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I think a question about growing "opium poppies, cannabis, coca" is off-topic because that isn't gardening as commonly defined. That's a hobby and/or commercial enterprise (albeit illegal) that merely …

I had a short discussion with fellow moderators behind the scenes about whether Where-to-find-Schlumbergera was a shopping question, and what kinds of shopping questions we are allowing. …

Isn't this the kind of question we are advised not to have in the site at this stage: What is an easy vegetable to grow in a hot, dry summer / cool, wet winter climate? I want to try growing vegetabl …

I saw an answer to an old question today which included a jokey TL;DR at the top. This StackExchange isn't superuser or webapps. Arguably we are reaching out to an audience which doesn't necessarily …

Obviously a significant proportion of our audience (namely in the United States) prefer °F over °C, whereas the rest of us work in °C. If a question or answer features temperature, usually the author …

Want to see more questions? The hard way is to ask more questions yourself The quick and easy way: Vote There's a post out there somewhere from the Stack Overflow team correlating voting levels …

This was discussed on meta.cooking, here's some of what I've found revisiting it: Plural vs. Non Plural Plural should have preference unless a collective noun is more appropriate. To m …

I think questions about garden tools, usage, maintenance etc should be allowed here. To say that they should be migrated to diy is like saying a question about stopping cats crapping on my borders s …

Generally I think these types of question are good for this site. Yoda's answer goes into more detail. Main reason for this answer, though, is to point out that sod is a terrible tag from a British E …

Wouldn't this be rather a monster list? Especially as on an expert forum gardeners will expect to see specific varieties offered: e.g. Lettuce Winter Density Valdor etc

Belatedly I'd like to say thanks Yoda for the work you've done here and the energy, commitment and time you've given to the community. Whenever we've discussed site management backchannel you've also …

In my experience of the site - and I've been here since the beginning - questions posted without images will quickly attract comments e.g. "please post an image". And that's fine. It's usually said re …

I have personally no interest in paving, patio, decking etc, but I would have thought all of those fall under landscaping and are therefore on-topic, otherwise what's the and Landscaping for? As for …

Other questions on meta deal with whether or not certain kinds of landscaping or "hardscaping" (someone else's word, but I like it) are welcome here, or better asked on the diy site. I feel it's OK f …

There is a category of Q which asks for help identifying the cause of a problem, here's three examples: Some of my ferns have brown spots on the tips of their leaves. What causes that? Why did the s …