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Rational Gardening gives you the support necessary to plan, plant, and maintain productive food gardens through direct action items. We help you replace guesswork and stress with clean guidance and thriving plants.
Garden Advisor lets you know how local conditions impact your garden and support you in understanding how to care for your plants. We assist you every step of the way, from planting your first tomato to final harvest.
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The Garden Advisor is our debut app for gardening help. Garden advisor teaches you why you need to take certain actions and suggests when something needs to happen. Your personalized garden helps you to make small gains so you grow healthy plants and a successful harvest.
Begin with your garden’s location and the plants you currently have. The app will pull meteorological, soil, planting zone, and other data to provide notices specific to you.
Unsure what to do with your plants? The Ask feature provides details to our advice and can help answer other gardening concerns, all catered to your situation.
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Garden Advisor is here to help with every step of the gardening process. Create a free account to stay connected, or join a membership to get full access to Garden Advisor and other upcoming products.
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Why Rational Gardening
Rational Gardening is about empowering individuals, families, and communities to grow their own food. We believe everyone deserves the joy of growing their own meals, no matter where they live.
We started with the wild idea of having a gardener in your pocket who could give evidence-based advice relevant to each individual. We are creating a suite of tools to make getting started, growing, and harvesting easier and more successful.
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No more generic advice that you have to second guess or issues with over and under watering your plants. Get to understand what you need to do to care for your plants and develop good gardening habits. No experience necessary.
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