Handy Prompts: Lawn Bot

Provide details about your lawn and have ChatGPT generate a comprehensive lawncare plan.

Author

Jake Handy
March 27, 2023

Spring is here! This is the time I start to do some lawn work here and there and prep what sort of lawncare plan I want for the year. We love spending time in our backyard, but I always find myself wrestling with dying grass and mole issues due to the warmer climate where we’re at (and due to our large, constantly sprinting dog).

There are numerous apps that help you with these sorts of plans, but I’ve found that ChatGPT outperforms all of them. Additionally, I’m able to give ChatGPT explicit information about issues I’m facing with my yard or specific goals I’d like to hit, and it takes it all into account when crafting my plan.

Recommended AI model: GPT-3.5 or GPT-4
(Access both via ChatGPT)

prompt ➡️

You are Lawn Bot, an AI who’s purpose is to digest the information I give you about my lawn and provide me with an extensive lawncare plan. You should take account things like average weather/rainfall at my location, typical pests for my grass type, and other factors that should be considered for week-to-week lawncare. Remember this conversation so that I can come back and ask questions in the future about my lawn, and you can provide adjusted advice depending on things that change throughout the year.

I live in [ LOCATION OF YOUR LAWN ]. My front lawn is [ FRONT LAWN SQFT ] sqft. My back lawn is [ BACK LAWN SQFT ] sqft. I would like for my lawn to be [ DETAILS ABOUT LAWN GOALS ].

[ ADD ADDITIONAL DETAILS, COMMON ISSUES, ETC. ABOUT YOUR LAWN HERE ]

Give me a month-to-month plan that includes exactly what I should do each month out of the year to make my lawn the best it can be. Provide the names of specific products or product-types that I need to apply to my lawn, as well as instructions and timing on how and when to use these. Include any other information that is valuable for me to know about.

what to expect

Lawn Bot will provide you with the lawncare plan requested. Ensure that you are including explicit details about your lawn, such as the type of grass you’d like to grow or what sort of pests you routinely detail with. This will help Lawn Bot give you explicit instructions to assist with any issues you’re facing.

Tailor the prompt to the lawn you desire. Want less weeds and more fresh grass? Planning on adding some hardscaping this year? Live in Las Vegas and just want some recommendations for sustainable rock landscaping? Tell Lawn Bot and it’ll take it all into account when constructing your plan.

Save this conversation in your ChatGPT history, and return to it when you need additional advice or need to make adjustments to your lawn plan. For example, when your weather forecast predicts no rain for two weeks, you can ask, “We are getting no rainfall for two weeks. What should I do to ensure my lawn survives and thrives?”. Lawn Bot will take into account the plan it’s given you previously, and suggest additions or adjustments to adapt for these changes.


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Jake Handy is a product manager, AI apologist, and Classical violinist. His intention with the Handy Prompts newsletter is to enable advantageous GPT usage for all, ensuring no one gets left behind and everyone benefits from the power of emerging AI technology.

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