Can growers and hosts distinguish interest, suitability, an introduction and an agreed arrangement?
A bounded view.
Not the whole story.
The homepage, Find a Plot, Open Your Space, host listing form and Galway page. The source records desktop/mobile presentation, public copy, navigation, selected form and keyboard checks. No form was submitted and no private matching, enquiry or payment records were accessed.
What already helps
Separate routes for growers and hosts make the audience distinction visible. The grower form asks for a rough area rather than a street address, and the matching explanation says both sides decide whether to meet. Those features are observable; understanding and operational fulfilment remain separate questions.
From observation
to a useful check.
Give demand figures one definition.
- Observed
- Different public areas showed people and request figures without explaining how those measures related.
- Recommended
- Use an approved, dated source and explain the definition. Do not simply make two numbers match without reconciling the records.
- Verify next
- Compare the rendered summaries against an approved aggregate, including the measure and refresh date.
Keep county summaries consistent.
- Observed
- Galway waiting-time summaries differed between public routes. The review establishes the inconsistency, not the correct current waiting time.
- Recommended
- Use a common evidence source and date; qualify estimates and link to a reliable route when a current figure is not established.
- Verify next
- Recheck every repeated county summary. A content correction must not imply new plot availability.
Make the route to main content predictable.
- Observed
- The sampled DOM did not consistently include a main landmark across the inspected templates.
- Recommended
- Provide a consistent main-content structure and a working skip link, preserving useful content order.
- Verify next
- Repeat structural and keyboard checks, and agree assistive-technology coverage in any wider evaluation.
Show a meaningful review date.
- Observed
- The Galway demand panel rendered “Updated undefined.”
- Recommended
- Render a valid approved date or an explicit unavailable-date message. Do not invent freshness.
- Verify next
- Check both a valid-date and a missing-date state.
Keep the verbs accurate.
Public-page inspection, dated evidence and prioritised recommendations.
No Homegrown source changes or remediation outcomes are claimed in the source review.
What to investigate
with people next.
A later study could ask growers to explain what submitting a request means and hosts to explain when contact details are shared.
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