"On the first warming days of spring, my heart flowered with optimism. I gave everyone delicious fertilizer. I was blessed when a basil plant magically appeared in the garden bed with the tomatoes. I watched the slightly older rose bush bloom with its first flowers. The Earth, I thought was full of magic and wonder. And boy was I wrong! Lies! Deception! Hurt!"
"This year, I planted three cherry tomato plants and one heirloom tomato plant. In addition to these, my garden is full of perennials. I have lavender and rosemary and thyme and oregano that all come back on their own in addition to a blackberry bush that has never once produced fruit, and a bunch of local pollinator flowers. I also have three rose bushes which sit in front of my house and are in their infancy."
"The rest of the summer, I was tormented by my garden. After blooming once, the roses never bloomed again. They grew, but produced no flowers. The cherry tomato plants (which I have historically had no problems with at all) managed to produce a total of one dozen tiny tomatoes which didn't even taste that good. The lavender did not flower. One of my scarlet honeysuckle plants just straight up died in July for no reason at all!"
One gardener planted three cherry tomato plants and one heirloom tomato plant, alongside perennials including lavender, rosemary, thyme, oregano, a non-fruiting blackberry bush, pollinator flowers, and three young rose bushes. Early spring produced enthusiastic growth and a spontaneously appearing basil plant, and one rose bush bloomed. Summer brought disappointment: roses bloomed only once, cherry tomatoes yielded about a dozen small, mediocre fruits, lavender failed to flower, and a scarlet honeysuckle died in July. Watering and placement remained essentially unchanged, with slightly less watering due to heavy rain. A large tomato remains unripe in cool weather, and falling ivy accidentally broke two herb plants.
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