diff --git a/app/views/crops/show.html.haml b/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
index a05981d55..5273d26fb 100644
--- a/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/crops/show.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     .span9
       %h2 Who's growing this?
       - @crop.plantings.each do |p|
-        = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p, :title => 'owner'}
+        = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p, :title => 'owner' }
 
     .span3
       %h4 Scientific names:
diff --git a/app/views/members/show.html.haml b/app/views/members/show.html.haml
index 78be21dd6..f0dbc2601 100644
--- a/app/views/members/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/members/show.html.haml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
           %h3 What's planted here?
           - g.featured_plantings.each do |p|
-            = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p }
+            = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p, :hide_description => true }
 
           %p
             = link_to "More about this garden...", url_for(g)
diff --git a/app/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml b/app/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml
index 2baa37fe7..607fb133b 100644
--- a/app/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-%h4
-  - if defined?(title) && title == 'owner'
-    = link_to planting.owner, planting.owner
-  - else
-    = link_to planting.crop.system_name, planting.crop
+.well
+  %h4
+    - if defined?(title) && title == 'owner'
+      = link_to planting.owner, planting.owner
+    - else
+      = link_to planting.crop.system_name, planting.crop
 
-%p
-  Planted
-  - if planting.planted_at
-    = planting.planted_at.to_s(:date)
-  in
-  = link_to planting.location, planting.garden
+  %p
+    Planted
+    - if planting.planted_at
+      = planting.planted_at.to_s(:date)
+    in
+    = link_to planting.location, planting.garden
 
-%p
-  - if planting.quantity
-    Quantity:
-    = planting.quantity
-  - else
-     
+  %p
+    - if planting.quantity
+      Quantity:
+      = planting.quantity
+    - else
+       
+
+  - if planting.description && ! defined?(hide_description)
+    %div
+      :markdown
+        #{ planting.description }
diff --git a/app/views/plantings/index.html.haml b/app/views/plantings/index.html.haml
index a1e833b9c..2913ca7e5 100644
--- a/app/views/plantings/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/plantings/index.html.haml
@@ -3,26 +3,10 @@
 %p Here are the latest things planted by Growstuff members.
 
 - @recent_plantings.each do |p|
-  .well
-    %h2
-      = p.crop
-      %small
-        = "in #{p.location}"
-
-    - if p.planted_at
-      %p
-        Planted at
-        = p.planted_at
-
-    %div
-      :markdown
-        #{ p.description != "" ? p.description : "No description given." }
+  = render :partial => "plantings/thumbnail", :locals => { :planting => p }
 
+  - if member_signed_in? && current_member == p.owner
     %p
-      = link_to 'More...', p
-
-    - if member_signed_in? && current_member == p.owner
-      %p
-        =link_to 'Edit', edit_planting_path(p), :class => 'btn'
-        =link_to 'Destroy', p, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, :class => 'btn'
+      =link_to 'Edit', edit_planting_path(p), :class => 'btn'
+      =link_to 'Destroy', p, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, :class => 'btn'
 
diff --git a/spec/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml_spec.rb
index 405bdf5f8..a558bc201 100644
--- a/spec/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/plantings/_thumbnail.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -10,24 +10,43 @@ describe "plantings/_thumbnail" do
       :garden => @garden,
       :crop => @crop
     )
-
-    render :partial => "thumbnail", :locals => {
-      :planting => @planting,
-      :show_crop => true,
-      :show_location => true
-    }
   end
 
-  it "renders the quantity planted" do
-    rendered.should contain "33"
+  context "simple view" do
+    before(:each) do
+      render :partial => "thumbnail", :locals => {
+        :planting => @planting,
+      }
+    end
+
+    it "renders the quantity planted" do
+      rendered.should contain "33"
+    end
+
+    it "renders the date planted" do
+      rendered.should contain @planting.planted_at.to_s(:date)
+    end
+
+    it "shows the name of the crop" do
+      rendered.should contain "Tomato"
+    end
+
+    it "shows the description by default" do
+      rendered.should contain "This is a"
+    end
   end
 
-  it "renders the date planted" do
-    rendered.should contain @planting.planted_at.to_s(:date)
-  end
+  context "with complicated args" do
+    before(:each) do
+      render :partial => "thumbnail", :locals => {
+        :planting => @planting,
+        :hide_description => true
+      }
+    end
 
-  it "shows the name of the crop" do
-    rendered.should contain "Tomato"
+    it "hides the description if asked" do
+      rendered.should_not contain "This is a"
+    end
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/views/plantings/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/plantings/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index cfb6508f0..68fb6df9d 100644
--- a/spec/views/plantings/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/plantings/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ describe "plantings/index" do
     rendered.should contain "This is a"
   end
 
-  it "shows filler when there is no description" do
-    rendered.should contain "No description given"
-  end
-
   it "displays planting time" do
-    rendered.should contain '2013-01-13 01:25:34'
+    rendered.should contain 'January 13, 2013'
   end
 
   it "renders markdown in the description" do