HarvestBack
With HarvestBack

Know weeks ahead if Tuesday's order will come up short.

Turn the orders you've promised into planting dates and bed space, and get warned early when a bed slips. Free for Skagit and Whatcom growers.

Plan my orders
Without a plan

Or find out Monday night, with a headlamp.

Forty heads promised. A bed that came up patchy. A chef you'd rather not call.

The week you know too well

Same season, no surprises.

February

You'll sow when it feels warm enough.

February

For lettuce on June 1, start it in the nursery by Feb 27. Early-spring plantings here have taken about 66 days.

April

A cold week. The bed looks behind, but how far?

April

Tap “one week late” and see which deliveries it puts at risk, while there's still time.

May

Will forty heads be there? You'll know when you're cutting.

May

Each delivery shows covered or at risk, counting what's in the cooler.

Monday night

You count by headlamp and decide who gets shorted.

Monday night

You already chose a fix: plant more, send what you'll have, or deliver a little later. The chef agreed last week.

With HarvestBack

Try it with your own order.

14 bed ft of a 40 ft bed

Bed space each planting
14 bed ft
Transplant by
Mar 27
Start in the nursery by
Feb 27
Plantings for 13 weekly deliveries
13

For deliveries from Tuesday, June 1. Timing from past Skagit weather; yields from published guides. Estimates, not promises.

Without a plan

Forty heads a week for thirteen weeks. How much do you sow, and when?

Most of us guess from last year's notebook, and find out in June.

With HarvestBack

Built on local numbers you can check.

Trays of young lettuce transplants in a small greenhouse, with a wooden plant tag in one cell.
  • 9

    seasons of Skagit and Whatcom weather (2016 to 2024) show how much planting timing swings, early spring to fall.

  • 7

    crops to start: radish, head lettuce, baby spinach, carrots, beets, kale and salad mix. Timing for baby greens comes from WSU trials at Mount Vernon and Everson.

  • 2

    counties, Skagit and Whatcom, so the numbers fit outdoor beds here.

  • Starting numbers come from published guides, not your farm. Change any of them.
  • Nothing you type leaves your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking.
  • It never contacts your buyers, and it never promises a yield.
Without a plan

What most of us go on:

  • last year's notebook
  • one number on a seed packet
  • memory, at the end of a long day

Tuesday comes. The order goes out full.

Plan next season tonight. It takes about five minutes, and it's free.

Plan my orders