Any gardener worth his/her compost can relate to what I'm saying. When your garden, which you've nurtured for months goes down, first you want to cry though you may not.Then you get mad. "I'm just going to let it all go. What's the point? It's not worth it." You may allow a few tears but then you remember the point.Before you know it you put the tragedy behind you and think ahead to fall planting, lettuce, spinach, chard and peas. There's plenty of extra space.


Like these 6' tall sunflowers which withstood the full assault, you just shrug and present a sunny face.

Text and pictures © 2009 Mona E. Dunn