This Year's Failure

Right now I am very disappointed. The garden is a wreck. I spent a couple hundred dollars last year and about $700 this year. I started to buy a few AeroGarden's but nooooooooooooooo, I was going to put in a full garden and harvest lots of goodies.

Last year I had no water to keep the garden going so I got very little harvest - about three cups of tomatoes and nothing else. This year it has been too much water. First my onions drowned, then the potatoes. My cucumbers produced one each and shriveled up and died. My tomato plants got leaf rot, produced about a dozen grape tomatoes each and 2 patios each then died. One eggplant, about 6 cayenne peppers, one bell pepper (stunted), one yellow pepper (stunted) and that's it. Oh, I fogot - one small salad of lettuce.

I am disgusted, aggravated and feeling pretty much over it. I worked really hard on the garden and could barely walk each day when I finished. However it was all for nothing. I could have bought 4 AeroGardens for peppers, tomatoes and lettuce and pretty much had enough to make me happy.

I am still hoping that the broccoli or Brussels sprouts will produce when the weather cools down but I am not holding out much hope. I should also be looking at fall crops but I am having problems and can barely walk from the bed to the bathroom right now so I am not going to worry about it.

I need to find out how to store all these seeds. I have been told to keep them in the fridge crisper but others have told me to put them in the freezer. I will do some research and let you know what I find out.

The one good thing - I spotted a black snake a few days ago and he is taking care of the mouse population. I hope he hangs around as long as he stays outside.

Happy gardening,
Linda B:)