I was some what afraid to get started on my vegetable garden this year (2011). I have never ever planted anything in the soil and have shamelessly killed several beautiful flowering plants in the past. So with hesitation and self doubt I modestly purchased 1 tomato plant, 1 bell pepper plant, 4 tiny seedling of cayenne peppers and one Japanese eggplant plant. It was just a few dollars and I assured myself that if I failed it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Oh..let me also say that I also purchased few packets of seeds for the same to try my hand at growing the seedlings myself. This ended up in tragedy...( insert a heavy sigh here) a story for another time.
I planted my vegetable plants late in April, it thrived moderately in the month of May and I was really hoping see some flowers in June and sure enough the little girls bloomed and peaked at me early in June. I was dreaming of fresh tomatoes and fresh peppers to cook and devour, if not every day, at least every week.
Then the vegetable Gods got angry and rained down hails at my garden. I ma not kidding..look at the size of the hail.
and soon the backyard was littered with hail
This partially killed my tomato plant and the pepper plants took a good beating too; they lost all the leaves and flowers. The japanese eggplant was almost a goner. It was a sad day!!!
I had given up hope for my feeble plants but continued to water them everyday in hopes that they would revive.....and they were back to full life and bloom in 10 days. I started to hope again but darned if it didn't happen again!! We had another bout of hail. This time it came down with a vengeance. I lost several green unripened tomatoes, all leaves and flowers in my pepper plants. And the eggplant plant which had 3 flowers just curled up and died. RIP!!!
I was not going to give up. My mom and dad are avid garderners and they were horrified at the damage and they too devled head first in reviving the garden again. It is September now and we have had several helping of fresh tomatoes, cayenne and bell peppers from my garden. I can finally call this year's garden project a SUCCESS
Fresh organic produce from my garden.
I planted my vegetable plants late in April, it thrived moderately in the month of May and I was really hoping see some flowers in June and sure enough the little girls bloomed and peaked at me early in June. I was dreaming of fresh tomatoes and fresh peppers to cook and devour, if not every day, at least every week.
Then the vegetable Gods got angry and rained down hails at my garden. I ma not kidding..look at the size of the hail.
and soon the backyard was littered with hail
This partially killed my tomato plant and the pepper plants took a good beating too; they lost all the leaves and flowers. The japanese eggplant was almost a goner. It was a sad day!!!
I had given up hope for my feeble plants but continued to water them everyday in hopes that they would revive.....and they were back to full life and bloom in 10 days. I started to hope again but darned if it didn't happen again!! We had another bout of hail. This time it came down with a vengeance. I lost several green unripened tomatoes, all leaves and flowers in my pepper plants. And the eggplant plant which had 3 flowers just curled up and died. RIP!!!
I was not going to give up. My mom and dad are avid garderners and they were horrified at the damage and they too devled head first in reviving the garden again. It is September now and we have had several helping of fresh tomatoes, cayenne and bell peppers from my garden. I can finally call this year's garden project a SUCCESS
Lone tomato ready to be plucked
Cayenne chilies ready to ripe
Fresh organic produce from my garden.
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