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Steve never did plant his garden, instead he put it off feeling like too much if an amateur to even begin buying seeds, and instead invasive creeping Charlie and thistles colonized his decaying garden beds.
I know those guys are trying to be helpful, but to a newb they can feel like you’re not ready to even start your hobby, when the best way to start any hobby is to go and get something started, even if it isn’t perfect.
If you go to a local seed store they’ll probably be able to point you to native wildflowers, or there are lots of sellers online for seeds.
The local plant centers are wonderful sources of knowledge. Bring them some pictures and there will be some nerd there ready to geek out. This is community building. :)
I know those guys are trying to be helpful, but to a newb they can feel like you’re not ready to even start your hobby
Don’t let other people hold you back.
If you’re trying to start a new hobby and you get put off by people giving you information because you think they’re being condescending, learn to put aside the personal feelings so you can focus on the thing you wanted to focus on.
New information is useful regardless of how it was presented to you. You can’t control how other people act, but you can control how you react to it. Learn to take the good and leave the bad.
There’s such a thing as too much information, and it’s not always relevant to a beginner.
And that’s not even accounting for all the armchair experts in various online groups for the hobby. They will VERY confidently tell you stuff that is wrong or at least sub-optimal.
I’m thinking more of hobbies that involve animals rather than plants, but still the Dunning-Kruger effect and the black & white thinking are a hell of a combination.
If people giving you actionable advice without putting you down makes you feel intimidated, I would think about that.
Mucking about at a hobby without knowing the first thing about it is idiotic. This person is only sharing their intent to start a garden because they are implicitly looking for feedback.
Can I just say that is awful advice. There’s an easy way to save it:
“Tell me where you are and I’ll give you a few good options to start with”
When the poster is clearly a hopeless beginner this kind of response is useless and overwhelming in information that they have no chance of understanding.
Yeah the muscle man from the meme wouldn’t assume where the beanpole lives. He might live in the place whose past governments colonised wherever OP is assuming they all live.
No, it’s great advice, and if they can’t figure out to google “native flowers in my region” after that then they really are hopeless.
Why is the onus always 100% on the people trying to help, while the newbie gets a free pass on not putting in effort? Frankly if the newbie put some effort in they probably wouldn’t have even needed to make the post in the first place.
Of all the hobbies and random niche things I’ve taught myself on the Internet over the course of 15 years, I’ve only ever had post questions twice. Whatever question one is asking has already been asked and answered. Very, VERY rarely is someone looking for information so niche that it doesn’t yet exist on the Internet.
Have you ever tried to google a specific question like this about a topic you’ve never dipped your toes in? It’s impossible to start.
Meno’s Paradox for modern times.
Yes, many times. You’re wrong, it’s perfectly possible, and I know because I’ve done it myself.
That’s not how this meme template works at all.
Yes, they should be encouraging him. Not shunning him for his choice
It is now.
Who says that?
Sometimes the internet hurts. This is a time where it is shockingly adorable. Thanks for sharing!
But what if roses and tulips are native to their region? Not everyone lives in some former european colony.
You will soon.
You’re from central Asia?
Pro que no los dos
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Why can’t I see your photos?
Thanks!
Every single person in this meme makes me feel inadequate in almost every way, especially the top dude. Lol
