Summer/Fall Garden Update

I think it’s time to throw in the trowel.

My once cute little secret garden full of promising sprouts has been decimated by heat and wind.

I haven’t updated my blog in a while because I felt so discouraged. All that hard work. All that getting up early and watering in my pajamas, for this. And I can say I didn’t do a dadgum thing in the garden for all of October except pull up dead plants.

But oh, the drama of it all! Here are some highs and lows in photos, May-December.

I learned so much from trial and error, and I found out about some plants that do well in my microclimate, like zinnias.

The important thing is to get back in the saddle again. During this time I attended a plant sale and lecture series about desert gardening, and it made me feel better that even the master gardeners were saying what a difficult season it was this summer. I bought some seeds and now I’m ready to try again.