What had been a fairly pleasant spring was wiped out by two days of ninety-degree weather, which pretty much took out the tulips, daffodils, and other spring bulbs blooming across our patch of Zone 4. I should have watered just prior, to keep the soil temperature down. The only thing I know for sure is that people buy the wackiest annuals. Gardening should be challenging, relaxing, and fun. Renegade Gardeners are cautious and wise when perusing the plethora of products and plants sold by the commercial gardening industry.
Gardening involves commitment.
Renegade Gardeners learn the Latin names of the plants you grow. Gardening is not always easy. The rules of color inherited from our English gardening ancestors are nonsense. Renegade Gardeners come to realize that lawns are essentially a dumb idea. Gardening and rock music do not mix.