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Grow together.

Plan a garden where the plants help each other, test a plot day by day in a living-soil simulator, and learn by playing short garden stories.

Under the soil, fungi wrap around roots and help plants reach water and food. Plants that suit each other grow better side by side. Everything here starts from that idea.

Garden Year Episodes

A short story each week. Spot your neighbour's mistake, then save your own garden. Every episode teaches one thing gardeners often miss, at your level: kid, school or pro.

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Season 1 · Get it to grow

  1. Episode 1Slug NightRain is coming and the snails are hungry. Find Rusty's three mistakes, get your bed ready, then hunt snails by flashlight to save your lettuce.Play Episode 1
  2. Episode 2Sun DetectiveRusty's balcony looks bright, so he buys tomato plants. Watch the shadows move through a whole day and count the hours of real sun.Play Episode 2
  3. Episode 3Wrong SeasonLettuce in June, water spinach in December. Put six seed packets on the calendar and watch a whole year go by.Play Episode 3
  4. Episode 4Start SmallRusty digs a huge garden at the far end of the yard. By summer it's all weeds. Plan a small bed by the door that you'll really look after.Play Episode 4
  5. Episode 5Pot LuckNo drainage holes, gravel in the bottom and garden soil packed in. Find out why Rusty's pots drown their plants, then set up pots that work.Play Episode 5
  6. Episode 6Tough LoveRusty carries his shade-grown seedlings straight into the noon sun. Run a week of seedling boot camp, then plant out in the cool.Play Episode 6
  7. Episode 7 · coming soonThirsty or Drowning?Rusty waters a little every day, whatever the weather. Feel the soil before you water, water deeply, and save a drooping plant.Coming soon
  8. Episode 8Too CloseRusty crams 72 seedlings into one bed. Plan yours, thin the crowd and find out why more plants don't make more food.Play Episode 8
  9. Episode 9 · coming soonSpots on the LeavesSpots are spreading on Rusty's tomatoes, and he wants a spray to cure them. Most plant diseases can't be cured, so learn to stop them before they start.Coming soon
  10. Episode 10 · coming soonPlant DoctorWilting, yellow leaves, pale and floppy stems: every sick plant is telling you something. Read the signs and find the real cause.Coming soon
  11. Episode 11Who Lives Next Door?Rusty's bed is all cabbage cousins, with no flowers and marigolds to keep the bugs away. Choose better neighbours, then hunt eggs and caterpillars under the leaves.Play Episode 11
  12. Episode 12Harvest DayRusty picks at noon, grows giant cucumbers, and eats green potatoes. Pick at the right time, keep it fresh, and plan a safe week of meals.Play Episode 12

Season 2 · Keep it growing, with less work

  1. Episode 13All Leaves, No FruitRusty's tomatoes are giants, but there's no fruit and the pond is turning green. Feed yours week by week, a little at a time.Play Episode 13
  2. Episode 14Typhoon NightA typhoon warning on the radio, and Rusty's tomatoes aren't even tied up. You have one hour to get the bed ready.Play Episode 14
  3. Episode 15Busy BeesRusty's pumpkin vine is all flowers and no pumpkins, and he's about to spray it. Get ready for the bees, then grab a soft brush.Play Episode 15
  4. Episode 16Sour SoilPale, tiny greens and a bin marked BAD SEEDS. Test the soil, match the colour, and add just enough lime.Play Episode 16
  5. Episode 17 · coming soonCover UpRusty's bare soil dries out by lunchtime, and the weeds keep coming. Spread mulch, pull weeds while they're tiny, and water less.Coming soon
  6. Episode 18 · coming soonDrip by DripRusty is away for a week and his plants are thirsty. Set up a drip line and a timer, catch the rain, and keep the water steady.Coming soon
  7. Episode 19Worm PartyRusty digs his whole bed every week, and his compost stinks. Feed the heap greens and browns, stop digging, and count the worms.Play Episode 19
  8. Episode 20 · coming soonBest Value BedRusty fills his small bed with cabbages and corn, and gets one meal. Pick crops that keep on giving, and grow them upwards.Coming soon
  9. Episode 21 · coming soonNever EmptyRusty sows everything on one day, eats lettuce for a week, then has nothing. Sow a little every few weeks and never leave a bed bare.Coming soon
  10. Episode 22 · coming soonPlant OnceRusty replants his herbs every year. Meet the plants that come back year after year: chives, mint, rosemary and fruit.Coming soon
  11. Episode 23 · coming soonNets, Not SpraysRusty sprays his cabbages every week, and the caterpillars keep coming back. Put up fine netting and stem collars once, and use them for years.Coming soon
  12. Episode 24Seed JarRusty saves seed from his worst plants and an F1 packet, then seals it wet. Choose next year's parents, dry the seed well, and see what grows.Play Episode 24