So many questions!

Who got me into this game! My two daughters and a fellow Blipper no less. I'm rubbish working these things out. So far all I have on my island are 10 bags of weeds! 20 flaming apples, 17 sticks for God's sake and 10 fish I don't even like fish and my damn fishing rod has broke and I am clueless on how to get another one! And this is meant to be a kid's game!