Hoping to clear up a few things regarding badges and working in your own yard, since I have heard that tending your own patches in your yard does not count toward tending badges. I got suspicious about other actions, so I would love some authoritative answers.
1) Q: Does tending patches in your yard count towards tending badges?
2) Q: Does planting trees in your own patches count towards planting badges?
3) Q: Does clearing a tree in your yard count towards hatchet/clearing badges?
4) Q: Does the "harvest and clear" option for a wood tree count towards hatchet/clearing badges? (Anywhere, not just yard.)
Edit: in case anyone doesn't know, by "badges", I mean the achievements, not the quests. Things like http://beta.glitch.com/achievements/betterthanaverage-mulcher/