All of the plants in my garden seem to be dead. They are still there, giving me a tiny bit of hope. If I look closely though, I can see that they have lost the deep green color of plant life, and the bugs seem to be working away at what leaves they have remaining. I think it is time to cut my gardening losses. I lost interest long ago, but like so many things in my life, it isn’t easy for me to give up, even without the satisfaction of growth.
It truly is the summer of my discontent.
"We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are always there for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.
-- Jeff Warner
"What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you've lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That's what I would give to you."
-Fanni Victoria Green-Lemons (talking to her daughter)
If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can, there is nothing more to it than that.
"The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchhill
Jumping Daisy 
Tricia — At various times in my life, I have been all gung ho about gardening and growing my own vegetables. Like you, everything seemed to die, and I quickly lost interest. I’ve thrown in the towel permanenetly. Isn’t that what farmers’ markets are for? I will only revisit my need to garden if a revolution happens, and I am forced to fortify me and my family against evil-doers by creating a family compound in Farley that is self-sustaining and off the grid. 🙂