- Node.js
- React
- postgreSQL
- Express
- Tailwind
- Auth0
- React Router
A simple application that you can use to search what you can plant in your garden each month based on your hardiness zone. I made this specifically for my mom because she wanted an easy way to see what you can plant in a given month. I wanted to make the UI simple and easily readable, so I kept the plant details to a minimum. The plant data is stored using postgreSQL and currently only covers zones 3-8 reliably. You can save the list for the given month as a pdf file as well with the click of the button in case you wanted to print it out.
The client was made using Create-React-App and the server using express and Node.js. The front-end is hosted on Heroku and the database is on an AWS EC2 instance.
To setup the front-end, run npm install in the seed-bank directory for the client and the seed-bank directory for the server. For development, run
npm start to start the server and npm start in the client directory to create the bundle for the React code. The files are served from the express server. I use PG Node to connect the server to the postgreSQL database, and the queries can all be found in
the controllers.js file in the database directory.
There is a .sql to seed the database, which takes a csv of plant data. I would like to use an API in order to get data on a broader range of hardiness zones, but I couldn't find one for that purpose. If anyone knows about an API or a dataset that would help let me know!
Right now the site does have authentication using Auth0, and there is a table in the app's database to store user info. This will be used to allow users to "plant" one of the crops listed. The site will calculate an estimated harvest date and provide the user with some helpful tips for growing that particular plant. I may also add in reminders (with the users permission) for watering, harvesting and protection from harmful weather events.
I mentioned it before but I want to provide data for all zones in the lower 48 states.
Once these changes are implemented, I will develop a mobile version for iOS using React Native.