Jumping on the Gardener's Death Day Bandwagon

After reading Annie's Granny's blog, which led me to the Gardening Without Skills' blog discussing Garden Blogger's Death Day, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and post this month's garden carnage for my garden. My garden may be small, and my carnage smaller, but it's a big deal for this first time gardener... Two crops that I've previously mentioned are my failed carrots and broccoli. Scroll down a bit to see how beautiful my last broccoli was looking (I had three but pulled two that weren't growing well). After a heat wave hit, however, I pulled it. It turned out good that I did this because there were a LOT of eggs on the undersides of the leaves, which I'm fairly certain would've grown into cabbageworms. Yolo Wonder bell peppers - These poor plants... I've put them through so much... First I gave them too much nitrogen (blood meal), then I over watered them. Finally, they were fine and dandy until I separated them from one container to two. Then with the 98-104 heat we've had since last week, the fruits were getting burned, and the roots probably steamin' in those pots! I moved them off of the concrete and cut the largest of the peppers off, but I'm pretty sure they're done for. Snap dragons and verbena - I haven't had my snapdragons and verbena for very long, and was able to get two rounds of blooms from them. But with their location above the concrete, sitting along a stucco wall, and, again with the heat, they finally succumbed. I wonder if snapdragons are edible... These fried up all crispy-like... See that peat pot nestled in the soil? I think these, and a combination of spider mites are leading to the demise of my green beans--and largest crop. I've pulled one plant whose roots didn't travel too far outside the peat pot, and the others seem to quickly be following it's lead (boo hoo). To end on a quirky note, my last garden carnage occured this evening with the death of my sweet potato surrogate. She did a great job at producing slips for me. I was even able to freecycle enough for two people to grow some in their gardens YAY! Sadly, I needed to lay her to rest--in the garbage. She was starting to get stinky, and was well into the rotting phase of life. Thank you sweet, sweet potato. Here's winkin' back atcha. ;-)