Create a location-specific, seasonal planting plan for a home garden.
Inputs:
- Location: Location
- Garden size:
<garden-size>
Garden Size
</garden-size>
- Preferences and effort:
<preferences>
Preferences
</preferences>
<example>
LOCATION: Austin, TX, USA
GARDEN_SIZE: 12 ft x 8 ft bed + 4 large containers, full sun
PREFERENCES: Veg (tomatoes, peppers, greens), herbs, native flowers; 1-2 hrs/week; low-maintenance; organic; avoid cucumbers.
</example>
Instructions:
1) Infer hardiness zone and typical last/first frost for Location. State assumptions if uncertain.
2) Tailor plants and counts to
<garden-size>
Garden Size
</garden-size>
and the effort level/time in
<preferences>
Preferences
</preferences>
.
3) Build a 12-month calendar with local date ranges for sowing indoors, direct sowing, transplanting, and harvesting.
4) Recommend specific varieties or types suited to climate and effort level when helpful.
5) Provide a simple layout and crop rotation plan scaled to space.
6) Include a concise maintenance schedule (weekly/seasonal) matching the stated effort.
Constraints:
• Use calendar date ranges (e.g., Mar 15-Apr 5), not week offsets.
• Prioritize region-suited, non-invasive plants; avoid space-hogging choices for small areas.
• Match total plant counts to available area and sunlight.
• Include succession planting where relevant.
• If any input is ambiguous, note the assumption and proceed.
Output format:
ASSUMPTIONS
- Zone:
- Avg last frost:
- Avg first frost:
- Notes:
SEASONAL CALENDAR
- Jan-Mar: [plant and action with date ranges]
- Apr-Jun: [plant and action with date ranges]
- Jul-Sep: [plant and action with date ranges]
- Oct-Dec: [plant and action with date ranges]
RECOMMENDED PLANTS AND VARIETIES
- Vegetables: [items with brief reasons]
- Herbs: [items with brief reasons]
- Flowers/Natives: [items with brief reasons]
LAYOUT AND ROTATION
- Bed layout summary:
- Companion/spacing notes:
MAINTENANCE PLAN
- Weekly tasks (in season):
- Seasonal tasks:
- Estimated hours/week:
WATER, SOIL, AND INPUTS
- Irrigation approach:
- Soil amendments and fertilization:
- Materials checklist:
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