Beginner Gardening: Back from vacation and nobody needed me....., 1 by podster

podster wrote:
Murmur, you mentioned wanting a little dog in an earlier post. May I suggest a little girl. I absolutely hate the male dogs helping me water plants. I am a plant toucher and will reach down to feel soil or leaves to know if it needs water. And come up with....guess what! I try to put plants up on stands etc. but Ralph the lab still gets me every so often. Pod the 2nd dog we took in was neutered and he never lifted his leg. My husband calls him a "girlie boy". I don't care. He shouldn't either. He likes old cars and Ralph helps the wheels rust...