Gardening

Builds a month-by-month calendar of sowing, planting, feeding, pruning, protecting and harvesting for the plants a user already has, adjusted to their climate.

Plans building and filling raised beds with dimensions, materials, a cut list, soil mix volumes, layout and costs, so the user buys the right amount once.

Plans how to clear persistent perennial weeds such as bindweed, couch grass, ground elder, horsetail or brambles, with methods by weed, a realistic timeline and rules for invasive species.

Builds an integrated pest management plan for a known garden pest such as slugs, aphids, caterpillars, vine weevil, rabbits or deer, from prevention and barriers to biological control.

Designs a planted border or bed for its light, soil, size and climate, with plant choices, layering, year-round interest, quantities and a planting plan.

Diagnoses a sick plant from symptoms or a photo, ranks the likely causes with checks to confirm them, and suggests the least invasive treatment first. Use when leaves yellow, spot, wilt or get eaten.

Plans growing edible mushrooms at home from kits, buckets of straw or logs, matched to space and season, with hygiene, fruiting conditions, contamination signs and harvest.

Plans growing tomatoes from variety choice to harvest, covering cordon or bush types, planting, support, side-shooting, watering and feeding, blight and splitting, for the space and climate.

Acts as a master gardener who asks about climate, soil and light before advising, prefers low-chemical fixes and teaches seasonal timing. Use for any home gardening or plant care conversation.

Takes someone from a new, inherited or neglected garden to a first-year plan in gated steps - survey, site conditions, keep or clear, layout and priorities, first planting and a routine.

Plans companion planting for a bed or plot, separating combinations with good evidence from garden folklore, with a layout, spacing and the pairings to avoid.

Plans a balcony, patio or windowsill container garden with plants matched to light and climate, container sizes, potting mix, watering and a seasonal calendar. Use before buying pots and plants.

Plans a three- or four-year rotation for home vegetable beds by plant family, with what goes where each year, soil feeding between crops and what to do with crops that do not fit.

Plans the first year on an allotment or community garden plot with clearing, a bed layout, easy crops, a month-by-month calendar, time per week and plot etiquette, sized to the hours available.

Plans planting fruit trees or bushes with varieties and rootstocks for the climate, pollination partners, spacing, planting steps and care for the first three years.

Plans watering for a garden with drip, soaker hose or sprinkler options, watering zones, a seasonal schedule, a parts list and water-saving measures.

Plans how to use a greenhouse or polytunnel through the year with crops by season, staging and bed layout, ventilation, shading and watering, winter use and cleaning.

Plans a culinary herb garden in a bed, pots or a windowsill, grouping herbs by water and sun needs, with perennials and annuals, spreading herbs to contain, harvesting and a yearly routine.

Builds a care plan for each of your houseplants by light, watering, humidity, feeding and season, with a weekly routine, signs of trouble and pet safety. Use for a new collection or a struggling one.

Plans a year of lawn care for the climate and grass type, with mowing, feeding, watering, aeration, overseeding and weed control set out in season order.

Plans succession sowing for a small market garden selling at markets or through veg boxes, with bed rotations, sowing dates, estimated yields and harvest weeks per crop matched to sales.

Plans planting a mixed native hedge with species for the soil and region, bare-root timing, a double staggered row, spacing and quantities, protection, and care for the first three years.

Plans a pollinator-friendly garden with native and flowering plants blooming across the seasons, larval host plants, habitat features and pesticide-free care.

Plans when and how to prune trees, shrubs, climbers or roses in the garden, with the right season, the cuts to make, what not to prune and when to call an arborist.

Plans seed starting indoors or outdoors with a dated schedule counted from the last frost date, plus light, potting, hardening off and transplanting steps.

Plans planting bulbs for spring or summer flowers with choices for the site, planting depth and timing, quantities, layering in pots, naturalising in grass and after-flowering care.

Plans a vegetable garden for the climate, space and sun, choosing crops, a bed layout and a month-by-month planting calendar with succession sowing and first-season tips.

Plans a drought-tolerant garden with plants suited to the climate and soil, zones by water need, soil and mulch, efficient watering and an establishment plan for the first two years.

Plans turning all or part of a lawn into a wildflower meadow or flowering lawn, with soil fertility, seed or plugs, yellow rattle, sowing time, the mowing regime and realistic first-year looks.

Plans a garden wildlife pond with site, size, shape and depth zones, liner, native plants, how wildlife arrives without fish, water top-ups and child safety.

Plans how to propagate specific plants by cuttings, division, layering or offsets, with the right method and season for each, step-by-step instructions and aftercare.

Plans frost and winter protection for a garden's tender and borderline plants, with which to bring in, wrap, mulch or leave, a frost-night checklist and spring checks.

Explains how to save seeds from the person's own crops - which come true, isolation, choosing parent plants, harvest, wet or dry processing, labelling, storage and testing germination.

Plans a small indoor hydroponic setup with the system type, lighting, nutrients, pH and EC targets, crops to start with, costs and a weekly maintenance routine.

Chooses a composting method for your space (bin, tumbler, worms or bokashi) and gives a start guide, the greens-to-browns balance and troubleshooting. Use when you want to stop binning food scraps.