Thanks for the explanation, Dawn. I was feeling rejected by Joan. (Bc Katie was in town, Joan didn't show up for me. And when I took katie to Dawn's town, joan disappeared. So no turnips for me this week.
Thanks, dead of knight, i'll add a bunch later. I'm only logging into the game once a day and leaving it in sleep mode between playing. (Which kills my desire to update for streetpasses in the mii plaza games!) Despite the fact that I never ran, all my grass was just about gone, and I narrowed it down to starting over three times a day. Still don't know if that was the cause, but after weeks of flowers EVERYWHERE and watering them on top of the clean town ordinance, the grass has slowly come back in most areas. Frustrating though, this is my escape game and it already became work to keep the town from being ugly. Ah well.