diff --git a/app/models/planting.rb b/app/models/planting.rb
index 8bf6dda2c..8d1eb70b9 100644
--- a/app/models/planting.rb
+++ b/app/models/planting.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Planting < ActiveRecord::Base
   friendly_id :planting_slug, use: :slugged
 
   attr_accessible :crop_id, :description, :garden_id, :planted_at,
-    :quantity, :sunniness
+    :quantity, :sunniness, :planted_from
 
   belongs_to :garden
   belongs_to :crop
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ class Planting < ActiveRecord::Base
         :allow_nil => true,
         :allow_blank => true
 
+  PLANTED_FROM_VALUES = [
+    'seed',
+    'seedling',
+    'cutting',
+    'root division',
+    'runner',
+    'bare root plant',
+    'advanced plant',
+    'graft',
+    'layering'
+  ]
+  validates :planted_from, :inclusion => { :in => PLANTED_FROM_VALUES,
+        :message => "%{value} is not a valid planting method" },
+        :allow_nil => true,
+        :allow_blank => true
+
   def planting_slug
     "#{owner.login_name}-#{garden}-#{crop}".downcase.gsub(' ', '-')
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130705104238_add_planted_from_to_planting.rb b/db/migrate/20130705104238_add_planted_from_to_planting.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eb362a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130705104238_add_planted_from_to_planting.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddPlantedFromToPlanting < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :plantings, :planted_from, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index aab2827b1..bf9e10438 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 => 20130606233733) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130705104238) do
 
   create_table "account_types", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "name",              :null => false
@@ -179,15 +179,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130606233733) do
   end
 
   create_table "plantings", :force => true do |t|
-    t.integer  "garden_id",   :null => false
-    t.integer  "crop_id",     :null => false
+    t.integer  "garden_id",    :null => false
+    t.integer  "crop_id",      :null => false
     t.date     "planted_at"
     t.integer  "quantity"
     t.text     "description"
-    t.datetime "created_at",  :null => false
-    t.datetime "updated_at",  :null => false
+    t.datetime "created_at",   :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",   :null => false
     t.string   "slug"
     t.string   "sunniness"
+    t.string   "planted_from"
   end
 
   add_index "plantings", ["slug"], :name => "index_plantings_on_slug", :unique => true
diff --git a/spec/factories/planting.rb b/spec/factories/planting.rb
index 06499b4a4..963b7a2b0 100644
--- a/spec/factories/planting.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/planting.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     quantity 33
     description "This is a *really* good plant."
     sunniness 'sun'
+    planted_from 'seed'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/planting_spec.rb b/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
index cfadcf9cd..ca2d4e02d 100644
--- a/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
@@ -49,21 +49,44 @@ describe Planting do
     end
   end
 
-  it 'should have a sunniness value' do
-    @planting.sunniness.should eq 'sun'
-  end
+  context 'sunniness' do
+    it 'should have a sunniness value' do
+      @planting.sunniness.should eq 'sun'
+    end
 
-  it 'all three valid sunniness values should work' do
-    ['sun', 'shade', 'semi-shade', nil, ''].each do |s|
-      @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :sunniness => s)
-      @planting.should be_valid
+    it 'all three valid sunniness values should work' do
+      ['sun', 'shade', 'semi-shade', nil, ''].each do |s|
+        @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :sunniness => s)
+        @planting.should be_valid
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'should refuse invalid sunniness values' do
+      @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :sunniness => 'not valid')
+      @planting.should_not be_valid
+      @planting.errors[:sunniness].should include("not valid is not a valid sunniness value")
     end
   end
 
-  it 'should refuse invalid sunniness values' do
-    @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :sunniness => 'not valid')
-    @planting.should_not be_valid
-    @planting.errors[:sunniness].should include("not valid is not a valid sunniness value")
+  context 'planted from' do
+    it 'should have a planted_from value' do
+      @planting.planted_from.should eq 'seed'
+    end
+
+    it 'all valid planted_from values should work' do
+      ['seed', 'seedling', 'cutting', 'root division',
+        'runner', 'bare root plant', 'advanced plant',
+        'graft', 'layering', nil, ''].each do |p|
+        @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :planted_from => p)
+        @planting.should be_valid
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'should refuse invalid planted_from values' do
+      @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :planted_from => 'not valid')
+      @planting.should_not be_valid
+      @planting.errors[:planted_from].should include("not valid is not a valid planting method")
+    end
   end
 
   # we decided that all the tests for the planting/photo association would