diff --git a/internal/agent/tools.go b/internal/agent/tools.go
index 0dae664..43571dc 100644
--- a/internal/agent/tools.go
+++ b/internal/agent/tools.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	"gitea.stevedudenhoeffer.com/steve/majordomo/llm"
 
@@ -218,8 +217,9 @@ func (a *adapter) readJournal(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 	ObjectID *int64 `json:"objectId" description:"optional bed to narrow to; omit for the whole garden"`
 	From     string `json:"from" description:"optional earliest observed date, YYYY-MM-DD"`
 	To       string `json:"to" description:"optional latest observed date, YYYY-MM-DD"`
+	Offset   int    `json:"offset" description:"how many entries to skip; pass the count you've already seen to page when hasMore is true"`
 }) (any, error) {
-	q := service.JournalQuery{ObjectID: args.ObjectID, Limit: 50}
+	q := service.JournalQuery{ObjectID: args.ObjectID, Limit: 50, Offset: args.Offset}
 	if args.From != "" {
 		q.From = &args.From
 	}
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ func (a *adapter) readJournal(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// hasMore is actionable now: re-call with offset += len(entries) to page.
 	return map[string]any{"entries": entries, "hasMore": hasMore}, nil
 }
 
@@ -261,11 +262,9 @@ func (a *adapter) removePlanting(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 	PlantingID int64 `json:"plantingId" description:"plop to remove (its id from describe_garden)"`
 	Version    int64 `json:"version" description:"the plop's current version (from describe_garden)"`
 }) (any, error) {
-	// Soft-remove: set removed_at to today, mirroring clear_object, so the plop
-	// stays in the planting history and the change is undoable.
-	today := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
-	return a.svc.UpdatePlanting(ctx, a.actor, args.PlantingID,
-		service.PlantingPatch{SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: &today}, args.Version)
+	// Soft-remove via the service, so removed_at is stamped from the same
+	// (injectable) clock clear_object uses rather than the adapter's wall clock.
+	return a.svc.RemovePlanting(ctx, a.actor, args.PlantingID, args.Version)
 }
 
 func (a *adapter) listSeedLots(ctx context.Context, args struct {
diff --git a/internal/service/plantings.go b/internal/service/plantings.go
index 246f749..879feff 100644
--- a/internal/service/plantings.go
+++ b/internal/service/plantings.go
@@ -178,6 +178,17 @@ func (s *Service) UpdatePlanting(ctx context.Context, actorID, plantingID int64,
 	return updated, nil
 }
 
+// RemovePlanting soft-removes a single plop — the one-plop counterpart to
+// ClearObject, used by the agent's remove_planting tool. It stamps removed_at
+// from the service clock (s.now()), same as ClearObject and the fill path, so the
+// removal date can't diverge by which caller set it; then delegates to
+// UpdatePlanting for the editor-role check, version guard and history record.
+func (s *Service) RemovePlanting(ctx context.Context, actorID, plantingID, version int64) (*domain.Planting, error) {
+	today := s.now().UTC().Format(dateLayout)
+	return s.UpdatePlanting(ctx, actorID, plantingID,
+		PlantingPatch{SetRemovedAt: true, RemovedAt: &today}, version)
+}
+
 // plantingEditSummary describes a plop edit for the history list. Soft-removal
 // ("clear bed", harvested) is the one edit worth naming specifically — it reads
 // as a removal to the person who did it, not as an edit.