Editorial policy
This page explains who decides what Leafumi publishes, how a guide is researched, and where commercial interests stop. It is written to be checkable rather than reassuring.
Who we are
Leafumi is an independent editorial site about balcony and small-space gardening. It is not owned by a retailer, a brand or an agency, and it does not sell products. Content is published under the byline Leafumi Editorial Team, which is a brand byline for the people who research and edit the site. It is not the name of an individual reviewer, and we do not attach invented human names, portraits or credentials to it.
How topics are chosen
Topics come from questions that recur in small-space gardening: what fits through a door, what a railing bracket is rated for, how often containers actually need checking, whether a self-watering pot changes the routine. A topic is worth covering when a reader has to make a decision and the published information is scattered, contradictory or missing an important qualifier.
How a guide is researched
We work from primary and retailer-published material: manufacturer specification sheets, installation manuals, care instructions, warranty terms, safety documentation, standards publications, and the retailer’s own listing for availability and dimensions. Where a claim cannot be traced to a source, it does not go in the guide as fact.
“Checked” has one meaning on this site: the published specification, manual or support document was compared and the statement reflects it. It does not mean the product was bought, handled, installed or measured. When we have no first-hand evidence, the page says the work is desk research. See how we review for the criteria and the limits.
Independence and commercial influence
- No brand, retailer or agency pays for coverage, placement or a favourable conclusion.
- No brand sees a guide before publication, and none has approval over wording.
- Commission rates do not decide which products appear. A guide can recommend buying nothing, or buying the cheaper option.
- There are no sponsored posts on the site at present. If a sponsored piece is ever published it will be labelled at the top of the page, in plain words, and kept out of buying guides.
Leafumi participates in the Amazon Associates programme. The required disclosure appears on every page, and the full explanation is on the affiliate disclosure page.
Images and figures
Diagrams on this site are drawn for Leafumi. We do not rehost Amazon product photography or copy images from retailers. Where a photograph is used it is either our own or licensed, and the source is credited on the page.
Software assistance
Drafting, structuring and source-checking are assisted by software tools. Every page is reviewed against its cited sources before publication, and no product claim is published on the strength of generated text alone. Factual statements are tied to a named source type — manual, specification, standard or retailer listing — not to a model’s recollection.
Updates and corrections
Guides are reviewed when a source changes, when a reader reports an error, or when a product is discontinued. Corrections are made in the page itself, with the date of the change recorded on the corrections page. We do not silently delete a claim that was wrong.
Comments
Comments are moderated for spam and abuse only. A disagreement with a guide is not removed for being a disagreement.
Contact
Editorial questions, corrections and complaints go to the address on the contact page.