The planner
What can I grow — right where you are?
Tell Growmanac your location and the space you have — a balcony, a windowsill, or a garden. It reads your local climate (your average winter lows set your hardiness zone), then shows the beginner-friendly crops you can start this month, when to sow and harvest each, and the starter kit to begin. It works anywhere on Earth, free and with no signup.
How it works
Two things decide what grows well for you: how cold your winters get and what month it is. Growmanac looks up around a decade of your location’s daily low temperatures, takes each year’s coldest day, and averages them — that average low is what gardeners call your hardiness zone. A lower zone means hardier, cool-season crops; a higher zone opens up tender, warm-season ones outdoors.
Then it checks the calendar. Every crop has a sowing window; we show the ones whose window is open now, in your hemisphere (the Southern hemisphere’s seasons are flipped, and so is the plan). On a balcony or windowsill, tender crops still work because the space is sheltered — so the list adapts to where you’ll actually grow.
This is guidance, not a guarantee — your microclimate, soil, and light matter too. Start small, and treat the first season as an experiment.