SowJournal
SowJournal
Spreadsheets for the office. SowJournal for the bed. Built for balcony tomatoes, stubborn clay, and the eternal question: is it too early, too late, or just optimism again?
In the bed
Climate-adjusted calendar
Set your garden location once. Sow / plant / harvest windows shift with your climate, so “March” means something different in Den Haag than in Murcia.
We nudge the months. Frost still has veto power.
Garden weather
On Today, optional garden weather via Apple WeatherKit: night low, frost yes or no with rough timing, day high, and rain chance. Strong wind only when it matters for fleece and stakes. Turn it off anytime in Settings.
A garden readout. Not a full weather app.
Catalog & favorites
Browse crops, pin what you grow, and keep notes where muddy gloves can find them. Your garden list lives in My garden, not in a forgotten browser tab.
Favorites are free until the bed fills up. Plus lifts the fence.
Seed stash
Packets, leftovers, and “I swear I bought this last year,” logged with dates so you stop guessing which envelope is still viable.
We track the stash. We can’t resurrect 2019 beans.
Garden planner
Sketch beds, drop crops, rotate like you meant to. A quiet grid for people who actually plant.
Still dig with a shovel. We’re guidance, not a yield promise.
Packet scan
Point the camera at a barcode or label when the packet is mysterious. We match what we can locally, then fall back to public lookups when needed.
OCR reads labels. It does not negotiate with snails.
Guidance on purpose. Calendars are climate-adjusted starting points, not a yield guarantee, and not affiliated with any seed brand. Optional garden weather uses Apple WeatherKit on Today; look outside before you cover the beds. Plant, watch, and write “too early again” in the margin.
Help
Contact
Bugs, late frosts, App Review notes, or “why is radish always early”: we’re here.
Email support@sowjournal.org