{"id":235,"date":"2016-10-31T01:41:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T01:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krushton.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-11-14T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T03:14:08","slug":"trackyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krushton.com\/blog\/trackyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Trackyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer I planted\u00a0my first vegetable garden, with moderate success. The hardest thing as a beginner gardener is to know a) what to plant, b) when and where to plant it in your yard, and c) how often to water it.<\/p>\n

When I was planning out the garden I looked around for an app I might use to learn about plants and manage my garden,\u00a0but all of the existing offerings on the Android app store looked terrible and had mediocre reviews.<\/p>\n

I decided to use this as a design exercise, with the goal of creating\u00a0a\u00a0fun and user-friendly\u00a0app targeted at beginner gardeners. I had a lot of fun working with a\u00a0warmer\u00a0color palette\u00a0and the use of public domain line drawings for a ‘down to earth’ aesthetic (pun intended). In my day job I work on\u00a0data analysis tools for Enterprise customers, largely for the desktop, so\u00a0working on a\u00a0consumer mobile app (even if it’s just a pretend one) was a nice change\u00a0of pace.<\/p>\n

My favorite innovation is the plant diary, is a feed\u00a0where you can take photos of the plant as it develops, log when you water it, add notes, etc. This summer my corn plants grew over 6′ tall, it would have been fun to take regular photos from the same angle to watch it grow.<\/p>\n

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Onboarding<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adding plants<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Managing the Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

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