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Can you calculate the actual calendar dates for starting tomato seeds indoors (8 weeks before), starting pepper seeds indoors (10 weeks before), and transplanting both tomatoes and peppers (2 weeks after frost)?"},{"title":"Fall Garden Planting Calendar","prompt":"My first fall frost date is October 5. I want to know when to plant spinach (6 weeks before frost), kale (8 weeks before frost), and garlic bulbs (4 weeks before frost) — what are the actual dates?"},{"title":"New Gardener Seed Starting Reminder","prompt":"I'm a beginner and my last frost date is May 15. When exactly should I start broccoli seeds indoors (6 weeks before), direct sow carrots (2 weeks before), and transplant my seedlings outside (1 week after frost)?"}],"resultDescription":"Returns a schedule array where each entry has the task name, computed calendar date, weekday, days and weeks from the frost date, and a relation label (before/after). 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