How to Use Tasks, the Journal, and Harvest Tracking
4 min read · Updated July 6, 2026
Where tasks come from
The Tasks page lists every sow, harden-off, transplant, and harvest task for the season — generated automatically from your plantings and frost dates. No plantings or no ZIP code means no tasks: set your ZIP under Settings → Location if the list is unexpectedly empty.
Each task has three buttons: Complete, Snooze (pushes it a week), and Skip. Everything you action lands in the Task History tab.
Custom tasks
Click New task for your own reminders — watering, fertilizing, pruning, weeding, pest checks, or anything else. Custom tasks can repeat every N days, run until an end date, and attach to a specific garden, bed, or planting.
Journal
Journal is your free-form garden diary: pick a garden, write a note, optionally attach a photo URL. Entries list newest-first and filter by garden.
Harvests
Click Log harvest to record what you picked: the planting, date, weight (oz, lb, or g) and/or count, plus optional notes. The harvests page rolls these up into totals, a monthly yield chart, and a Top producers leaderboard.
Garden Book
The Garden Book tab assembles your year — bed diagrams, schedule, and plant reference — into a printable PDF. More in Your data, exports, and what happens if you cancel.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is my task list empty?
- Season tasks are generated from your plantings and frost dates. If you have plantings but no tasks, set your ZIP code in Settings → Location so GardenDraft can resolve your frost window.