The mental model

How It Works

Understand the model in two minutes. State, work, and planning — separated.

Core concept

The model

Fallow separates three distinct concerns that other software conflates.

State

Notes and crop phases record what is true in the field. Observations without obligation.

Work

Activities record executed operations — labour, equipment, inputs, cost.

Planning

Work is planned deliberately. Nothing becomes work by accident.

Planning Work State

State is truth. Work is history. Planning is intent.

In practice

A day on the farm

AM

Morning

Review fields, phases, and flagged notes. See what needs attention.

Day

During the day

Log activities in the field — fully offline. Allocate labour. Capture fuel.

PM

End of day

Quick review. No admin backlog. Nothing to reconstruct later.

Key distinction

Notes are not work

Notes capture:

  • Observations
  • Issues
  • Conditions
  • Reminders
  • GPS-tagged points

Activities record:

  • Work that was actually done
  • With labour, inputs, cost, and compliance

Awareness is not execution. Work is always deliberate.

Core architecture

Offline by default

  • All data stored locally (SQLite)
  • Fully usable without signal
  • Syncs automatically when connectivity returns

The local database is authoritative.
The cloud is a convenience, not a dependency.

Local

Compliance built-in

Audit-ready by design

Fuel

tank → bowser → vehicle

Spray

inputs + traceability

Harvest

tied to field history

No silent corrections. Discrepancies are recorded, not hidden.

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