Hey Agent Jo, thank you for taking so much time giving us your detailed feedback - highly appreciated!
oHoodie does a great job and is taking care of all the bugs. Right now we have a second "shadow version" of Cardening where all the bugs you mentioned got already fixed. The in-game tutorial is also ready there, as well as many other improvements.
Wasn't sure about the background either, but with my latest UI designs, everything is coming really well together. Can't wait to see this new version officially published - it got so much better!
PS: You made my day with mentioning the 3-buckets-problem - I was constantly running into it and was probably wrecking Hoodies nerves by complaining about that so many times ;-)