Harvestead is garden software, from seed to sale.

What the platform does

The three signature tool sets

Most of the platform is organized into three hubs, so a grower always knows where to go next.

Around them sits the core tool kit: the climate-aware Zone Almanac, frost dates, the planting calendar, bed builder, watering tracker, journal, harvest goal, and season review. You can look up your zone and browse the open library without an account. Harvesteader is $14.99/mo ($119/yr) and keeps your season-to-season history and 30-year frost drift open, and the Sales bundle is $39.99/mo ($390/yr) with Harvesteader included.

Who we are

Harvestead was founded by a grower and builder based in the Greater Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania. The company is growing where it is planted: starting in Philadelphia and expanding into new regions organically, as growers in each place make Harvestead their own.

Our mission

Harvestead is an educational and data platform designed to foster food sovereignty in our communities. It exists to move people from a first container of soil to real food independence. And, for those who want it, to income from what they grow. The name joins harvest and homestead: old, proven ways of feeding our people, supported by tools that keep the records straight. Everything on the platform is built to hand off to the next step, so nothing a grower learns or logs has to be entered twice. Lastly, the data of all growers is then aggregated to form a bigger picture of what works and what doesn't in their respective regions, providing invaluable insights into helping resolve food scarcity problems in their communities.

The Logo

The Harvestead logo is a visual contraction of our name: harvest + homestead. The growing form also reads as a home or shelter, because the platform covers more than plants: the place and practice of feeding your own people.

It is meant to feel rooted, practical, and continuous: the same symbol you see when you plan a bed, log a harvest, and record a market sale. Everything the logo represents (growth, independence, and stewardship) is what the software is built to carry forward.

Is this the Harvestead you're looking for?

What is Harvestead?

Harvestead is a web-based software platform for home gardeners and small market growers. You plan a garden by USDA hardiness zone, follow a season-by-season planting and harvest schedule, learn soil, compost, watering, and organic pest control, log yields, and, if you sell, track customers, price sheets, and market days in one place.

Is Harvestead a café, restaurant, or coffee shop?

No. Harvestead has no physical location and does not serve food or drinks. Other unrelated businesses use similar names; Harvestead at harvestead.com is a software product you use in a browser or on your phone.

Does Harvestead sell food, produce, or groceries?

No. Harvestead is not a grocer, farm stand, artisan food market, or online food retailer. It is planning and record-keeping software for the people who grow food. Growers use Harvestead to run their own sales; Harvestead does not sell produce itself.

What tools are included?

One signature tool, the Harvestead Garden Guardian, plus Garden Studio, Market HQ, and a core tool kit. Garden Studio designs beds and whole layouts with sun and shade scoring, crop rotation, succession timing, and material cut lists. The Harvestead Garden Guardian answers your garden questions and diagnoses plants, pests, and diseases from a photo against a library of roughly 177 crops, 116 pests, and 74 diseases. Harvestead's Market HQ runs the selling side: sales ledger, profitability by crop and bed, succession planner, harvest-lot inventory and availability, the Harvest Stand shop page, and buyer scorecards. The core tool kit adds the Zone Almanac, frost dates, planting calendar, bed builder, watering tracker, journal, harvest goal, and season review.

How does Harvestead handle climate change?

Frost dates are not copied from a static chart. Harvestead works out first and last frost windows for each garden from about 30 years of local daily lows, accounts for elevation, and updates the dates automatically as weather history and grower reports come in. Harvesteader members can see how their frost window has shifted over time, which is where climate change shows up in a garden plan.

Who is Harvestead for?

First-season gardeners with a few containers, established home gardeners and homesteaders feeding a household, and small market growers selling at farmers markets, through CSA shares, or direct to local buyers.

What does Harvestead cost?

You can look up your USDA zone, browse the open Learn library, and use the crop and pest references without an account. The Harvesteader plan is $14.99 per month (or $119 per year). The Sales bundle is $39.99 per month (or $390 per year) and includes everything in Harvesteader for growers who sell, including card checkout on your Harvest Stand page and accounting exports. Every paid plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

Is it spelled Harvestead, Harveststead, or Harvested?

The correct spelling is Harvestead. A blend of harvest and homestead, with one "s" in the middle. People often type Harveststead, Harvested, Harvestede, or Harvest Stead when looking for us. All of those refer to the same product at harvestead.com. Harveststead.com also points to this site.

How do I contact Harvestead?

Email hello@harvestead.com, or use the help and support page on this site.