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The map, as it happens.

The sample garden on a Saturday in November, with the whole year behind it.

The sample garden's map on 11/07/2026: eleven beds on a plot with gravel, brick and grass between them, each plant drawn in its bed, and the View by date control at the top. — 11/07/2026The sample garden on the day this was captured. The date at the top of the map is the control.

The same map closer in: the Arch Bed under plastic with spinach, Swiss chard and lettuce, a wire trellis beside it, and the Tomato Bed with tomatoes, basil, peppers, marigolds and zinnias drawn pale. — CloserZoom in and each plant is drawn at the size it has grown to, from the published size of the crop. The Arch Bed holds its fall greens under plastic: spinach, Swiss chard and lettuce. The Tomato Bed is past its harvest and drawn pale.

The same view with the date moved to 04/01/2026: peas in the Arch Bed, lettuce drawn faint below them, and the Tomato Bed empty. A green bar across the top shows the date, a slider, Play and the months. — 04/01/2026Move the date back to April and the map shows April. Peas are in the Arch Bed, the lettuce is faint because it goes in on 04/05, and the Tomato Bed is bare.

The same view on 07/01/2026: bush and pole beans in the Arch Bed, the Tomato Bed full with tomatoes, basil, peppers, marigolds and zinnias at full color, and cucumbers on the Brick Trellis. — 07/01/2026July. Bush beans run down one side of the Arch Bed, and pole beans have gone in where the peas were. The Tomato Bed is full: tomatoes and basil, peppers, marigolds and zinnias.

The map shows each bed where it stands, and in it, each plant that is in the ground today. The picture is drawn from the record, not sketched: a plant appears on the day you say it went in and fades on the day it came out.

The date at the top is a control. Move it and the map moves with it. Step a week at a time, type a date, or press Play and watch the season run. Plants that are not up yet, or already out, fade instead of vanishing, so you do not lose your place.

Beds take any size and any angle. Trellises, netting and tunnels are drawn on the bed they stand on, with the dates they went up and came down. Type a crop or a bed in the box at the top right and the map goes to it.