Privacy policy

Last updated November 6, 2026

When you visit the site

The site is hosted by Cloudflare. To deliver pages and protect the site from attacks, Cloudflare processes technical information your browser sends with every request, such as your IP address, browser type and the page requested. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

The ZIP code lookup

On the frost dates and "when to plant" pages, the ZIP code you type is looked up in your browser. To do that, your browser downloads a small data file named after the first three digits of the ZIP (for example /frost/zip/606.json), so our host's logs can show those three digits. Your full ZIP code is never sent to us.

Your browser also remembers the last ZIP code you used (in its local storage) so it can fill it in next time. It stays on your device; you can remove it by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.

If you email us

We use your email address and message only to reply and, for error reports, to fix the page. We don't add you to any list, and we keep messages only as long as we need them to deal with your request.

Links to other websites

Our sources and other links lead to websites with their own privacy policies, which we don't control.

Children

This site isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live (for example California, the EU or the UK), you may have rights to ask what personal information we hold about you and to have it corrected or deleted. Email hello@rootcausegarden.com and we'll respond.

Changes to this policy

We'll update this page when we add or change anything that affects your information, such as ads, statistics or a newsletter. The date at the top shows the latest version.