Gardening Woes

After buying a house last August, the first thing I immediately started planning was a garden.  I thought I had learned how to garden after all those years helping my mawmaw weed, water, and harvest; it looks easier than it truly is.

I researched and planned all Winter and was gung-ho about getting started immediately.  [Yeah right, you own a house now]  So, I got a fairly late start but was able to build a raised bed garden and plant veggies by late May/early June.  Things were going well, no to minimum weeding, all I had to do was add water.  Then hits the hottest summer ever and extreme drought conditions.  Let's just say that the only thing to grow [and survive the squirrels] was the jalapeno peppers, and I swear we've eaten less jalapenos this year than any other year, go figure.

So after unsuccessfully growing anything in the summer garden, I've ripped everything out and planted a fall crop.  I say it's a fall crop though I still have some summer veggies in the mix since we're currently at 24 straight days of 100degF weather with no immediate end in sight.  Hopefully this crop will actually be productive and provide me with some hope that I'm not completely incompetent.