Tools
- Planting calendar by frost date
Enter two frost dates; get sow, transplant and fall cut-off dates for 25 crops.
- Raised bed soil calculator
Length × width × depth to cubic feet, cubic yards and bags.
Reference tables
- Container sizes for vegetables
Minimum gallons and depth for 25 crops, two extension scales compared.
- Square foot gardening spacing
Plants per square foot for 35 crops from three charts.
- Companion planting chart
Common pairings with the evidence rating for each.
- Farm stand and cottage food rules
What applies to selling produce and home-made foods, with a state table.
- 15 herbs grown around backyard chickens
Container sizes, garden roles and the thin poultry evidence.
Guides
- Frost dates explained
Where the numbers come from and what "average" means.
- Growing tomatoes in containers
Pot size, compact cultivars, water, support, blossom end rot.
- The gardens: four garden types compared
Raised beds, containers, in-ground and vertical side by side.
- Gardening with kids
Tasks by age and crops that reward short attention spans.
- Miniature and dollhouse gardens
A one-pot project for children, with plants that stay small.
- Backyard chickens, briefly
Typical city rules, coop space, feeding, hygiene.
- Backyard goats basics
Space, fencing, shelter and an example city ordinance.
- Going full-time: homestead and market garden planning
Land, costs, income sources, rules and USDA/SBA help.
- Find your frost dates
- Choose a garden type and size
- Pick containers or bed spacing
- Build a planting calendar
- Sow
How this site works
The More One Sows is a reference database, not a blog. Pages are written in a neutral voice and built from US extension services, federal agencies, state statutes and peer-reviewed or institutional publications, each listed under "Sources" at the end of the page. Where sources disagree, both figures are shown. Read more on the about and methodology pages.