GRAGH.
But it's going okay, and I'll have some harvestin' to do this late summer/fall. Biggest disappointment so far: LOST MY MONTREAL MELONS. I even waited two weeks after the last frost date. Planted them and then whammo, a week of cold gross drizzle. Transplants did not take well. I also almost lost my pumpkins. I say almost because there is still one plant wheezing through. WONDER IF I'LL GET A PUMPKIN.
Anyway, here are some rainy day, post freakish hailstorm garden pics.
golf ball sized and bigger!! this is my excuse for my crappy garden!
cilantro is growing enthusiastically, as if to say "it's not so bad! we're fiiiinnne!"
sage too! thanks guys.
basil, not so much
eggplants and peppers are finally recovering from transplant setback. might actually get some stuff!
eggplants got slightly shredded from the hail...
tomatoes lost a couple branches to the hail, but are so far looking good. my leggy little seedlings have almost totally caught up to our neighbours' greenhouse ones, so...
this little dude decided to start makin babies while still in the house. I decided to let it go, just to see how much it would affect the plant. as you can see, it is pouring all of it's feeble energy into those t'maters. one of them got knocked off by hail. still, those two tomatoes is more than I got from all my plants last year... sigh that makes me feel like such a sucky gardener...
after my extreme hardy cucumber experience last year, I was like, "transplanting? noooo problem. these dudes will be fiiinne," and they were like, "we die now." they were organic, maybe that explains it? so I ran and got some GMO ones because I'm determined to get some goddamn cukes. this is them. they have until early august to please me.
me: "how y'doin pumpkin plant?" pumpkin plant: "GASP WHEEEEZE COUGH COUGH." me: "well okay then, keep up the good work!" the photo is blurry because I couldn't stomach looking for too long.
some plucky summer squash and dill. keepin the dream alive.
and this, which punctuates my failures as a gardener. guess what? veggie plants HATE THE SHADE. what we have here are some silently weeping carrots, bad-attitude lettuces, suicidal beets, and 'not so much angry, just extremely disappointed' peas. the only guys who are happy are the garlic. I should have planted all garlic.
So there it is. Next year I will have learned a thing or two. Mainly that gardening in this zone in the city is really freaking frustrating.
