Scrolled past a comment on a gardening post that made me spit out my coffee

I was on a Facebook gardening group last night, looking up tips for my tomato plants that keep getting yellow leaves. Someone posted a photo of their squash vine borer damage and the top comment was 'girl that plant is dead, bury it in a lasagna garden and start over'. It was so blunt and harsh but also weirdly funny because the original poster was being super dramatic about it. Has anyone else seen a comment that was just way too casual about ruining someone's hard work?

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emma_clark17d ago

Wait, someone told her to bury her dead plant in a lasagna garden? That's the most casually brutal advice I've ever heard for a hobby that's supposed to be relaxing.

claire_ramirez17d ago

That's just how people are now with hobbies, they turn everything into this weird life lesson thing. I've noticed the same pattern with my friend who got into sourdough last year and everyone was telling her to basically put her failed starters through some kind of burial ritual in the compost bin. It's like people can't just say "yeah that plant died, toss it in the trash" without making it sound deep and meaningful. There's this pressure now to make every failure part of some bigger spiritual journey for your garden or your kitchen or whatever. And honestly sometimes a dead plant is just a dead plant and you don't need to give it a funeral in your vegetable bed. The whole lasagna garden thing is already kind of a lot to explain to beginners without adding weird burial instructions on top of it.

charles_kelly4317d ago

Folks get a little carried away with it for sure... I mean, is it really that deep? It's a plant that didn't work out, not a family pet. Claire's friend getting told to have a burial ceremony for her sourdough starter is just funny to me, honestly. You either kill something in the garden or you don't, and then you just move on to the next thing. People act like every little setback needs its own life lesson attached to it.