New Update: Favorites List, Lots of Added Info, More Foods & Pests, and More!
We’re really excited about this new update that adds one of our most commonly requested features, a “Favorites” list! Check out the full list of updates below!
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Listen to Dale talk about Gardening, Anxiety, Mindfulness, From Seed to Spoon, & More on the “A Sustainable Mind” Podcast
I had the pleasure of joining Marjorie from the “A Sustainable Mind” podcast to chat a few weeks back. You can hear our conversation about what led to us growing food and why we built our app at the link below. We also talked quite a bit about anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and how the battle against them is all related to why grow food & help others do the same.
April, 2018 Update – Beneficial Insects, Bad Companions, Radically Improved User Interface, & More in Our From Seed to Spoon Garden Planning Growing Guides Mobile App!
This update adds a lot of stuff we’re really excited about including beneficial insects? , plant combinations to avoid ??, and a revamped look with text that’s easier to read and information grouped a little more logically!
How We Converted Our Urban Lawn into a Food Farm & the Mobile App We Built To Help You Do the Same! (recorded presentation)
This is a recording of a presentation I gave to the Tulsa Horticulture Club. I talk about how my battle against anxiety and depression led us to start gardening, how we converted our urban back yard into a food farm, and the free mobile app we built to help you do the same!
March, 2018 Update – Choose Your Own Freeze Dates for Customized Indoor Seed Starting and Outdoor Planting Dates in Our From Seed to Spoon Garden Planning Growing Guides Mobile App!
Our last update added customized indoor seed starting and outside planting dates based on your location. To calculate the dates, we used the most conservative estimate for the last freeze date from your closest weather station.
This update adds the ability to choose from 10 different freeze date options so you can tailor the planting dates to your liking!
Many times, planting dates can be accelerated if you’re able to provide your plants with some sort of protection during cold temperatures. Now you’re able to make that decision for yourself in the app!
March Update – Customized Planting Dates for Your GPS Location in Our From Seed to Spoon Garden Planning Growing Guides Mobile App!
This update adds many new and exciting features! Most notably, we will now use your location to provide you with customized dates for indoor seed starting and earliest outdoor planting based on data from your nearest weather station! We’ve also added a filter menu on the vegetables list that lets you filter down to specific seasons. Check out the rest of our new features and a video of the update in action below.
The Best Valentine’s Day Present for a Gardener!
It took me a couple of tries, but I finally found the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day! Click on the video below to see what I got Carrie! Dale SpoonemoreDale Spoonemore is the visionary co-founder of “From Seed to Spoon,” a groundbreaking platform that has revolutionized the way individuals approach gardening. His journey from a novice gardener to a leading advocate for sustainable living and mental wellness through gardening is a source of inspiration to […]
February Update – Lots of Improvements, Plus 20 New Plants & Pests in Our From Seed to Spoon Garden Planning Growing Guides Mobile App!
This update adds the new “Getting Started” tab that walks you through setting up a new garden. We’ve also added over 20 foods and pests to the app as well as numerous enhancements throughout, many of which were made based on your feedback! Click on the blog post to read about all of the changes made in this update.
2018 OKC Home & Garden Show: What I Learned From Talking to People About Growing Food
We had a lot of fun at the OKC Home & Garden show last weekend! We went there to help spread the word about the app, to get kids interested in gardening, and to help inspire people to start growing food. I had A LOT of conversations about growing food and began to notice a common theme among the topics. I have this huge list of features I want to add to our mobile app but I’ve struggled to decide what to work on first. Last weekend clarified the biggest challenges facing new gardeners and helped me focus my attention on the most important problems. Here’s what I learned from talking to people for 30 hours straight this weekend about growing food and the challenges they face.
Farmer -> Coder : Reflections On Building Our First Mobile App
We’ve been absent from the blog and the social media pages (outside of sharing things I’m reading) for the past 4 months. I’m excited to take a minute to pause and explain where we’ve been and share the story of building our first mobile app.