State of Neglect

What happens when all the gardening enthusiasm I felt in the spring is completely depleted?

Four very weedy, overgrown vegetable plots!

Good thing the plants are so resilient!

Here's one of my pepper plants plugging away.

I was able to clear out three of the four plots

(all of you professional gardeners out there...don't make fun of how small they are...it's a start!)

When I was cleaning up my tools and going inside, my neighbor next door was leaving and gave me a thumbs up. That was a lot better than the nasty looks they've been giving me lately. I know they were wondering when I was going to get my bum in gear and clean up my act!

This same neighbor ended up giving me a wonderful unexpected gift without even knowing it. Once I cleared all the weeds out of my cucumber plot I found these happy Brown Eyed Susans. They have these flowers planted on the side of their house and it looks like some of their seeds blew over into my plot!

I will transplant them to my perennial garden and enjoy them for years to come. Ha!

I deserve a small reward for putting up with their mean looks and judgmental ways!

My flower gardens always fair much better than my vegetable plots. For some reason they are just easier to take care of and maintain. Look at this mum I bought last year. It was discounted because it was about to wither away and die.

It's grown so big I'm having trouble trying to keep it from choking out my other plants!

Crazy mum!