Holy heck! In all the recent hullaballoo re: my stupid life, you guys were probably FREAKING OUT wondering what was going on with my dearest and most darling garden. "Is she just going to ABANDON all her hard work?? What has become of her sticktuitiveness?? What kind of attitude is that and does it need adjusting??" Happy (and relieved, and sheepish) to say: my current garden and I are reconciling. I realized that everything I wanted I already had, and that this sweet little patch, in all its imperfections, was where my true happiness lived (LIFE ANALOGY ALERT).
So anyhooooooooooooooo... here's how my darlin lil garden grows!
Explodotowne! The one end is too shady (I will never learn my lesson! NEVERRRRR!) so the beets and carrots weren't super happy. There are some tomatoes there, peppers, and a late cucumber plant. The melons gave a feeble shot at being alive, but ultimately preferred being dead.
Squash flowerpower!
Pattypan Squashes! They are called PATTYPAN SQUASHES. It's basically like eating pure cute.
Pumpkins are giving a noble shot at "getting themselves out there", but they had a late start and might be making fools of themselves by trying. I'll let them think that everything is going fine, though.
Swiss chard and peas! There was also lots of lettuce here which has since been picked and eaten ravenously. Side note: all of my marigolds decided to grow REALLY tall before blossoming. Don't get what they're trying to prove. Like OKAY marigolds. CHILL. OUT.
Mike took pity on my discarded heritage tomato seedlings and planted them around the house and WHAMMO. Massive and thriving tomato plants everywhere! (LIFE ANALOGY ALERT AGAIN) And yes, they do look like they're being strangled, but they like it, I swears (NOT A LIFE ANALOGY ALERT).
More underdog tomato plants and poppies! Poppies everywhere! Also a wasps nest! I don't remember planting wasps! HAHAHAHAHAA
Lil row of corn and beans. These are pretty late because I had originally intended to plant raspberries here, then ran out of time to plant them, so planted these guys. We'll probs get beans, but corn doesn't have a great chance. Ah well. Great job being plants, guys!
This is one of the Tiger Stripes. SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? So pretty and soooooooo so so delicious.
So there! I DON'T just give up on the things that I love and sometimes the most amazing surprises are just a few months of work away (OVERLOAD OF LIFE ANALOGY ALERTS).
Fall will be really nice.
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