What's new

release100

2026-11-07

What's Changed

Bluesky auth

We want to help people connect to each other, share knowledge and skills. As one of the first steps, we're revitalising the social sign in, starting with Bluesky; with Mastodon support in testing.

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Social Sharing

Weather, Ecocrop and Growing Days

We're using https://open-meteo.com/ data for your location, combined with ecocrop data to help you model when to plant, better.

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Coming soon: models for frosts and other adverse plant risks.

  • Show weather on plantings: temperature, rainfall and expected weather by @Br3nda in #5176
  • Add FrostCalculator for first and last frost dates by @Br3nda in #5314
  • Weather charts: Y axis and a "now" line by @Br3nda in #5187
  • Weather: show and fetch only the last year, and keep following old perennials by @Br3nda in #5191
  • Add harvest style to crops, and explain growing degree days by @Br3nda in #5308
  • Ignore EcoCrop growing cycles of 0 days when predicting harvest by @Br3nda in #5313
  • Add ecocrop_data table, import rake task, and crop show ecological requirements by @CloCkWeRX in #5239
  • Render EcoCrop taxonomy with line breaks instead of colons by @CloCkWeRX in #5256
  • Predict first harvest from heat, using EcoCrop figures by @Br3nda in #5291
  • Use growing degree days consistently for first harvest by @Br3nda in #5306

Garden Stalls

  • Garden stall: claim a packet, and limit claims to people nearby by @Br3nda in #5224
  • Garden stall: open and close a stall (behind a flag) by @Br3nda in #5221
  • Garden stall: put seeds on the stall by @Br3nda in #5222
  • Garden stall: share the stall page, and add new packets by @Br3nda in #5223

Crops and Jobs

We've continued to expand the job system, to recommend potential activities centric to the crops you are growing.

  • Jobs: done jobs move to Done on load, add Hide done by @Br3nda in #5073
  • Add 'This week' reschedule option for jobs by @CloCkWeRX in #5118
  • Show a crop's job templates on its page, and add them to your jobs by @Br3nda in #5268
  • Make the jobs page not editable by non-owners by @Br3nda in #5075
  • Show jobs today banner on homepage and suggested jobs on my jobs page by @google-labs-jules[bot] in #5322
  • Show planned jobs as upcoming on member profiles by @Br3nda in #5064
  • Suggest jobs other gardeners have planned this month by @Br3nda in #5111

Seeds

  • Label seed packet photos as front or back, and keep them out of crop photos by @Br3nda in #5129
  • Let the OCR script read packet photos from the API by @Br3nda in #5134
  • Let the OCR script save packet text, and show it on the seed page by @Br3nda in #5139
  • Let the OCR script save the text from a seed packet by @Br3nda in #5135
  • Show a seed's facts beside its packet, with the source as a ribbon by @Br3nda in #5140

Other Features

  • Add basic HTML email layout with Growstuff branding and footer by @CloCkWeRX in #5035
  • Add organic, GMO, batch number and sowing facts to a seed's packet sheet by @Br3nda in #5141
  • Add planting suggestions feature to garden pages, re-arrange menu by @Br3nda in #5110
  • Auto-dismiss flash messages after user interaction by @CloCkWeRX in #5001
  • better handling of done tasks by @Br3nda in #5045
  • Change a seed's crop from the seed page by @Br3nda in #5290
  • Combine the seed library filters by @Br3nda in #5281
  • Copy Leaflet images to asset build directory in build:css by @CloCkWeRX in #5195
  • Dismiss responsive offcanvas when opening auth dialogs by @CloCkWeRX in #5260
  • Don't count finished seeds in "You have N seeds of this crop" by @Br3nda in #5209
  • Drop Sidekiq and send reminder emails directly by @Br3nda in #5094
  • Easier recording of harvests from the front page by @Br3nda in #5077
  • Extend session to 90 days by @CloCkWeRX in #4638
  • Filter deleted members by default and enable bulk ban on admin members by @CloCkWeRX in #5060
  • Include varieties' photos and plantings on the crop page by @Br3nda in #5251
  • Link member profile image and name in mobile menu by @CloCkWeRX in #5105
  • Link topic on conversations/show if present by @CloCkWeRX in #5102
  • Move crop edit history to its own page and add a sign-up banner by @Br3nda in #5246
  • Move follow button to grower line on garden show page by @CloCkWeRX in #5228
  • Planting reminder: local outlook, new features, working unsubscribe, admin stats by @Br3nda in #5180
  • Posts tidy-up: card photo, drafts and an editor page by @Br3nda in #5120
  • Preserve scientific names when editing crops by @CloCkWeRX in #5137
  • Redirect to page section after seed inline edit by @CloCkWeRX in #5266
  • Refactor import:ecocrop_data to avoid python by @CloCkWeRX in #5255
  • Release slug when a crop is rejected by @CloCkWeRX in #5231
  • Restore pointer cursor on radio buttons and checkboxes by @CloCkWeRX in #5194
  • Richer post editor (first step in modernising posts) by @Br3nda in #5091
  • Set your location from a list of places, not free text by @Br3nda in #5226
  • Show archived gardens' jobs as a plain list by @Br3nda in #5074
  • Show who made each crop edit, with pagination by @Br3nda in #5243
  • Stop showing the parent crop's photos on a variety's page by @Br3nda in #5207
  • Store the OCR text of seed packets on the photo by @Br3nda in #5188
  • Turn off planting reminders behind a feature flag while we fix them by @Br3nda in #5093

Fixes

i18n

We have slowly but surely translated many areas of the app. There's still a few key holdouts, but if your native language isn't well supported in an area, please raise a ticket.

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Admin improvements

Maintenance

A large number of dependency updates, CI changes and technical improvements

Full Changelog: release99...release100

release99

2026-11-07

New Features

  • Suggested jobs: an Ideas page by @Br3nda in #5032
  • Celebrate crossing off a job with flowers, and add the snail by @Br3nda in #4993
  • add finished jobs to the timeline by @Br3nda in #5010
  • sowing in a nursery by @Br3nda in #4962
  • Add transplants, finished plantings and seeds, and planned activities to friends and neighbours by @Br3nda in #4963
  • Add comment support for plantings by @CloCkWeRX in #4984
  • Add crop job templates and steps (models only) by @Br3nda in #4989
  • Link jobs to crops, plantings and seeds by typing @ by @Br3nda in #4991
  • Admin for crop job templates, a tidier crop wrangling page, and crop and template seeds by @Br3nda in #4994
  • Photos on jobs, before and after by @Br3nda in #5015
  • Suggest jobs from world neighbours, and widen Near you by @Br3nda in #5046

Page tidy ups

  • Gardens > Show > Display layout preview and edit/view controls by @CloCkWeRX in #5003
  • Fix pages overrunning the screen on mobile by @Br3nda in #4986
  • UI niceness for jobs by @Br3nda in #5009
  • Tidy/login signup by @Br3nda in #4958
  • Gardens > List > Match Layout button padding and sizing to Add Planting button by @CloCkWeRX in #5004
  • Fix navbar offcanvas drawer breakpoint for medium resolutions by @CloCkWeRX in #5005

Performance and cost fixes

Minor Clean ups

Full Changelog: release98...release99

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