This is a vent--it's been one of those days where I just feel frustrated and discouraged, that no matter what I do I can't make any progress! So you've been warned--complaining ahead!
I think that the universe or Nature or whatever it is just does not want me to have any flowers or veggies this year! The hailstorm on Sunday beat my newly planted garden all to hell. I spent so much time and energy and money trying to get plants in so that I can have a garden this year, yet all I can think at this point is that it has all been a waste of time.
Last year we planted tomatoes and the weather during June was so horrendous (rainy & cold) that almost none of them ever turned red (although there were loads of green tomatoes) and the few that did dare to ripen were immediately stolen off the vines by my darn dog! It was so disappointing to care for them all summer long, only to have ZERO payoff.
This June is shaping up to be much the same as last year. The weather during May was so crappy that it took me literally weeks to get my garden planted. There were other roadblocks as well--ran out of garden edging and all the local stores were sold out for weeks, couldn't find the onion shoots I wanted locally and had to bring them home from Utah last week, limited energy & ability to bend down due to progressing pregnancy.
I finally, finally got the onions in the ground on Saturday evening, and then Sunday they were pounded flat by the hail. The leaves of the rhubarb were turned into lace, so I had to go cut as much as I could salvage. The strawberries were torn up, and I realized today that the one red berry that I saw last night that I was going to let Maren pick was eaten by a bird, and the other berries were pecked by birds as well. The green beans look terrible. The tomato plants look sickly, and it appears that only 1 of the 6 potatoes I planted has come up.
Then to top it all off, this afternoon I found that the neighbor girls picked nearly 2/3 of the buds off my day lilies and "planted" them in my flowerpot of petunias (the one I had to replant yesterday because it was completely destroyed in the storm), so now I don't even have those to look forward to. (And they did it while their mom sat not 20 feet away 'supervising' them).
ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Sorry, that really stinks! People who do not watch their children make me mad!
ReplyDeleteI feel so sorry about your garden. Hail is just horrible. You can cover the plants for frost, and you can water them if it's dry, but there's nothing you can do about hail. And to have the flower tragedy on top of that - sigh. You've got my sympathies - hope it helped to vent a little.
ReplyDeleteOh girl Im so sorry!! We are actually having a decent time with out garden this year. Except for the massive overgrowth of weeds & grass I cant keep under control.
ReplyDeleteA spa day is order lil Mama :) I'm sorry you went through all that, it is so discouraging when the forces of nature work against us! I understand completely so vent all ya want to :)
ReplyDeleteummmmm....eerrrr....might I suggest a massage and a large hot fudge sundae?
ReplyDeleteMay a sweet experience soon replace and overshadow all of this! :- )
ReplyDeleteAs a semi gardener, I'm so upset for you! Especially about the neighbor girls. We had an adult neighbor pick lilacs and peonies, then come to tell us about it saying he had 'borrowed' them. I'm fairly easy going, but I got really peeved about that. Now finally looking into fences.
ReplyDeleteWeather is fickle and sometimes mean. Hopefully some of the plants will recover. Tomato plants can surprise you! Crossing green thumbs for you!
Rorry 'bout that,nature is beating the ground with rain,here in Dallas too!
ReplyDeleteWe just had a heck of a storm blo through with tons of rain and wind. I'm a'scared to go out and look at our garden. Grrrr Mother Nature!
ReplyDeleteI just put in our first veggie garden a couple of weekends ago and I am terrified that the weather is going to kill the poor thing. The neighbor girls picking all your flowers? Naughty! What a huge bummer. Go buy yourself a nice bouquet of flowers and hopefully you will feel MUCH better!
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