The Dig is the DigInGuide newsletter. I send it on Friday, and it follows the garden year rather than a content calendar. In March it is mostly seed and soil. In July it is watering and what is bolting. In November it is cleanup and what to leave standing for the birds. One email, written by someone with dirt under their nails that week.
What lands in your inbox
- The job for the week. The one task that actually matters in the garden right now, why the timing matters, and how to tell if you are early or late.
- One thing I got wrong. A myth I used to believe, or a plant I keep killing, and what changed when I stopped doing the thing the internet told me to.
- One reader question, answered with the climate zone in mind, because advice that ignores where you garden is just noise.
Under five minutes to read. If a week is genuinely quiet in the garden, I keep it short rather than invent work for you.
What you will not get
- Daily email. One Friday issue, that is the whole arrangement.
- Generic advice that ignores season and zone. If timing depends on your frost dates, I say so.
- Sponsored placement disguised as a tip. A partnership, if it ever runs, is labeled in the subject line under the affiliate disclosure.
- Your email passed to anyone outside the vendors in the privacy policy.
After you sign up
A confirmation email arrives within a few minutes through Mailchimp. Click the link and you are in. The next Friday issue lands in the morning, US Eastern time. No confirmation? Check spam, then write through the contact page and I will add you myself.
Your email, and what happens to it
- Your email address is all I ask for. A first name is optional.
- One-click unsubscribe is in every footer and works straight away. The address is kept on a suppression list only so it is never re-added by mistake.
- The Dig is written for readers in the United States. If you subscribe from the EU, UK, or EEA, the email transfer relies on standard contractual clauses and you keep every right in the privacy policy.
Trouble, or you want back in
If unsubscribe will not cooperate, you want to change your address, or you want back on after leaving, send a note through the contact page. I handle these within a couple of weekdays.
Last updated: 18 May 2026