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Plan a garden for the year
You want a garden that looks good all year but don't know when to do what. Get a month-by-month garden plan.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Plan my garden for the year. Where I live: [town or region and country] Garden size and type: [e.g. small back garden, balcony, allotment] Sun: [full sun / part shade / shade, which parts] Soil if known: [e.g. clay, sandy, don't know] What I'd like: [e.g. veg, flowers for bees, low maintenance, kids' corner] Time I have: [e.g. 2 hours a week] Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then give me: 1. A month-by-month table: jobs, what to sow, what to plant, what to harvest. 2. The 5 easiest plants for my conditions. 3. A simple shopping list for the first month. 4. Warnings about common mistakes for my conditions. Tell me when my timing depends on frost dates so I can check locally. UK English. For local frost dates and planting times, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. town or region and country: a short note you already have. e.g. small back garden, balcony, allotment: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Gemini
Plan my garden for the year. Where I live: [town or region and country] Garden size and type: [e.g. small back garden, balcony, allotment] Sun: [full sun / part shade / shade, which parts] Soil if known: [e.g. clay, sandy, don't know] What I'd like: [e.g. veg, flowers for bees, low maintenance, kids' corner] Time I have: [e.g. 2 hours a week] Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then give me: 1. A month-by-month table: jobs, what to sow, what to plant, what to harvest. 2. The 5 easiest plants for my conditions. 3. A simple shopping list for the first month. 4. Warnings about common mistakes for my conditions. Tell me when my timing depends on frost dates so I can check locally. UK English. Keep the month-by-month table as a table so I can use Export to Sheets. Stay in this Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. town or region and country: a short note you already have. e.g. small back garden, balcony, allotment: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You describe your garden, where you live and what you'd like to grow.
The assistant asks about sun, soil and how much time you have.
You get a month-by-month plan of jobs, sowing and planting.
What happens
Use Gemini to plan a garden for the year
You want a garden that looks good all year but don't know when to do what. Get a month-by-month garden plan.
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