About Garden Gameplan
We're Friday and Eric Shamblen — and we built this because we got tired of killing tomatoes.
I spent twenty years figuring out what nobody would just tell me.
I read every book I could find. I kept notes. I adjusted every year and watched what worked. And I watched beginner after beginner hit the same wall I did — not from lack of effort, but from advice written for someone else's climate — and just give up.
The thing that changed everything wasn't a technique. It was the first fancy salad I put on the table where every single thing on it came from my own garden.

That moment is why I built this.
I'm a software engineer and Master Gardener intern. I had twenty years of kitchen garden experience and the technical background to actually build what I always wished existed. My husband Eric — an experienced data engineer — handles the data infrastructure underneath it.
The result is a printed book made for your exact ZIP code. A coach on your counter all year — one that knows your climate, your frost dates, and exactly where you are in the season. Because that dinner is waiting for you too. See what I grow on Instagram @kitchengardensdaily.


— Friday and Eric