App

What it does, how to use it, what matters

Put one thing you grow, or one plant you visit, in the center. Then, whenever you look at it: one photo and a few words.

Open the app
Get a passphrase by e-mail from the application page. Switch the language in Settings.

What it does

Plant a seed	Name the plant, name its origin (sowing, planting, budding — any word you like) and its day. You can also just tell Mei.
Write	Take a photo or pick one you already took. Words are optional. The place of the entry is decided by the Sun and the Moon of that moment.
Look	Entries pile up on a ring of one year. Today's place glows gold. Each generation is a ring of its own.
Flip	Flip through the photos of one place in order. The days between photos are shown as they are.
Generations	From sowing to harvest is one generation. When you sow again, it goes on the same ring. Trees too. You decide when a generation ends.
Talk	Talk with Mei. Tell what you saw and Mei offers "write it?". Ask about last year's same day and Mei lists it, as it is.
Take it out	Export all entries and original photos (Markdown and files). The data is yours.

One order only: look, then shoot, then write. Put the phone away while you look. Take one photo when you finish looking. Then a few words.

Tap "Plant a seed", or tell Mei "I sowed basil".
Enter the name, the origin word and its day.
After looking, tap "Write". Shoot or pick. Words optional.
Tap a place on the ring to see what piled up there, by generation. "Flip" to go through the photos.
Next sowing: "Generations" → "Next generation". Harvest can be noted there too.
Older photos: the app reads the shooting time and places the entry on that day. It asks you once to confirm.

Photos	Stored without any change. A smaller copy is made for display; the small copy carries no location.
Location	The location of the photo or the device is kept in your entries (you can turn it off). It stays in your own folder and is never published. Treat a garden entry like your address.
Conversations	Stored encrypted on the server. Deleted when you delete them.
Birth sky	Optional. Kept only on this device, never on the server. Your birth planets appear on the ring.
What Mei never says	Effects, medicinal use, edibility, identification of a plant, how to grow it. Ask a specialist.