<p>Maybe it's the August heat. Seems like once a year I feel like throwing in the towel and plowing everything under. Today was one of those days.</p>
<p>I picked as many bean beetles off the sticks of beans as I could. I really should have just pulled them out. I actually did later, you know, when you're getting tired and you see how much more there is to do? So half the row got plucked, half pulled up. Then I put the row cover on. But I also had to pluck from the beans that I had under row cover from the get go. It's so depressing.</p>
<p>And I don't know how I don't have anything to take to market. I tried so hard to do succession plantings. And I did. But like with the beans, they just aren't making it. Little rascals, probably mice, are knawing at the beets. Anything above the ground is getting chewed. And the carrots just don't seem to be growing. The melons all rotted and the tomatoes were a bust! Actually, in all fairness, we did have a few nice tomatoes, but very few for all the plants we had. </p>
<p>And it feels like all I hear is negative about being able to keep up with it. I KNOW I AM NOT KEEPING UP but I'm doing the best I can and also doing the best I can to NOT let it stress me out. So I planted a few peas but I did not plant the root veggies because I was in a "I'm not planting anything else" mood. And I told David we're NOT going to market this next Saturday. In fact, we're through for the year. Now, when the sweet potatoes are ready and the broccoli starts coming in I may change my mind.</p>
<p>But I am so done with cut flowers! Gonna let some go to seed to collect. I may cut some for me to bring in but of course there are way too many for me to do them all. I should cut and take to the nursing home but I just don't have the energy/time for that even! </p>
<p>And there is so much clean up needed. </p>
<p>Who knows, maybe next weekend I'll feel better about it all. Just not today.</p>
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