June 23, 2021

🌱✌️New search experience and succession planting

Hey Permapeople,

Our gardens are in full bloom now and I am harvesting lettuce, parsley, sage, thyme (blossoms), arugula and strawberries for a few weeks now. I told you, I also want to show some failures, so here is one: The picture above shows my garlic. They had super thick necks and I couldn't wait anymore so I pulled a few out. The head size is... how I should I say... rather disappointing 😅. But it's ok when keeping in mind that gardening is always an experiment, some things work some not. While I suspect, I need to continue improving my soil, I am sure the garlic will be tasty.

New search filters

The base for all our gardening is a good and well-maintained database. Over time there were a lot of new data added to the database. We want to make sure that you can find the right plants and be able to filter on any attribute. This means there are a lot of filters and it got hard to use. So we spend the time reworking the filters which makes it now more easy to filter and find plants. Please let us know what you think about them, we are always happy to get feedback!

Try out the new filters

Blog post: Succession planting

In the northern hemisphere, most backyard farmers can already harvest things from their gardens. But what to do with the emptied spaces? Read the blog post to learn how you can use another dimension than space to get more out of your backyard garden!

Read "Succession planting"

Updates & Info

What to do now in the growing season

• Get sunshades up in spots where the heat is too strong
• Harvest (and reseed) fast growers like radishes and spinach
• Water your garden where necessary, add more mulch to protect the soil from the heat
• Keep looking at your tomatoes to finally turn red :)
• Get warm climate plants like peppers and eggplants out, maybe they are out already
• Follow us on Instagram, Twitter or join our Reddit at /r/BackyardFarmers

What to do if the season ends or you are in a tropical zone

• We are still looking for people to help us here. If you live in a tropical area or have info on what to do when, please reach out.

Please reach out with any questions. I am reading and answering every mail.

Happy planning 🌱✌️,
Ben