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if you're just getting started planting your vegetable garden turn to the free website smart gardener com for help when you begin you'll enter your zip code a number of people in your household so the site can figure out what plants grow best in your region and how much you should plan to feed your family then design a layout for your space to seeds in order directly through the website smart garden will also send you reminders for how and when to tend to your garden and help you keep a journal if you're just interested in an app to remind you about watering try the three dollar iphone app water bug and put your plans get info about their water and sunlight needs and the app will notify you when it's time to give them a little love finally check out that parrot flower power sensor to track your plants vital signs at 60 bucks a pop you're not going to buy one for each plant but will be helpful tracking the moisture level sunlight and fertilizer for problem plants and the data syncs with a nap over Bluetooth in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News