diff --git a/app/models/planting.rb b/app/models/planting.rb
index 751b262e5..61188f184 100644
--- a/app/models/planting.rb
+++ b/app/models/planting.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Planting < ActiveRecord::Base
     :quantity, :sunniness, :planted_from, :owner_id
 
   belongs_to :garden
-  belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'Member'
+  belongs_to :owner, :class_name => 'Member', :counter_cache => true
   belongs_to :crop, :counter_cache => true
 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :photos
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130826023159_add_plantings_count_to_member.rb b/db/migrate/20130826023159_add_plantings_count_to_member.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06819f61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130826023159_add_plantings_count_to_member.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddPlantingsCountToMember < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :members, :plantings_count, :integer
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3c6a2f151..179f7e82b 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130826012139) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130826023159) do
 
   create_table "account_types", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name",              :null => false
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130826012139) do
     t.float    "longitude"
     t.boolean  "send_notification_email", :default => true
     t.text     "bio"
+    t.integer  "plantings_count"
   end
 
   add_index "members", ["confirmation_token"], :name => "index_users_on_confirmation_token", :unique => true
diff --git a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
index c0be3f8c3..90e36df29 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/growstuff.rake
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ namespace :growstuff do
       end
     end
 
+    desc "August 2013: initialize member planting counter"
+    task :initialize_member_planting_count => :environment do
+      Member.find_each do |m|
+        Member.reset_counters m.id, :plantings
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/script/deploy-tasks.sh b/script/deploy-tasks.sh
index 4238ae50c..d94f03ed9 100755
--- a/script/deploy-tasks.sh
+++ b/script/deploy-tasks.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ rake growstuff:oneoff:set_default_crop_creator
 
 echo "2013-08-26 - set planting owner"
 rake growstuff:oneoff:set_planting_owner
+
+echo "2013-08-26 - initialize member planting count"
+rake growstuff:oneoff:initialize_member_planting_count