Farm Your Yard: Gardening App

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1. ★★★★★support does not respond or resolve the issue

   Lost everything after update. After the latest update, it deleted all of my information and would not let me log back in. I deleted the app and reinstalled, was able to log back in, but my entire profile with all of my gardening information is gone. I messaged the developers a few weeks back and they never responded. Glad I backed everything up on a written calendar.

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Dates are off. The dates to start seeds, transplant and harvest are 1 month behind the appropriate dates for my area based on the calendar from the state. Emailed regarding this and received ZERO response. Won’t use or recommend

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Needs bug fixes. As of January 1, 2025, the app keeps closing every time I try to add a plant to my task list. It has good information and I look forward to being able to use it when this problem is fixed

4. ★★★★★inaccurate results and incorrect data

   Deleted. Developer response was that they use 50 climate (whatever that is) and it’s more accurate… yet it wasn’t at all accurate for me. Be aware and vigilant so your crops aren’t susceptible because of lack of proper information. Won’t be re-downloading this app or recommending it to anyone. While I can’t state anything regarding actual use as I deleted this before I input anything, I can state it is likely not accurate. I notified that their system did not have appropriate growing zones, and in an email returned, I got a slightly rude response that included they do not in fact actually utilize growing zones for anything. This is a disservice to anyone trying to take growing seriously, as our zones are vitally important in determining species, varieties, and frost expectations. If you’re just doing this for fun, so be it. But this app is not for anyone trying to truly plan. Plans involve accurate information and people can and do fail when not using accurate and thorough information. I wanted to utilize this app before deleting but can’t bring myself to promote something whose developers refuse to use constructive criticism to improve.

5. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

   The most recent update broke the app. I was really enjoying the app. I had my 2022 garden fully planned and had just started my first round of seeds when the developers rolled out an update. With this update, they promised some really nice features but I have been unable to use them. When I open the app, every screen is a loading screen. A circle just spins and spins and spins and I can no longer access my garden plans. I guess it’s my fault for not having them written down somewhere else as a backup, and relying too heavily on an app, but it’s totally screwed up the timing on my entire garden. I have updated my own phone, and have done every new update on this app since they did the initial update, hoping for a bug fix, but to no avail. I have lost all of my data and the ideal dates for planting specific seeds are gone. I am devastated that I will have to start from scratch with another app, and I know for certain I am already behind on planting some of my seeds.

6. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   I really want to like the app but. I can’t get it to load past the first screen after entering my location. I’ve had it downloaded for a few days now and each day I try again but to no avail. Developers, if you can help I will happily adjust my review! I’ve been looking for something exactly like this but this he looked the most promising.

7. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Unable to change planting day!!. I had the app for about two weeks ready to start some fall planting all of a sudden I was unable to change dates, modify dates do you know life happens if I plan to plant something on one day, but get too busy and unable to do it I should be able to change the date to the actual day I planted it I should be able to go back in time. What if I forgot that I planted something that I forgot to enter into the app overall, this is just a simple calendar trimming harvesting and see saving I’ll give it to stars

8. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Love the concept but keeps crashing. I’ve used this to plan out my garden for a few years now and every year in the spring it completely wipes my garden plan clean and won’t even load the screen to allow me to plan out a new garden. Every winter it works great but whether the server gets overloaded in spring or what, it’s unusable come planting time. It will continue to send you reminders of what to plant but good luck getting it to actually load so you can view the planting calendar. Best advise is to plan your garden out in the winter using it and then make paper notes of when to plant everything so you’re not left high and dry come spring.

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Keeps crashing. I wanted so badly to give this a 5 star review because I really like it and I spent so much time putting in my garden. However I can’t because I can only use the app for about 30-45 seconds before it crashes and I have to open it up and start again.

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Custom?? Add Seeds?. Just started using the app and I like it but I don’t see anywhere where I can add more seeds or flowers? This might be stupid that I appreciate a reply. I think your app has great potential but you’re lacking a large seed database. You have a lot of basic seeds, but not all the varieties I haven’t I’d like to add my own in..

11. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Updates. The last 2 updates have completely disabled the app. It either freezes or crashes when opened. It used to be really useful.

12. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Search by sunlight. The only place I can plant is mostly shade. Not being able to narrow down plans by sun make this app not as useful.

13. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    So far…. I started loading all the plants that I plan to put in my garden but when I got about a dozen put in it started shutting down the app. I opened it back up and tried again with the same results. It looks like it would be a good app- if it stays open.

14. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Nice UI and Options. I would be careful relying on the dates given to plant or start from seed. Starting tomatoes and peppers from seed in May (6b) is disastrous. There are several instances to this that do not take indoor starting and transplanting into consideration. Starting onions in late spring from seed will not give you the onions you want.

15. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Great promise, still buggy. I like this app. Started two weeks ago. But it’s incomplete and buggy. When I update progress on any plant, it forgets that I have a plant library already entered. I have to close and open the app to get it to work. This is going to be great when developed out; something that investors should jump on while it’s early.

16. ★★★★★the schedule can't see reality

    Shows promise. Pretty good design, love the planting times and reminder features, but with no option to search, you have to scroll thru the entire list to find plants you’re growing to add.. and if you’re growing something that’s not listed.. there’s just nothing you can do. Also, no way to add journal entries or photos of plants from what I could see, which is important to me as I’m a beginner and still learning how things grow. Definitely could be useful, but not going to be using it until those features are added

17. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    If this gets fixed, app is 5 stars. There’s a limit to how many plants you can add before the app endlessly buffers and freezes and shuts itself down. The limit isn’t very high. I have a new-er smartphone, good internet, and battery, and this has been an issue after deleting and reinstalling it, starting a new profile, and adding fewer plants.

18. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Good info. Enjoyed planning and recording my work last spring. Now i cant access any of that data to plan next spring.

19. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Love this app but…. The app is great. I only wish the harvest, buy seeds, transplants etc. all had separate colors. It would make it much easier to know what I’m looking for. It would also be nice know when to fertilize crops as well.

20. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Needs layout. This is a good app. Love the calendar. Would like to see a garden layout that you can create raised beds and garden areas so you can plot plants that are compatible. Would also love more variety of plants, didn’t see any zucchini which i always plant.

21. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    High potential. Great app, needs broader selection of plants. A much wider selection of regional native plants would be helpful, as well, especially for those of us who are trying to encourage local native habitat. Some glitches with the App itself, just had to delete and then re-download. I’m really looking forward to the planned additions that you’re currently sourcing information for. Might I suggest possibly looking into a wild foraging calendar by regional zone with responsible foraging advice and tips? And of course, the accessibility of the free aspect is wonderful. Hoping to make excellent use of it this year!

22. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Great app!. I love the organized and accurate scheduling I just wish there was more flowers (tulips, lilies etc) and it was possible to change if you want to grow seedlings, buy seedlings, or just plant the seeds

23. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Awesome tool, missing berry producing shrubs though. I love this app and will definitely be using it a lot. My only complaint is that I can’t add my berry shrubs like blueberries.

24. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    I like it better than the others!. I think this app has a lot going for it! By far better than the other options.

25. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Seems like a good idea but lacks some things. I love the variety of the plants to add, that you can add your own, and how it tells you your zone and the information associated with that. However, you cannot change your location, which is a must for me as I travel full time and am never in the same place for a long time. It’d also be nice if the calendar told you when to water depending on the weather in the area. Other than that it’s a pretty good app.

26. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Love the concept, needs some tweaks. We’re a small space gardening family, and I love the idea of being able to track our volume of food grown in our yard. The plants were pretty easy to add and relabel to the varieties we’re growing. The calendar is unrealistic, though, and I wish I could edit it to reflect what’s actually happening. We’ve had a cold spring this year, and things are growing slowly. It’s frustrating that I’m being told to harvest things now (I’m writing this on Memorial Day) that haven’t even fruited yet, and I know we didn’t pick tomatoes and peppers for several months from this time last year. So it would be nice if I could input stuff like when we actually harvest so the algorithm can adjust. Dreaming big here, it would also be nice to be able to customize the calendar further, since my husband also likes to experiment with indoor hydroponics and so we grow peppers over the winter, too.

27. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Good, but not yet great. Overall good tool for keeping track of what’s in the garden. Would like the option to export my garden so I can print it

28. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Pretty good. I do enjoy using this app but often find vegetables not listed. The most recent one is brussel sprouts.

29. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    I want to use but there’s a bug. It seems like a great concept except it deletes all of the plants in my garden randomly and doesn’t let me add new ones. My calendar just shows up as blank and won’t let me add plants until I uninstall and reinstall the app.

30. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Very Cool. except I was adding plants and it stopped showing my calendar after like 10!