How we make this site

Last updated: October 3, 2026

Who's behind this

Garden Advice Guide is published and edited by Joan Ramos, who runs FriendlyApps, an independent publisher of free web tools and reference sites. Joan Ramos is responsible for what goes on this site: the tools, the writing, the fact-checking and the corrections.

The person who builds a page is the same person who looks after it afterward — there's no conveyor belt handing work off to strangers. You can write to us at [email protected], or by post at Block 9 Lot 18 Grand Monaco Bellevue, Brookside Hills Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines. There's more about us on our About page.

How a page gets made

1. We start with a real question. Every article exists because someone genuinely needs that answer, not because a keyword looked promising.
2. We check the facts at the source. Measurements, rules, timings and requirements come from whoever actually sets them, not from other articles. Where sources disagree, we say so on the page.
3. We keep it specific. A vague answer is no answer. We'd rather give you the number, the date or the size than a paragraph that carefully avoids committing to anything.
4. We write it in plain language. If a sentence needs reading twice, it gets rewritten.
5. We keep it current. Pages get revisited when the facts behind them change, and anything where the date matters gets dated.

Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes — everyone does. When we do, we fix the page rather than quietly deleting it, and if the fix changes an answer we'll say what changed. If you've spotted a mistake, whether it's a wrong number, a result that looks off, or an instruction that just doesn't work, please tell us at [email protected] or through the contact page. Corrections jump the queue, and a real person reads every message.

Nobody pays us to say anything

Some pages carry affiliate links, which may earn a small commission if you buy through them. No affiliate partner or sponsor gets to influence what we write, what a tool tells you, or what gets recommended. We don't take payment for a mention or a link, and we don't publish anything written by somebody else in exchange for placement.

If we recommend a product, it's because we think it suits the job. And if we're not sure about something, we'll say we're not sure rather than writing carefully around it.

What we won't do

• Publish a number we can't stand behind.
• Pad a page out to make it look more thorough than it is.
• Dress up a guess as a fact.
• Let anyone pay to change an answer.

Say hello

Questions about how we work, a correction, or an idea for something we should build? Email [email protected] or use the contact page. We'd love to hear from you.