My Hits and Misses of the 2024–25 Summer Vegetable Season
A review of what worked well and what I'll do differently next time
The summer of 2024–25 was as hot and dry as I can remember. Established, resilient trees that I’d never had to water suddenly started looking wilted and lethargic. I spent much of March tangled in hoses directing water to parts of the garden that had never received a single drop other than what fell from the sky.
My vegetable patch and productive spaces …