I feel your pain as well. I've abandoned some areas I was trying to cultivate. "Shade gardens" are just baby tree patches now.
In the still possible to save areas, I'm losing a battle with chamberbitters, but still fighting valiantly, pulling as much as I can first thing in the morning on Sat. & Sun. From the very first moment of daylight, it's so hot, I can't see from the sweat in my eyes.
Between now and this time next year, I want to start building some raised beds so at least I won't have so much squatting & stooping to do when tending plants & pulling weeds. I've also been propagating more shrubs that can grow out in the mowed area and don't need the coddling that smaller plants do.
Picking your tomatoes is a serious foul. If they are big, their goal may be to make fried green tomatoes.
