My work-with-what-you've-got garden

The last few days have been annoying, frustrating, and the thing that started it all off could have killed me. Well, I don't want to say that (even if it's true)- I'll just say I, as well as others, could have been seriously injured.

But enough about that.. let me gush more about my windows garden. Or indoor garden? I don't know. I had left a lot of the pots outside during the rain, because I didn't realize it was going to be as bad as it was. When I checked on them this morning, the first thing I said was "oops."

Although all the pots are self-draining, one of them had had enough and was full of water, drowning and semi-burying in dirt its small tomato plants. I dumped all that out, unburied the sprouts, and coaxed them to stand up again. One of the big bean plants had bent near the top due to all the wind. So oops again.

I fixed it up as best as I could with new, longer bamboo skewers (yes, like for shish kabob) and tin foil. Yes, tin foil. And this is why.. my normal fix is tape (scotch, painters, etc), buuuut.. tape wasn't going to stick to wet bean plants. I also thought I'd go back to string/yarn, but it doesn't seem to work as well- only offering one-point of support. (I have also used twist ties in the past, which are better than string.) The tape works well because you have as many points of support as the tape is wide. (I'm such a gardener.)

I was going to try strips of paper, but then (light bulb!) I thought of the tin foil. Like tape, but better! It can get wet, has many points of support, and is bendable. It's easily adjustable, you can slide it up or down the stem as needed, etc.

You think this is crazy? Another one of my bean plants snapped in two places almost 2 weeks ago due to a mishap with a window- I straightened it out, taped it in place, and voila! It's fine. Sort of fine. Fine as in not dead, not wilting, is ready to open a flower, etc- but also not able to stand unsupported anymore. So I basically have bionic/Frankenstein plants. My plants are held together with tape, whatever, so are a lot of things in life.

On the other side of all this nonsense, many of the plants are nearly ready or have already started to flower.. and that's so exciting for this very light green-thumbed girl.

Yes, I'm totally aware of how ridiculous of a gardener I am, but when I have home-grown beans and cucumbers, I will be much less ridiculous. In theory.