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We gardeners manage to put plants in all sorts of challenging situations and expect them to perform well; four sites really stand out.

Playing in the garden nurtures something that a lot of us have abandoned a long time ago: our inner child.

Think about it. Kids are okay with coloring exuberantly outside the lines. When do we stop?

I got into a smackdown with an older, more experienced gardener over who grows the tastiest tomatoes. And I got owned. Totally owned.

A little background: Close gardening friends gauge my horticultural skills on tomatoes.

Whacking overgrown shrubs back hard, like changing diapers, needs doing occasionally and can be worrisome the first time. But it usually works out fine.

And it doesn’t harm plants. Ever see where a drunk driver ran over hapless crape myrtles, and the plants sprouted right back out and bloomed just fine?