Garden Planner

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name: garden-planner description: "Comprehensive garden planning — track plants, get planting recommendations, watering schedules, and frost alerts. Use when: garden, plant, planting, harvest, frost warning, watering schedule, what should I plant, garden status, garden planner."

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Garden Planner Skill

Track what's growing, when to water, what to plant, and when frost threatens.

Data Location

Default: ~/.openclaw/workspace/garden/garden.json All scripts accept --data-dir PATH to override.

Scripts

All scripts are in skills/garden-planner/scripts/. Run with python3.

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Add a Plant

python3 add_plant.py --name "Cherokee Purple Tomato" --type vegetable
python3 add_plant.py --name "Basil" --type herb --location container-1
python3 add_plant.py --name "Cucumber" --type vegetable --planted-date 2025-05-20 --location bed-B --notes "Spacemaster variety"

Options:

--name (required) — plant name

--type (required) — vegetable, herb, flower, or fruit

--planted-date — YYYY-MM-DD (default: today)

--location — bed/container/row label (default: unspecified)

--notes — free text notes

--days-to-harvest N — override auto-lookup from planting calendar

Harvest date is auto-calculated from references/planting-calendar.md.

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Garden Status

python3 garden_status.py
python3 garden_status.py --all      # include harvested plants
python3 garden_status.py --json

Shows: growth stage (seedling → vegetative → flowering → fruiting → ready), days since planting, expected harvest date, next action. Flags plants ready to harvest.

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Weather & Frost Warnings

python3 weather_check.py --lat 37.54 --lon -77.44
python3 weather_check.py --zip 23220
python3 weather_check.py --json     # reads lat/lon from garden.json config

Fetches 7-day forecast from Open-Meteo (free, no API key). Flags:

⚠️ Frost warning: low approaching 34°F / 1°C

❄️ Frost: low at or below 32°F / 0°C

🧊 Hard freeze: low at or below 25°F / -4°C

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Planting Guide

python3 planting_guide.py --zone 7
python3 planting_guide.py --zone 6 --date 2025-04-01
python3 planting_guide.py --zone 7 --type vegetable
python3 planting_guide.py --zone 7 --json

Recommends: plant now, start indoors, coming soon, or too late — based on zone frost dates and current date. Uses references/planting-calendar.md and references/zones.md.

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Watering Schedules

python3 watering.py status                              # what needs water today
python3 watering.py list                                # all schedules
python3 watering.py set --target bed-A --days 2 --notes "Deep water"
python3 watering.py log --target bed-A                  # log watered today
python3 watering.py log --target bed-A --date 2025-06-10

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Garden Config (in garden.json)

Set zone, location name, and coordinates so weather/planting scripts work without extra flags:

{
  "config": {
    "zone": "7",
    "location_name": "Backyard — Richmond, VA",
    "lat": 37.5407,
    "lon": -77.4360
  }
}

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References

references/planting-calendar.md — 30 vegetables and herbs with days-to-harvest and zone ranges

references/zones.md — USDA hardiness zones with frost date data

assets/garden.example.json — example garden file to copy and customize