there are games like: Roo's Fabulous Edible Garden & Green RADventures of Nico
