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Journal

The Journal is a running diary of everything that happens in your garden. Many entries are created automatically — when you water, sow, harvest, or end a planting, the app logs it for you. You can also add your own observations at any time.

The Journal screen with a list of garden entries

Browsing entries

Entries are grouped by date, newest first. Each card shows the tag, the linked bed (if any), and the first few lines of the note.

Tap an entry card to read the full note and view any attached photos.

Adding an entry manually

The New entry screen for a journal note

Tap + to write a new entry. Fill in:

  • Tag — what kind of event this is (see below)
  • Bed — optionally link to a specific bed
  • Date — defaults to today; tap to change
  • Note — what happened
  • Photos — tap the camera icon to attach photos from your library or take a new one

Tags

Tag When to use
Sowing Sowing seeds
Planting Setting out seedlings or young plants
Harvest Recording a harvest
Fertilizing Fertilizer applications
Watering Manual watering records
Slugs Slug sightings and what you did about them
Pests Pest sightings and control
Disease Plant diseases you notice
Weather Frost, storms, heat or other weather events
Note Anything that doesn't fit the tags above

Filtering

The Journal screen with a tag filter applied

Use the tag chips at the top of the Journal screen to show only entries with a specific tag. Tap a chip to filter; tap again to clear it.

You can also filter by bed using the bed selector at the top. Tag and bed filters can be combined — for example, show only Pests entries in the North Bed.

Use the search bar to find entries by keyword.

Automatic entries

The following actions create journal entries automatically:

Action Entry created
Add planting (from Planner) "Sowed 3× Tomato in Veggie Bed."
Complete watering round Watering entry for each bed watered
Complete harvest round Harvest entry with amount
End planting — harvested "Harvested Tomato from Veggie Bed."
End planting — died "Lost Tomato in Veggie Bed."
End planting — pulled "Pulled Tomato from Veggie Bed."
Log fertilizer Fertilizer entry with the materials you picked (and NPK values, if entered)

Photos

You can attach multiple photos to any journal entry. Photos are stored on your device. Tap a photo in an entry to view it full-screen; swipe to browse if there are multiple.