I went away for a week and left the garden completely unattended. It survived, for the most part. I had to count on Mother Nature to water it, but did pick beans and tomatoes before I left and gave them to a neighbor. I didn't want to let the fruits of my labor spoil on the vine.
I am not sure on the weather while I was gone, but we did come back to the remains of a hurricane or tropical storm. Things looked pretty good, and nothing had dried out at all (no chance of that
this summer anyways!). One of the bean bushes had collapsed on itself, breaking its support. But that didn't stop the bush from producing a huge amount of beans during the week. The first thing I had to do was bring in 2 full pots of beans and about 15 tomatoes. There are still some (ok, alot) of tomatoes ripening, and today I saw a squirrel running around with a small green one in his mouth. At least they will get eaten. Unfortunately, 4 or 5 did rot during the week, but I'm sure they will be put to good use in the compost heap. Or by the theiving squirrels.
The flower garden looked amazing. The sunflowers opened, and of the many many seedlings I planted, 7 flowers remain. But, they are pretty. One of the flowers had broken weeks ago, but I left it where it was and was rewarded for my hope (lazyiness) with an open bloom. I cut a nice bouquet from all the blooms....
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