The Planter Team

We’re dreaming of a green Christmas…or at least we’re dreaming of our gardens filled with lush green plants! And while we’re at it we’re rounding up our top gardening gift picks for 2025. This year we’ve got a gamut of gardening gift ideas from must-read books, to handy gadgets, to eco-friendly gardening goodies! Great Gardening Reads Gardener Scott’s Guide to Raised Bed Gardening Image source: Amazon Gardener Scott is one of the foremost gardening experts on YouTube, and in his new book Gardener Scott’s Guide To Raised Bed Gardening he introduces gardeners to every aspect of raised bed gardening....

As the gardening season hits peak production, and soon thereafter starts to wind down, the main dilemma facing gardeners can turn from “how do I keep my plants healthy?” and “how can I keep all these weeds at bay?” to “how am I going to use up all this produce?!” If you’re like us this means you’re often searching for inspirational recipes and cooking methods to use up what you’ve grown....

We are getting geared up for the 2025 gardening season! The first step before we can get growing though is to plan out our gardens in Planter. Read on to see what our Planter team members are up to this year, and how we’ve used Planter to bring our garden plans to life. We hope you’ll find some creative ideas to implement in your own plans! If you haven’t already seen (or heard) it, check out our latest podcast episode where Peter, Milan, and Erin chat about our garden plans and what we’re doing differently in 2025:...

Between parties, parades, family meals, and festivities, gardening might not be top of mind at this time of year. Even so, any avid gardener will be secretly (or not-so-secretly) hoping to find some gardening gifts under the tree. If you’re struggling to find a gift for the gardener that has everything fear not- we’ve got gifting ideas for even the most geared-out gardener! Erin: Garden marker Image source: Amazon Regular ‘permanent’ markers usually become not-so-permanent in a garden!...

Fall is the perfect time to get in the kitchen and cook up the produce from your garden! We here on the Planter Team wanted to share a few of our favorite recipes to make use of our fall harvests. We hope you’ll take ideas and inspiration from these recipes to use up your own garden bounty this fall! Rhubarb jelly (and other preserves) - Contributed by Wren I grew up making jams and jellies with my mom....

As you’re planning your garden in Planter, you’ve likely included some pepper plants in the mix. While many gardeners opt to grow the classic bells, there’s a plethora of pepper options available that might be more productive and even easier to grow! On top of that, experimenting with different pepper varieties - spicy or mild - opens up more culinary possibilities. So as you’re thinking about which peppers to grow this year, we hope you’ll take inspiration from our Top 10 Pepper Picks to add some new pepper varieties to your garden!...

We here on The Planter Team have been getting busy planning our 2024 gardens! We hope you’ll find inspiration for your own garden from the unique plans our team members have been working on in Planter: Peter Peter’s community garden plan My garden is a 20x30 ft community garden plot since I live in the woods and the oak trees shade out pretty much everything. This year I’m excited to be growing many new varieties....

To kick off the 2024 garden planning season, we’re announcing a brand-new Planter feature: the Seed Box! The Seed Box lets you keep track of all the seeds in your seed collection. No more buying too many seeds every year! (Or at least…no more excuses😉) Note: If you are using Planter on Android or IoS, be sure to update to the latest version to be able to access the Seed Box....

All we want for Christmas is…gardening gear! And we’ve rounded up our top gardening gift picks for 2023. From seed starting to produce preservation, we’ve got gift-giving inspiration for every gardener! GreenStalk Original Vertical Planter Image source: GreenStalk You might have seen the GreenStalk Vertical Planter showcased on your favorite gardening YouTube channels…And for good reason! The GreenStalk is a super-versatile self-watering growing system that makes efficient use of vertical space to grow a ton of produce in a small footprint....

While snow has been flying outside the Planter team has been hunkered down inside working on the latest Planter feature updates…and we are very excited to launch enhanced companion planting relationships in Planter! (Not familiar with companion planting in Planter? Check out this how-to article and our blog post on companion planting for more info.) Install the latest version of Planter to start using the enhanced companion planting features: Icons that show companion plant benefits and combative plant drawbacks at a glance...