# Bed generator missing? and help needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Using farmOS\ **Created:** [June 25, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/bed-generator-missing-and-help-needed/2316 "2025-06-25T17:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![mstenta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/farmos.discourse.group/mstenta/32/4_2.png) [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/bed-generator-missing-and-help-needed/2316/2 "2025-06-25T20:08:31Z")
Hi @waterleat - welcome to the community! > [@waterleat](#): > > cant find where the bed generator for an area as I have seen in youtube videos. The “bed generator” was a feature in farmOS v1, but was not ported to v2. Instead, you might be interested in @Symbioquine’s Land Drawing Tool. See this forum post: [Bed Generator in v2?](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/bed-generator-in-v2/1565) > [@waterleat](#): > > I am just trying to find my way around the software before we start our community market garden in the autumn Great! If you’re interested in joining one of our monthly calls (or weekly dev calls) I’d be happy to help brainstorm with you! See: [farmOS Community Calls](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/farmos-community-calls/972) > [@waterleat](#): > > how to use FarmOS particularly Plant Family / Crop / Variety usage The “Crop / variety” vocabulary is the main one… this is referenced on Plant assets to indicate what type of plant it is, for easier filtering/searching. The “Crop family” vocabulary is intended to be used for botanical families like “Brassica”, which you can then reference from “Broccoli”, “Cabbage”, “Kale” etc terms in the “Crop / variety” vocabulary. This is optional, though. It was originally added as a step towards facilitating rotations (to ensure that you use crops from different families), but no features have been built yet to leverage it. > [@waterleat](#): > > I have a 4.x install using docker compose FYI farmOS v4 is does not have a “stable” release yet, and is still very much in development. I would not recommend using it until 4.0.0 is released. Things may break before then. I would recommend using the current “stable” release which is 3.4.5. --- _[View the full topic](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/bed-generator-missing-and-help-needed/2316)._