diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/base_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/base_resource.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3014a8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/base_resource.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module Api
+  module V1
+    class BaseResource < JSONAPI::Resource
+      immutable
+      abstract
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
index 61c77a983..28675270d 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class CropResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
-
+    class CropResource < BaseResource
       has_many :plantings
       has_many :photos
       has_one :parent
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/garden_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/garden_resource.rb
index 94de9b06a..96697ab38 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/garden_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/garden_resource.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class GardenResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
-
+    class GardenResource < BaseResource
       has_one :owner, class_name: 'Member'
       has_many :plantings
       has_many :photos
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/harvest_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/harvest_resource.rb
index 067ec307c..78603e028 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/harvest_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/harvest_resource.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class HarvestResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
-
+    class HarvestResource < BaseResource
       has_one :crop
       has_one :planting
       has_one :owner, class_name: 'Member'
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/member_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/member_resource.rb
index fb5645f2e..4ea8d4db6 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/member_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/member_resource.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class MemberResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
-
+    class MemberResource < BaseResource
       has_many :gardens
 
       attribute :login_name
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/photo_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/photo_resource.rb
index 22db926ca..6789f6737 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/photo_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/photo_resource.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class PhotoResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
-
+    class PhotoResource < BaseResource
       has_one :owner, class_name: 'Member'
 
       attribute :thumbnail_url
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/planting_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/planting_resource.rb
index 99a0eeda1..cdfa7399a 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/planting_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/planting_resource.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class PlantingResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
+    class PlantingResource < BaseResource
       has_one :garden
       has_one :crop
       has_one :owner, class_name: 'Member'
diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/seed_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/seed_resource.rb
index 3488ff767..5703928b2 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/seed_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/seed_resource.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Api
   module V1
-    class SeedResource < JSONAPI::Resource
-      immutable
+    class SeedResource < BaseResource
       has_one :owner, class_name: 'Member'
       has_one :crop