A method of allowing a remote client to control a garden plot is described. The garden plot may be provided with electronically controlled watering devices for remote watering of the garden plot and a 360 degree zoom camera for remote viewing of the gardening plot. The method may include an application server for receiving client instructions, one or more modules for optimizing a planting layout, handling watering instructions, handling camera instructions, handling harvesting instructions, and conducting a virtual and/or local farmer's market to maximize use of the harvest.