Impending drought means never having to plant it in the first place.

[Denninmi]

No good rain here for 3 weeks, and our prospects look dim.

Time to dump the un-planted flats. I'm not going to be able to water it all anyway, and I had to chase deer out of the upper garden last night.

I think I would rather concentrate and maintenance and improvements the rest of the summer than on fighting another losing battle with the weather.

C'est la vie.

[LaydeeBug]

1. I am so sorry. Maybe just a small potted herb garden?

I just do that with some lettuces and some tomato plants (This is my first time gardening since I discovered my side porch actually gets enough sunlight.)

[Denninmi]

2. Ah, I'm not sorry.

It's mainly excess anyway. I'll get enough out of my main garden. Just mostly things like extra tomatoes, squash, melons, cucumbers, brassicas. Won't really be missed. I have a few flowers started, too, those I'm just going to tuck in here and there into pots I've already got going.

[NJCher]

3. awww

I hate to hear of plants being dumped. Can you post the extras on craigslist? Maybe someone can make good use of them.

BTW, I once gardened in a drought year and had bang-up produce for just two reasons:

a) I mulched heavily

b) I used drip irrigation, which the plants like better anyway.

Re the latter, doesn't have to be a "professional" system. You can set up all sorts of things to "drop," like small holes in soda bottles.


Cher

[Denninmi]

4. I gave up on drip years ago.

I used to lay about 2500 to 3000 feet to T-tape every season. I was constantly patching and mending where voles would chew into it to get water. I have just gone back to overhead portable sprinklers and regular rubber hose.