During my time as an employee at a garden center, I've answered lots of questions from would-be gardeners, anxious to solve their plant problems. I've learned to ask lots of questions to get a good idea of the issue, before meting out advice. One customer had a fruit tree that wasn't doing very well. During the course of my usual interrogation, it came out that she had purchased the tree in the spring, but had left it in the pot all summer because she read that it was best to plant in the fall. After I got over my initial shock and was able to speak coherently, I gave what advice I could and wished her well. This was a perfect example of a truism being decontectualized and totally misunderstood, because it wasn't fully explained.
Planting 101
Planting 101
Planting 101
During my time as an employee at a garden center, I've answered lots of questions from would-be gardeners, anxious to solve their plant problems. I've learned to ask lots of questions to get a good idea of the issue, before meting out advice. One customer had a fruit tree that wasn't doing very well. During the course of my usual interrogation, it came out that she had purchased the tree in the spring, but had left it in the pot all summer because she read that it was best to plant in the fall. After I got over my initial shock and was able to speak coherently, I gave what advice I could and wished her well. This was a perfect example of a truism being decontectualized and totally misunderstood, because it wasn't fully explained.