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Seasonal Planting Calendar

Written in-house · editorially graded

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Dry-run test passed · Aug 15, 2026

Trigger check passed

Editorially graded · Aug 16, 2026

Generates a personalized, frost-anchored planting and care calendar from a gardener's plant list and location, delivering an editable XLSX planning workbook (monthly sheets, master task list, zone/frost summary) and a matching printable landscape PDF wall calendar with identical dates. Use when a user asks for a planting calendar, garden schedule, sowing timeline, or "when should I plant X" tied to a USDA zone, frost dates, raised beds, or succession planting, or wants a printable garden calendar to hang up.

What you get

An installable SKILL.md file for your AI assistant. Produces an Excel workbook (.xlsx) and a PDF.

Works in
Claude Code · Cursor
Native — drops into .claude/skills/
Copilot · Codex · Gemini CLI
Native — reads .agents/skills/
claude.ai — web & desktop
Upload the .zip in Customize → Skills
ChatGPT
Via a Project — paste into its instructions

See it in action

A real input → output sample

Example Input
Create a personalized planting calendar for tomatoes, basil, lettuce, and romanesco broccoli in the Chicago area.
Example Output
Here's your planting calendar for the Chicago area, assuming USDA Zone 5b and average frost dates.

Planting schedule:
- Mar 8: Sow tomatoes and romanesco broccoli indoors
- Mar 22: Sow basil indoors
- Apr 5: Direct sow lettuce #1 and transplant romanesco broccoli outdoors
- May 3: Last frost date, transplant tomatoes and basil outdoors
- Jul 5: Direct sow lettuce for fall
- Jul 26: Sow romanesco broccoli indoors for fall
- Aug 30: Transplant romanesco broccoli outdoors for fall

Please verify with your local extension office for precise frost dates and microclimate adjustments.

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