My local AT&T rep noticed that I love gardening so he provided me with a list of popular gardening apps including 4 free apps for the iPad and iPhone (Apple iOs) he thought I’d like. Since I’m an Android girl, I thought I’d share these for your Apple lovers. By the way, did you know that data use is up among users here in Washington by 60% over last year. It’s no surprise when great apps like these exist!
Gardening Apps for Apple iOS – iPhone & iPad
Food Gardening Guide (iOS)
Want to grow your own organic food? This free app from MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine will give you everything you need including expert gardening techniques, info on top crops, plus access to the magazine’s blog feeds which covers “Do It Yourself” projects, green homes, natural health, and more.
Grow Your Own (iOS)
UPDATED April 2014 – The Royal Horticultural Society app is for the “less confident” gardener in your. It’s a great resource for anyone novice gardener looking to start growing produce at home. The free version of the app provides valuable info on 20 common varieties of fruit and vegetables with profiles for each that will help you decide what to attempt based on your space and your gardening skills. Information includes sowing and harvesting instructions and information on common gardening problems. You can also add fruit and vegetable profiles to the “My Garden” section of the app with calendar alerts to remind you when it’s time to tend to your plants.
Garden Insects Guide (iOS)
MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine wants you to know that not all insects are bad for your garden! With their free guide, you’ll be able to identify the bugs that mean your garden harm and those that are beneficial. It also provides advice on how to prevent damage from those bad bugs and ways to get rid of them naturally and organically. Then they teach you ways to attract the beneficial bugs.
Planting Planner (iOS)
Organic Gardening magazine has a free app that’s helps you determine the correct time to plant and what varieties to plant where – so important in growing a great garden! Set up your garden on the app, then select what you want to grow from the extensive database for detailed information. It also offers GPS supported location finder identifies frost dates for your garden and weather data for your area.
Have you tried a gardening app? Do you have a favorite?
These look like great apps and maybe ones that can turn my brown thumb into a green one!
I love Mother Earth News and will have to check out their apps! I bet it is amazing.
I am intrigued by the planner app. We do a lot of gardening and this might help me be more organized. And remember things!
The planting planner app sounds awesome!! I totally need exactly that! I wonder if it has my area/climate though, as we are usually half a year or at least 3 months off living in the desert.
YAY! I am so excited to heara bout all of these. Thanks!
They have an app for everything! I never would have thought to search for a gardening app and even better that they are free.
They seriously have an app for almost everything!! Gotta love free!
I confess that I wouldn’t have the foggiest idea where to begin with gardening, with seeds I guess. Having a few apps to guide me along my beginning gardening adventures will come in very handy. There really is an app for everything.
I love being able to get to gardening info right on my phone
Oh how cool! Had no idea gardening apps existed! These are going to come in handy, can’t wait to put them to good use. I need to get started with a garden very soon!
Wow, it does surprise me that there are now gardening apps. My husband uses one to track his seedlings.
It’s amazing how there are so many apps to do all kinds of things but there was no such thing as apps not all that long ago! Thanks for the recommendations.
I need all the gardening help I can get. I seem to plant at the wrong time. I cant wait to check out the apps and use them to help get my garden going.
I like the fact that these apps make novice gardeners like me feel so much more confident!
I haven’t ever used a gardening app, but I will have to check these out. Especially since I am expanding my garden.
These are awesome. The insect one is really cool since we moved to Texas and this helps us to figure out what things are.
The Planting Planner looks awesome! We are moving into a new house in less than a month and I’m missing the prime planting season, so this apps looks perfect to let me know what I can and can’t still plant this year! Thanks for sharing, I know there’s an app for everything, but had not thought about it for gardening!
Yes! I need an app this summer, it sure could have helped me in season past! Thanks for this!
What a cool app! I need to check it out. I am wanting to try gardening again this year.
I could definitely use the “Grow your own” since I am a novice. Cool to know about these apps to give me some support.
Oh neat thanks!! I am prepping our garden and flower beds, can’t wait to plant! I am gonna have to get a few of these apps! Never thought they would have gardening apps!!
Wow! Thanks for sharing. I never considered using a garden app. Off to check these out.
Oh this is going to come in so hand in a few weeks! We are moving houses and I have to start a garden from scratch! And in a new geographical area too. I don’t know what to plant when! Lots of new stuff to learn. I love apps to help me out!
Just in time! We are starting our garden at the end of this week ( a little late) but thanks for sharing this!
We plant a garden every year and had never thought of using an app to help out. Will have to try it out this year!
What great apps. My FIL does all the gardening and will get great use of these…Thanks so much
I like the idea of the gardening insects guide. It’s helpful to know what’s naughty and what’s nice.
I have several apps from Mother Earth News but I haven’t tried this one yet. It’s almost time here to get the garden in. Only a few more weeks!