Yes, I said garden disaster because that is what happened this year. Even though we needed the rain, it messed up most everyone's garden this year. Last year my garden went gang-busters in the tomato department but this year we've hardly had a bud, except for cucumbers which love the rain.
It started out really nice and my hands got all dirty for the cause, but produce abundance just didn't happen.
(Don't you love the mirrors! They are all around our fence. The Hubby finds them at the flea market and they look great on the fence.)
It's nothing but lush green weeds and overgrown tomato plants with no tomatoes.
Years ago when my first garden in our first home was huge probably 10x20 sq. feet. and I tilled the entire thing myself. I had no idea about how to do it. My mother was awesome in guiding me. I read constantly and watched The Victory Garden.
In fact, I became so enthused with gardening that when I finally got the chance to go to college my very first class was horticulture which I aced. I was going to be a horticulturist. Sadly, that was the only class I took for a few years as I had another baby and the business was booming. I kept gardening but we then moved and the backyard we got had a pool and a tiny corner raised bed. I continued gardening successfully in that little corner.
Ten years later we moved again (we tend to move every 10 years and we are in our 4th house now right at 10 years there) but the yard had no appeal to me and I just got too busy to garden. I epically failed in this yard.
We moved yet again after 10 years into the house we have but the yard did not lend itself to a "garden," and The Hubby was not about to let me dig in the middle of the yard where there was a maze of a sprinkler system. That was a good thing, a sprinkler system as I got very tired of dragging hoses and watering. On the downside of that is that if it is programmed the plants can be over-watered and add to the over abundance of rain this year, well, none of the produce as was last year (see pictures!!!)
This photo is of the son-in-law's previous garden, I reference this to show the TG&Y tiller we gave them to use. It is circa 1979 and still running to this day!
Best laid intentions but not planted this year.
Sad that this is just about what I have this year, NOTHING but weeds.
Next year!!!!!
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2 comments:
Jill, my daughter's husband made her promise to confine her tomato plants to a different area next year, because they are overgrown and don't produce, like yours. Too much rain, can you believe it, in Texas?
Well, garden has good seasons and bad seasons and that's the way of it. I have a garden and know this well. I totally understand the pictures.
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