It always amazes me how the garden shifts focus from year to year. Two years ago, we drowned in tomatoes. Last year, I planted them in a slightly different spot, and a smidgen too close together, and we got almost nothing. But the beans went into overdrive -- we're *still* eating them! This year, something is eating our bean plants - I suspect there won't be so many this time.
Too bad PA isn't closer to MN -- our strawberries would take over the planet, if I let them.
As for beans and basil - we got an unexpected final frost and I hadn't covered things up, so we lost our fledgling basil plant, but I've put in some seeds (only $1.29!) so I'm hopeful I can reclaim them that way. And we plant our bush beans from seeds too. Early June planting would mean a later harvest, but you should be able to still get *something*, wouldn't you?
Sorry your garden has been thwarting you. Haphazard flower heights might still be pretty, though -- free and unstructured and just plain beautiful. :)
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Too bad PA isn't closer to MN -- our strawberries would take over the planet, if I let them.
As for beans and basil - we got an unexpected final frost and I hadn't covered things up, so we lost our fledgling basil plant, but I've put in some seeds (only $1.29!) so I'm hopeful I can reclaim them that way. And we plant our bush beans from seeds too. Early June planting would mean a later harvest, but you should be able to still get *something*, wouldn't you?
Sorry your garden has been thwarting you. Haphazard flower heights might still be pretty, though -- free and unstructured and just plain beautiful. :)