About Digstalk
We write about what turns up when you dig.
Digstalk is a curiosity publication for people who garden, love a good find and want the story behind it. Some days that means soil, seeds and the backyard. Other days it means a buried object, an archaeological site or a place history left behind.
What we cover
Five topics, one thread: the story behind the find.
- GardeningVegetables, flowers, soil, seasons and garden design, and what gardeners get wrong.Read Gardening →
- DiscoveriesReal finds and what they revealed, from backyard surprises to buried hoards.Read Discoveries →
- ArchaeologyDigs, excavations and sites, and what the people who worked them found.
- HistoryLost places, vanished towns and the everyday history behind them.Read History →
- OdditiesStrange objects, curious customs and odd inventions, with the true story behind each.
Digstalk began with homes and property, and those stories are still here too.
How we write
Real finds only
When we write about a discovery, it is a documented one, and we say where and when it happened. We never invent finds or dress up history.
Legends get labelled
Some of the best stories can't be proven. When that's the case, we say so plainly instead of passing a legend off as fact.
About our pictures
Many of our images are illustrations that show the kind of plant, object or place being described, not a photograph of the specific find.
Corrections
Spot something we got wrong? Tell us through the contact page and we'll look into it and fix it.
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Get in touch
Questions, tips about a find, or a correction: we read everything.
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The people
Meet our Editor-in-Chief
Erika Eineigel
Editor-in-Chief
Erika Eineigel has renovated both her home and her cabin, so she knows firsthand what it takes to turn a space into one that works and feels right, from the first tear-out to the last detail.
She has a personal interest in all things design, and as Editor-in-Chief she shapes how Digstalk covers the homes, gardens and everyday spaces we live in, and the stories behind what turns up in them.
The people
Meet our writer/reviewer
Ben Arksey
Writer/Reviewer
Ben Arksey loves homes and the spaces people make their own, from hands-on projects and repairs to smart layouts and outdoor spaces. That interest in how people live is why Ben writes for Digstalk.
Reader-powered research
How people really live, from the people living it
Most home and garden advice is one writer’s routine or a magazine ideal. Alongside every Digstalk article we ask small questions (How do you clean? Shoes off at the door? Keep the lawn or dig it up?), and the answers show how households actually run. That means stories and advice built on what real people do, not guesswork. Every answer is optional and collected anonymously.
What you can tap
React to a room or a garden, answer a quick poll like “How do you clean? A little every day or one big weekly clean?”, tell us why with one tap, and on our then-and-now pieces say whether you lived it, remember it, or it was before your time.
What we never collect
Everything is collected anonymously: no names, no email addresses, no IP addresses and nothing you type. A tap is stored with a random session code, your device type, how you found us and a rough state or province, nothing more.
What comes back to you
You see how everyone else answered right after you tap, and the totals become articles built on real habits instead of one person’s preferences. Results are only ever published as totals across many readers; small groups are never reported.