I don’t think I am going to enjoy gardening during the fall and winter as much as I do spring and summer. It just doesn’t feel right, like it’s the wrong time to be growing things, even though I know Texas is perfect for growing things all year long. I also find I am not nearly as excited about going out and checking my plants and puttering around out there. Maybe it’s just because it’s gotten off to a rough start, and it’s still such an overgrown, horrible mess out there.

I guess I’ll just keep trying to get things in order –get the weeds, ants, and other pests gone– and plant the rest of my seeds for this season. Then I’ll just have to try to keep myself interested in keeping up with it.

Other than the fact the whole garden is a mess right now, everything I planted is growing. We’ll be eating some radishes in a few more days, and there are oodles of beans on the bushes. The fall and winter things all look healthy and fine (amidst the weeds and dog foot prints and ant nests). The stuff I didn’t expect to do well isn’t doing well. I thought I would try, and now I know not to bother trying for one more go at cucumbers and squash so late in the year.

There is one thing out there that made me smile and get excited: one tiny little lettuce popped up in Bed Two where lettuce has never been planted! It must have self-seeded from the Black Seeded Simpson in Bed One this spring and sat around waiting for the temperatures to be right to sprout. How lucky it popped up in the area I was planning to plant lettuce in too! I’m going to try to save it when I clear out that side of the bed. I’ve got a head start on the lettuce!

So yeah, there is one thing in the garden making me happy at the moment. Everything else? Not so much (yet).

I need a nap.