Discouraged, in a word. Pissed off, in two words. This could easily have been the biggest crop of plum tomatoes, ever. This morning I walked to the kitchen garden and found half eaten tomatoes all over the ground. I am fairly sure it was the work of a skunk or two. I saw holes in the veggie patch – a sure sign. So tonight, I’ll put out the skunk bait. Damn it! All that back-breaking work only to have it all ruined by a smelly beast that nobody likes.
So much for kitchen garden. I will turn it into a patio next year. I’ll make a raised bed for the herbs and lettuce. In the shade yet. With summers getting progressively hotter, we need more shade.
All my maples have black tar spots. All of them!!! I am so angry I want to do something crazy. I don’t know what else can go wrong. We haven’t had any rain although thank God, it’s cooler than it has been. The grass – what grass? That dried up stuff that used to be grass? Well, no rain and I’m not about to waste collected rainwater on grass. I need it for my trees and shrubs. Maybe I should just cement the whole damn yard and call it a day.
Well, that’s how I’m feeling today.
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