diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ea95528ef..d5182a1d1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'coveralls', require: false       # coverage analysis
   gem 'capybara'                        # integration tests
   gem 'capybara-email'                  # integration tests for email
+  gem 'capybara-screenshot'             # for test debugging
   gem 'poltergeist', '~> 1.6'           # for headless JS testing
   gem 'i18n-tasks'                      # adds tests for finding missing and unused translations
   gem 'selenium-webdriver'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 46e9c20df..7d175309f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ GEM
     capybara-email (2.5.0)
       capybara (~> 2.4)
       mail
+    capybara-screenshot (1.0.13)
+      capybara (>= 1.0, < 3)
+      launchy
     childprocess (0.5.9)
       ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
     climate_control (0.0.3)
@@ -446,6 +449,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   cancancan (~> 1.9)
   capybara
   capybara-email
+  capybara-screenshot
   codeclimate-test-reporter
   coffee-rails (~> 4.1.0)
   comfortable_mexican_sofa (~> 1.12.0)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/append_date.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/append_date.js.coffee
index 8fc31de9d..c1be9ce47 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/append_date.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/append_date.js.coffee
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ jQuery ->
 
   href = el.attr('href')
 
-  originalText = el.text()
-
   el.click (e) ->
     e.stopPropagation()
     e.preventDefault()
 
+    originalText = $(this).text()
     $(this).text('Confirm without date')
 
     $(this).bind('click.confirm', (e) ->
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/overrides.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/overrides.sass
index d649ecb85..76a074718 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/overrides.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/overrides.sass
@@ -316,3 +316,8 @@ $state-success-bg: lighten($green, 50%)
 
 .red 
   color: red
+
+.truncate
+  overflow: hidden
+  text-overflow: ellipsis
+  white-space: nowrap
diff --git a/app/helpers/harvests_helper.rb b/app/helpers/harvests_helper.rb
index 3055db065..b5f695a9d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/harvests_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/harvests_helper.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module HarvestsHelper
     if harvest.description.empty?
       "No description provided."
     else
-      truncate(harvest.description, length: 130, separator: ' ', omission: '... ') { link_to "Read more", harvest_path(harvest) }
+      harvest.description
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/harvests/_thumbnail.html.haml b/app/views/harvests/_thumbnail.html.haml
index fbf482079..d21614947 100644
--- a/app/views/harvests/_thumbnail.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/harvests/_thumbnail.html.haml
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@
           %dd= harvest.harvested_at
   .panel-footer
     %dt Description
-    %dd
+    %dd.truncate
       = display_harvest_description(harvest)
+    = if not harvest.description.empty?
+      - link_to "Read more", harvest_path(harvest)
diff --git a/spec/factories/harvests.rb b/spec/factories/harvests.rb
index 71356388a..20a3affcd 100644
--- a/spec/factories/harvests.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/harvests.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     weight_unit "kg"
     description "A lovely harvest"
   end
+
+  trait :long_description do
+    description "This is a very long description that is so very long that it will need to be cut off"
+  end
+
+  trait :no_description do
+    description ""
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/features/gardens_spec.rb b/spec/features/gardens_spec.rb
index 90f2f9ed7..26b6ccdc8 100644
--- a/spec/features/gardens_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/gardens_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ feature "Planting a crop", js: true do
 
   scenario "View gardens" do
     visit gardens_path
+    puts page.body
     expect(page).to have_content "Everyone's gardens"
     click_link "View your gardens"
     expect(page).to have_content "#{garden.owner.login_name}'s gardens"
diff --git a/spec/features/harvests/browse_harvests_spec.rb b/spec/features/harvests/browse_harvests_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b4d07f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/harvests/browse_harvests_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+feature "browse harvests" do
+  let!(:member) { create :member }
+
+  background do
+    login_as member
+  end
+
+  feature 'blank optional fields' do
+    let!(:harvest) { create :harvest, :no_description }
+
+    before (:each) do
+      visit harvests_path
+    end
+
+    scenario 'read more' do
+      expect(page).not_to have_link "Read more"
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  feature "filled in optional fields" do
+    let!(:harvest) { create :harvest, :long_description }
+
+    before (:each) do
+      visit harvests_path
+    end
+
+    scenario 'read more' do
+      expect(page).to have_link "Read more"
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index a30142f36..938d2a2a0 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ end
 
 require 'capybara'
 require 'capybara/poltergeist'
+require 'capybara/rspec'
+require 'capybara-screenshot/rspec'
 
 Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
 if ENV['GROWSTUFF_CAPYBARA_DRIVER'].present?
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ if ENV['GROWSTUFF_CAPYBARA_DRIVER'].present?
   end
   Capybara.javascript_driver = ENV['GROWSTUFF_CAPYBARA_DRIVER'].to_sym
 end
+
+Capybara::Screenshot.register_filename_prefix_formatter(:rspec) do |example|
+  "screenshot_#{example.description.gsub(' ', '-').gsub(/^.*\/spec\//,'')}"
+end
+
 Capybara.app_host = 'http://localhost'
 Capybara.server_port = 8081