Disappointment

So, it is now the beginning of August and all I have to show for all my efforts is a bunch of 4" carrots, 4 zucchini (even though the plant itself is giant and there have been lots of flowers) and a bunch of green tomatoes (one is turning). The tomato plants are MAYBE 3 feet tall. Everyone elses are around 5 or 6 feet. My cucumbers have just started to crawl up the fence and there are a few 2 or 3 inch cukes hanging. The neighbor just dropped off a bag of 7-8" plump cukes for us. My corn is growing, and there is one cob about 7", the rest are smaller, still hope. My raspberry bushes are surviving. One is being overtaken by the giant zucchini and is the only one producing any berries - I think we have had 8 so far. The parsley is thick and basil ok. My watermelon are out of the ground. One is actually looking decent (though I know if I saw other's I would know how pathetic even that one is). It has a little melon starting to grow. The flowers LOOK like they should be great. The Cosmic oranges are about 4' tall and nice green, yet only one has produced flowers. The Zinnias are actually the fist flowers to bloom and be pretty nice. The 4 o'clock mix is finally in bloom but is more of a 5 or 6 o'clock mix and they have NO smell. Sheesh. My marigolds have finally taken off in the pot at the end of the driveway (after I decided the large fern like plants overtaking everything were in fact weeds and pulled them)

The lawn is still pretty sad too. I will admit it is softer on that side of the house, but there are still brown patches and the spots I dug up the moss and planted seed are still black. I really should have spent a little more and used seeding soil.

Conclusions. No more seeds. I guess you really do need to start them inside and I really do not want to do that. So next year it will be nursery plants and I will add more perennials each year. A few expensive ones that will actually bloom and be nice like the pictures.

sighhhh.