diff --git a/app/models/planting.rb b/app/models/planting.rb
index 85e5277c0..c51166264 100644
--- a/app/models/planting.rb
+++ b/app/models/planting.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Planting < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :finished, -> { where(finished: true) }
   scope :current, -> { where(finished: false) }
   scope :interesting, -> { has_photos.one_per_owner }
+  scope :recent, -> { order(created_at: :desc) }
   scope :one_per_owner, lambda {
     joins("JOIN members m ON (m.id=plantings.owner_id)
            LEFT OUTER JOIN plantings p2
diff --git a/app/views/home/_crops.html.haml b/app/views/home/_crops.html.haml
index 274cd4957..6f881dc32 100644
--- a/app/views/home/_crops.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/_crops.html.haml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   .col-md-4.hidden-xs
     - cache cache_key_for(Planting) do
       %h2= t('.recently_planted')
-      = render partial: 'plantings/list', locals: { plantings: Planting.includes(:owner, :photos).interesting.first(6) }
+      = render 'plantings/list', plantings: Planting.includes(:owner, :photos).interesting.recent.first(6)
 
 .row
   .col-md-12