We were traveling this past May during the peak time for getting a garden going. Days count when there’s a short growing season and my bean plant is just coming into its own these days, on the cusp of season ending nighttime frost.
It’s bad enough to fight the calendar. Now throw in some pest that is methodically stripping the plant of all the leaves it can get its nasty little biting parts on.
Don’t let the beans in this shot fool you. The little varmints have gotten most of them, too. And I won’t bore you with my sorry squash tales. This year’s garden has been a bust.
I haven’t had a great harvest this year either except for basil which has grown like crazy!
Better luck next year!
At least you got this far. I am so bad at growing things, I’d very get to this stage.
Our beans were eaten by bugs and birds. We lost, they won. The battle will continue next year and we’ll try something different to keep them away. We are thinking about getting a polytunnel.
Nearly every year is a garden bust for me when it comes to veges.