Here's what the garden looked like when I got back:
Not too bad really. The size of the tomato plants was shocking. And seeds I had planted at the last second before leaving seemed to do very well. Seems like almost all of the bean seeds came up:
Most cucumbers sprouted:
Even the random pumpkins made it:
There was a LOT of rain, even though it was VERY warm while I was gone. I had the automatic drip irrigation system set up to run half an hour a day, but that was very extraneous in late May and most of June.
It's interesting because even the town of Harrisonburg, only 7 miles away, had very little rain. I was just on the edge of the thunderstorms that were hitting the western mountains.
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