The first year of my own on-my-own gardening experience is almost done. I would not let neighbors, uncles, other helpers in since they would do away with a lot of my abnormal ideas. Like keeping the biomass of leaves, grass, etc. in heaps so that I can cover some of the ground later. I planted a few trees and I keep on wandering should I listen to the knowledgeable or should I risk it my way, letting nature decide the faith of those.