Broadfork™

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Plan next year on the same map.

It is November. Next spring is five months away and already on the map.

The Planning screen set to 2027: two draft plans on the Tomato Bed, Rotate to beans and Tomatoes again, with the first open and the bed filled with bush beans. The bed's history and rotation are on the left, and the buttons Align dates, Push to garden, Merge plans and Discard on the right.
2027Planning, set to next year. Two draft plans on the Tomato Bed: Rotate to beans, open here with two sowings of bush beans from 05/20/2027, and Tomatoes again beside it. Push to garden when one is the keeper. Discard when it is not.
The Tomatoes again plan open on the Tomato Bed, close up: tomatoes and marigolds drawn as outlined circles, and a yellow note at the top of the left panel saying this plan puts Tomato here, the Nightshade family grew here in 2026, and it should not be planted here until 2029.
The other planThe same bed with Cherokee Purple and Sun Gold tomatoes and marigolds. The note at the top left says the nightshade family grew here in 2026 and should not be planted here until 2029. The choice is yours.
Planning on the East Bed with two plans, Salad greens and Roots, and a dashed box reading Merge Roots into Salad greens: Danvers Carrot ticked, Detroit Dark Red Beet crossed out with space taken by Buttercrunch Lettuce, and the buttons Merge and Cancel.
A mergeTwo plans for the East Bed, Salad greens and Roots, about to be merged. It says what will happen before you press Merge: the carrots fit, and the beets have no place because the lettuce holds their ground. Ctrl+Z brings everything back.

Planning is the same map with plans on it instead of plantings. Pick a bed, draft a plan for it, and propose what goes in: the crops, their dates, where they sit. Try a second plan beside the first. Nothing in the garden changes until you push the one you keep, and a plan you do not keep is discarded without a trace.

The bed's past sits beside the plan: what grew there, which plant families should rest, and what could follow. Two plans that each hold something you want can be merged, and Broadfork says what fits and what does not before anything moves.

A plan can be made for next year while this year's crops are still in the ground, and the Timeline will show the planned plantings beside the real ones if you ask it to. Planning is optional. Plant straight onto the Map whenever you like.