Friends. Pals. Anyone out there?
I give up. No, not forever. But for the season. Can’t take it anymore. Not another minute.
The Pretty Much Picasso petunias are completely faded and have almost quite blooming. The dahlias were DOA. Dead on my arrival (I was in Chicago for 5 days). Beans are barely producing. Strawberries and raspberries have come to a screeching halt and the tomatoes never did get up and running. The Sungold tomato, um, someone forgot to water IT in my absence. You know about the hoppers and weevils? Well, as if they aren’t bad enough, we’ll add 4 downdrafts to that, peaking at 70 knots. Believe it or knot, that is 80.6 miles per hour. It knocked over my two tallest tomato plants and broke one in half. It broke one branch of my new 5 foot tall ‘Twisty Baby’ honey locust off at the soil. Enough already.
One man died when a tree fell on him.
My darling niece’s wedding reception was cut very short by the power outage from the storm.
I will now turn my focus to ordering bulbs for 2011.
Dee and Carol, I hope your gardens have fared better than mine.
Ta ta,
One pathetic caretaker at Ranch du Bois
Gardening 365 – Day 237 and a pathetic one it is.
Dear MaryAnn, it sounds sort of dreadful, but I love your spunk to look forward, not back! Bulb ordering should bring you back to your normal sweet self in no time. There is nothing like the hope for the future, gardens or otherwise, to get our heads and hearts in the right direction.
How about trying some fall lettuce with those bulbs?
Mine did okay until the horrid temps hit. Then, it was a veggie tailspin. Sorry you had such bad luck this year.
Hi MaryAnn,
Sorry to hear this season has been a bust for your garden. I somehow got lucky and my garden here in Eagle escaped the microblasts! I’m sure we’ll get to be part of the next big wind storm though as we get plenty of wind normally. My bit of positive thinking is that it looks like things are going to get a little cooler and I can start moving and planting things again. I have a hard time in the heat of summer when I can’t move things I don’t like or plant new items cause the heat is so high. Also, I got a notice saying fall veggie starts at some nurseries are ready to go so that is another bright light!