Plant Recoveries

left: corn

right: tomatoes

My corn, despite planting them on a super hot sunny day are looking fabulous. They've grown a bit and is loving their new sunny location.

Most of my tomato plants look like they're getting their color back after their dry-out scare. I still see no pepper or eggplant recoveries :(. My cucumbers are looking good though and I might still be able to use two of the okra seedlings.

I feel bad for my veggie babies. They've got such an amateur momma. It sucks that I leave town a lot for work too. But I'm not giving up on my goal to a bountiful harvest in the summer! I hope this week's hot and sunny forecast does my garden good :)

Dried Up Seedlings ;____;

I was gone for work for two days... two very hot days. Sadly my boyfriend didn't water my seedlings enough and I came home to dying/dead sprouts in dried up dirt ;____;. Sadness rains in my sunny garden today...

top left: eggplant

top right: okra

bottom left: green pepper

bottom right: tomato

The tomato doesn't look too bad in the photo but all the leaves that were lush bright green on Saturday are now looking frail and yellow.

The pepper and eggplants don't look like there's much hope for revival which is so sad since it took FOREVER for the peppers to sprout, and I don't have any more seeds left :( The eggplant on the other hand I planted a new batch last week so I am so grateful for that.

I'm most saddened by my okras :( One looks weak but might recover.... The other sprouts don't look so good. The whole reason I started a garden was because I wanted to grow and eat my own okras. Everything else started out being the "extras". So I reaaaally hope they do okay!!!

The one thing that did survive okay despite being in such dry soil were my cucumbers. I was surprised, but I'm guessing it was because they're pretty big and strong at this point compared to the others that were still just sprouting.

They are still a bit frail compared to how I left them so I'm hoping a good soak will help them regain their strength :)

I hope my boyfriend will consistently keep my sprouts watered from now on... Coming home to a dying garden is a bit depressing......