01 / THE WORKFLOW
Follow the roots
Explore recorded parentage through an interactive ancestry graph. Catalog lineage remains distinct from verified garden records.
Web · local demo workspace Back to the vaultPROJECT / 07THE REASON UNDER THE HOOD
UTILITIESIN DEVELOPMENT
Seedkin
Every plant has a story. Follow its roots.
A living plant collection with ancestry graphs, cross planning, seed packets, and care journals. Connect each plant to its origins and follow what grows next.
THE REAL THING 01 / 05
A living collection
Web · local demo workspaceLinked plants and seed packets unlock variety cards, while search and collection filters keep the garden easy to explore.
Swipe to explore
PLATFORMWeb / Linux
TECHNOLOGYRust / Axum / SQLite
DEVELOPMENTin development
Why I built it.
A plant label only tells a small part of the story. The bigger idea is to connect care, observations, and parentage into a journal that remembers how a plant got here.
What’s inside
Individual plant journals and daily photographs
Calendar, care logs, and environmental history
Local grow-space hardware integration
Ancestry graphs, cross planning, and linked seed packets
Small pieces. Clear boundaries.
01
Web server
Rust and Axum serve the journal and compiled templates.
02
Storage
SQLite supports offline development; Azure SQL is available for hosted data.
03
Hardware
A Raspberry Pi can host the interface and local light and fan controls.
A CLOSER LOOK
A few moments inside Seedkin.
From the first screen to the details that make it useful.
02 / THE WORKFLOW
Plan the next branch
Pair two parent varieties, record the intended traits, and keep planned crosses alongside the collection.
Web · local demo workspace03 / THE WORKFLOW
From packet to plant
Track quantities, origins, storage locations, germination records, and the plants that begin in each packet.
Web · local demo workspace04 / THE WORKFLOW
Remember the small observations
Dated care entries connect watering, feeding, and observations to individual plants in the garden.
Web · local demo workspaceON YOUR MACHINE
Take it for a spin.
Requires Rust 1.86+ and a C compiler. Opens at http://127.0.0.1:3000. Starter collections, ancestry graphs, and cross planning work locally.
From plant-journal/
cargo run --locked