Lisa's Vegetable Garden Data
Here we're exploring Lisa Lendway's vegetable garden from summer 2020 and summer 2021, from her {gardenR} package.
The gardenR package contains data collected by Lisa Lendway from her vegetable garden, starting in the summer of 2020. Data from the summer of 2021 was added 2022-01-29 (finally!). The data were used in her Introduction to Data Science course at Macalester College to introduce many concepts. For examples, see the tutorials for the course.
Lisa also has a YouTube video with a visual tour of the garden.
What changed between 2020 and 2021?
Data Dictionary
planting_2020.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| plot |
character |
label of plot where vegetables were planted - see garden_coords dataset (in the package) for more info |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| number_seeds_planted |
numeric |
the exact number or a guess at how many seeds/plants were planted |
| date |
Date |
date the vegetable was planted |
| number_seeds_exact |
logical |
if number_seeds_planted is exact, this is TRUE; if it was a guess, then this is FALSE |
| notes |
character |
mostly missing but intially created just in case |
planting_2021.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| date |
Date |
date the vegetable was planted |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| plot |
character |
label of plot where vegetables were planted - see garden_coords dataset (in the package) for more info |
| number_seeds_planted |
numeric |
the exact number or a guess at how many seeds/plants were planted |
| number_seeds_exact |
logical |
if number_seeds_planted is exact, this is TRUE; if it was a guess, then this is FALSE |
| notes |
character |
mostly missing but intially created just in case |
harvest_2020.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| date |
Date |
date the vegetable was harvested |
| weight |
numeric |
weight harvested in grams |
| units |
character |
all "grams" - this variable was originally created in case larger vegetables were weighed in other units but there was no need |
harvest_2021.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| date |
Date |
date the vegetable was harvested |
| weight |
numeric |
weight harvested in grams |
| units |
character |
all "grams" - this variable was originally created in case larger vegetables were weighed in other units but there was no need |
spending_2020.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| brand |
character |
brand of seed or plant |
| eggplant_item_number |
numeric |
item number of item at Eggplant, the store where most of the seeds were purchased |
| price |
numeric |
raw price - no taxes |
| price_with_tax |
numeric |
price with taxes |
spending_2021.csv
| variable |
class |
description |
| vegetable |
character |
type of vegetable planted |
| variety |
character |
variety of vegetable planted, usually according to the information on the seed package, but sometimes inferred by Lisa and sometimes unknown or reseeded from last year's plants |
| brand |
character |
brand of seed or plant |
| price |
numeric |
raw price - no taxes |
| price_with_tax |
numeric |
price with taxes |
