foodforesttoolsTools for a living landscape

LESS GUESSWORK. MORE GROWING.

Tools for your
food forest.

Free digital tools and useful hand tools
for the food forest you are growing.

Illustration of a grower carrying hand tools along a path between fruit trees, shrubs and herbs.
AI-generated placeholder art · Food forest concept, not a real grower photograph.

01 / PLAN & UNDERSTAND

Digital tools

Explore digital tools

Free checks and practical guides. No account. No email gate.

  1. Climate check

    Know your winter limits. Check estimated hardiness, frost season and chill hours for places worldwide.

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  2. Frost-date calculator

    Find last spring and first autumn frost dates for a US ZIP, with three risk levels.

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  3. Swale / catchment sizer

    A planned free tool to estimate catchment runoff and swale storage from area and rainfall.

    Coming soon
  4. When to Plant a Food Forest

    A planned food forest planting calendar by climate zone and hemisphere, with local frost and season limits.

    Coming soon

02 / PLANT & CARE

Physical tools

Explore physical tools

A small selection of hand tools, with uses, limits and manufacturer links. Physical tools are not free.

  1. Bypass secateurs

    For clean cuts on living stems. A repairable pair for regular pruning.

    Buying guide
  2. Hori hori garden knife

    A narrow digging blade for planting, weeding and dividing perennials.

    Buying guide