What is the Gardener Weekly Digest?

The Gardener Weekly Digest is a free email, included with any Garden Buddy account, delivered every Sunday morning (customisable day and time). Six sections designed to read in under three minutes: this week's weather and growing implications, what to plant this week in your zone, what to harvest, pest alerts, supermarket price movements, and moon planting notes for those who follow them. It's personalised to your location and planting history.

Is the Gardener Weekly Digest free?

Yes. The Gardener Weekly Digest comes with every Garden Buddy account, including the $0 free account. Its companion email, the Weekly Price Alert, arrives every Monday with the biggest supermarket price movers and is also free. On the Starter plan the Weekly Price Alert adds a "Your crops this week" section with price-drop alerts for the crops you actually grow.

Does the digest cover moon planting?

Yes, as one short section. The digest includes a paragraph summarising what the moon calendar says about the week ahead for your zone, for gardeners who follow it. The rest of the digest is pure climate data, so if moon planting is not your thing you simply skip that section.

How do weekly pest alerts help protect my garden?

The digest's pest section notifies you of pests peaking in your zone based on weather triggers, for example, 'Cabbage white butterflies active this week on brassicas, check undersides, net if needed.' These advance warnings let you take preventive action before infestations occur, such as installing netting, applying organic sprays, or using companion planting. Pro members also get weather-triggered pest alerts for their specific crops and live pest pressure for their postcode, including Queensland fruit fly.

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Q: How do I know when vegetables are ready to harvest?

Ready-to-harvest timing depends on the variety and days-to-maturity. The Gardener Weekly Digest calculates this for you based on when you planted, sending reminders like 'Your Tuscan Black kale hits day 60 this week; outer leaves ready for first pick.' This removes guesswork from harvest timing. Visual cues also help: tomatoes are fully coloured, leafy greens reach desired size, and root vegetables become visible at soil level.

The Gardener Weekly Digest

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The Gardener Weekly Digest is a free email that lands in your inbox every Sunday morning (or whatever day you pick in your preferences). It comes with any Garden Buddy account, including the $0 one. The single most useful thing on the site if you actually read it.

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What’s in a digest

The Gardener Weekly Digest is delivered Sunday morning 07:00 by default (customisable in email prefs), free with any account. Six sections, designed to be read in under three minutes over coffee.

1. This week’s weather

The 7-day forecast for your zone, with growing implications called out. Not just “28 °C Wednesday”, “Wednesday 28 °C: water deeply Tuesday afternoon to prepare, shade-cloth over leafy greens if possible”.

2. What to plant this week

Crops in their optimal planting window this week in your zone. Pulled from the same data as the public /plant-now/ tool but filtered for relevance, if you’ve already planted broccoli this season, it doesn’t show again.

3. What to harvest this week

Crops you’ve planted that are likely ready, based on days-to-harvest for each variety. Small sharp reminders, “Your Tuscan Black kale hits day 60 this week; outer leaves ready for first pick”.

4. Pest alerts

Pests peaking in your zone this week, based on weather triggers. “Cabbage white butterflies active this week on SEQ brassicas, check undersides, net if needed”. Lets you act before damage.

5. Price movements

The week’s sharpest shop price moves at a glance. “Broccoli up 18% this week at Woolworths, your home harvest is saving you more than usual this month”. Satisfying to read. The full list of biggest movers comes in its own email, the Weekly Price Alert, every Monday, also free. On Starter the Weekly Price Alert adds a “Your crops this week” section with price-drop alerts for the crops you actually grow.

6. Moon planting notes

A short paragraph on what the moon calendar says about this week, for your zone. Not telling you what to do, just the summary for those who follow it. If moon planting is not your thing, skip the section, the rest of the digest is pure climate data.

The digest is on by default when you create an account, any tier including free. If you want to turn it off (temporarily or permanently):

Every digest email has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. One click and you stop receiving.
Or from /my-account/ → Email preferences → toggle the digest off.
Or pause temporarily, “off for 4 weeks, then resume”, via the preferences page.

Getting the digest into your inbox, not spam

Add admin@gardenbuddy.au to your address book. Gmail: mark one digest as “not spam” and future ones will land in Primary. Outlook / Hotmail: move to Focused inbox. On Apple Mail: add to VIP contacts.

If a digest is late or missing

Check /my-account/email-log/, it shows the queued/sent status of the last 12 weekly digests. If a week shows “queued” past your scheduled day, email us to investigate.

What’s coming

The digest is an active area of development. Planned additions for 2026:

Variable frequency (fortnightly, monthly) for slow-paced growers
Integration with local weather stations for hyperlocal forecasting
Community pest reports (“5 nearby members reported cabbage white emergence”)

Feedback welcome, reply to any digest email with suggestions.

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