A combination of heat and flea beetles took a toll on my poor beans, chard, and cucumber plants. I had to take out the beans and chard completely and I'm hoping the cucumbers recover. Summer gardening is hard. I feel like the garden reflects my own aversion to the heat and humidity. Things turn brown, the pests move in... and then I throw my hands up in the air in complete exasperation. I want to raise a white flag. Then I harvest a big bowl of tasty green beans (before pulling the plants out) and realize there is a nice bunch of carrots ready to be harvested. I still can't seem to manage to grow healthy tomato plants, but a few are still looking pretty good (fingers crossed). And I can always hold out hope for the pepper plants... the peppers always seem to come through my summer garden unscathed...
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