There are two kinds of gardeners. First we have the laissez-faire growers who prize plants that thrive when ignored. These are succulent people, well-adjusted and simple. Then there are the gardeners who kill a low-maintenance snake plant the week they get it, watering it twice daily until its roots turn into an earthy pudding and its leaves yellow and flop over. These gardeners develop a sort of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, every fiber of their self-esteem knotted to the awareness that their plants will die without them. They are deep in hot pepper Reddit. They are not well.Or, should I say, we are not well. I used to be a chill gardener, content with my pothos plants and the occasional herb. But then I wandered…