Tired of friends/neighbors who are newbies to gardening telling you How to garden?

[catjac1975]

I never follow weather reports. My weather rock tells me how things are. Yesterday morning it was wet. Yesterday afternoon it was white and later it completely hid. Today it is wet again from all the melting snow.

Did you say snow?

 

[R2elk]

Did you say snow?

4 1/2" following last week's 13" over 3 days.

 

[Marie2020]

My standard response to that kind of advice gardening or otherwise is a “I’ll think about it”. That said, my more pressing issue tends to be my dad. He is often tries to help by “weeding” which usually ends with as many plants dead as weeds. He used to think round up wouldn’t kill food plants because he saw the farmers spray it on the round up ready corn. My pumpkins didn’t survive that year.....
Also my mom apparently thought potatoes were frost hardy perennials which led to a fight about why I wouldn’t plant her potatoes in November.
I love them and they are both very smart but neither of them know much about gardening.

I must be related too your parents, except for the round up. I don't know what colour fingers I have but they are definitely not green

 

[catjac1975]

4 1/2" following last week's 13" over 3 days.

Oh....no....

 

[Zeedman]

Gardener's 4-letter words:
Heat
Cold
Rain (when there's too much of it)
Snow
Hail
Deer
Bugs

 

[flowerbug]

Gardener's 4-letter words:
Heat
Cold
Rain (when there's too much of it)
Snow
Hail
Deer
Bugs

i'd add these:

Wind
Mold
Mice
Hogs
Weed


and from the alternative speller camp:

Vols
Mols
Cpmk
Fogg
Buny
Mudd
Frst
Brds
Gdhg
Nbrs
Flud


heh, sorry, needed a break...

 

[Marie2020]

i'd add these:

Wind
Mold
Mice
Hogs
Weed


and from the alternative speller camp:

Vols
Mols
Cpmk
Fogg
Buny
Mudd
Frst
Brds
Gdhg
Nbrs
Flud


heh, sorry, needed a break...

One more biggy, SLUGS

 

[Artichoke Lover]

HOAs it’s an abbreviation but I feel it should still count.

One more biggy, SLUGS

 

[R2elk]

Oh....no....

It's all melted now. Starting to rain probably followed by more snow.

 

[Marie2020]

HOAs it’s an abbreviation but I feel it should still count.

I have to learn abbreviations. Blush

I'm embarrassed