About Veggie Exchange

Veggie Exchange is a small, hobby-built community for people who like to grow things. It started as a way for neighbors to share extra seedlings with each other and turned into a friendly garden journal you can keep forever.

Who’s it for?

Anyone who grows plants for fun. Some people use it as a simple journal for their own garden — logging what they planted and when, snapping a photo every few weeks. Others use it to keep a tidy record of the hundreds of seedlings they start each spring and share what they can’t use with other gardeners nearby.

There are no “real farms” here in the commercial sense. Everyone’s a hobbyist. The growers offering seedlings are the same folks who follow each other’s garden journeys.

What can I do here?

• Gardeners keep a journal of everything they grow in My Garden: watering, feeding, problems and harvests, one timeline per plant. No farm needed.
• Neighbors follow local farms, reserve seedlings from their stores and pick a time to collect them.
• Growers plan trays, track germination, print QR labels, and run a small pickup store for their extras.
• Everyone can post photos, comment, follow other gardeners and earn badges.

See every feature, and whether it’s in the app, on the website, or both.

Is it free?

Yes. Veggie Exchange is free to use and never touches money. There are no ads, no upsells, and no tracking sold to third parties. Many growers share plants for free; some ask a small price to cover seed and soil, which you pay them directly (cash, Venmo, etc.) at pickup. We’re a side project, not a startup.

Mobile

Veggie Exchange is on the App Store for iPhone. There’s no Android app yet; the website works on Android phones. Farm tools are on the website. App or website?