Hi from the Pacific Northwest! I am an avid gardener and hiking enthusiast living in a cabin near Mount Rainier with my golden retriever Barnaby — he is actually quite bad at gardening because he keeps digging up all my tomatoes, which reminds me of

Opening thread commentary.

Squirrels are awful. Try chicken wire mesh around the supports — it stops them cold.

omg i am so sorry and also i have NO IDEA what is going on with this thread right now — my facebook feed just showed me a huge wall of text from someone about their dog barnaby and tomatoes near mount rainier and there are like forty lines of it in one paragraph because the person didnt press enter?? anyway im guessing that was supposed to be about gardening advice or something? i actually tried growing plants once too but they all died instantly so if you have any tips for a beginner

hi sorry to bother but i saw this and was hoping someone could explain something very simply for me because i am completely lost — my friend told me about balcony gardening too so i bought three pots last week and everything is already turning brown and wilting even though i watered them every day like the label said. what does frost date actually mean? do i need to cover them at night or was there something wrong with the soil? also are squirrels supposed to chew on everything because that sounds insane and mine