One Step Forward, Two Steps Back...

   After my last post, I was feeling pretty good about my garden. I had it cleaned up, fertilized, and started planting new seeds. My garden was beginning to produce vegetables, and I thought the bulk of my hard work was behind me. Boy oh boy, was I wrong!!
   We had a string of hard storms over the past weekend. After waiting a few days to let the garden dry, I was shocked at what I had found. The corn and borage were beaten down. Tomato plants were knocked over. It was a disaster!! Not to mention the weeds were back in full force. My heart was broken. I put so much work into my garden, and to see it in that shape was very discouraging. But after assessing the damage, I decided there was nothing else to do but suck it up and get in recovery mode.

   I drove around the other gardens to see their damage, and went home sad but determined to repair my garden. At least I am getting beautiful cucumbers, and the corn still standing is almost ready to harvest. The tomatoes are close to turning red also. I am so ready for tomatoes and watermelon!!

My beautiful and delicious cucumbers!

  
   In my next blog, I'll talk about the steps I am taking to recovery. I have a lot of work ahead of me.
Here are pictures of the damage done to the surrounding gardens...