Harvest Log
Track harvest quantities by crop and date.
Overview
A harvest log answers a simple but stubbornly hard question: how much did the garden actually produce this year? Without records you remember the bumper zucchini week and forget the steady half-kilo of basil that quietly fed the kitchen for two months. With a log, every pick is a row, every crop has a running total, and at the end of the season you have an honest tally of yield by plant.
This tool focuses on fast, friction-free entry so logging is something you do on the way back from the garden rather than a chore at the end of the week. Crop names come from a built-in plant catalogue with autocomplete, units default sensibly per crop (kilos for tomatoes, count for zucchini, bunches for herbs), and totals by crop appear above the history list so the season's biggest producers are always visible.
How it works
Pick a date, type or choose a crop from the autocomplete list, enter the quantity, and either type a unit or click "Use typical unit" to fill in the suggested default for that crop. Save the entry and the totals strip at the top updates immediately, summing every entry for each crop and noting how many entries contributed and when the latest one was logged.
The crop list is drawn from a curated plant catalogue, so common vegetables, fruits, and herbs are one keystroke away. You can still type any free-form crop name if you grow something unusual. Notes are optional and useful for capturing variety details, the bed the harvest came from, or how the weather may have affected yield.
Examples
- Tomato pick: 1.2 kg of mixed Sungold and Roma tomatoes, noted in the comment for next year's planning.
- Zucchini count: 3 medium zucchini logged with unit "count" rather than weight, which suits squash better than kilos.
- Herb harvest: 0.15 kg of basil with the note "for pesto", small but quickly stacks up into a meaningful seasonal total.
- Reviewing a season: the totals strip shows tomatoes leading at several kilos, followed by zucchini and beans, with herbs trailing on weight but high on entry count.
FAQ
What units should I use?
Whatever is natural for the crop. Weight in kilos works well for fruits and leafy greens; count works for squash, peppers, and bulbs; bunches or stems suit cut herbs and flowers.
Can I track an unusual crop that is not in the list?
Yes. The autocomplete is only a suggestion, so typing any free-form crop name works and that name will show up in your totals like any other.
Do the totals normalise different units for the same crop?
No. If you log tomatoes in both kilos and count, each unit produces its own total. Pick one unit per crop and stick with it for clean season-end numbers.
How accurate do quantities need to be?
Close is fine. The point of the log is trend and total, not lab-grade precision, so a kitchen scale or a quick count of the bowl is plenty.