Distressed and Disheartened

I'm thinking it's time to evaluate this garden experience.

And right now, I don't know what to think. I'm already started on this odd cycle that I can't figure out. Now admittedly, I haven't done a lot of research.

But this is what happens.

First - I plant the seeds or plants (mostly seeds). They start to grow - and look *amazing*. There are all kinds of pictures of gorgeous, blossom-filled plants in other posts on this blog.

But then - it stops. The plants get little tomatoes, or cucumbers, or squash and I get all excited. And then they just... stop growing. Every one of my tomato plants right now is full of tiny little green tomatoes. And they've been there for days.

None of them are ripening.

Here are some pictures of my formerly beautiful cucumber and squash plants:

This cucumber plant is dead to the point I pulled it out of the dirt.

These squash plants were icky and I pulled them out. I have one more plant still growing, but it's already starting to do the same thing. I just hope it hangs on long enough that I get the two squash on it. Probably not, they are tiny and won't get any bigger.

I've been fertilizing, trying to fight pests, and I just don't get it.

So tomorrow, I think it's time for some evaluation of my progress. More on that tomorrow.

:)