The lack of rain and brutal heat proved too much for the remaining sisters. I had been watering them, but I missed a crucial weekend and they wilted. A few dried out beans were swaying in the wind.
The squash had started to flower, but everything is dried up. Next season I will do a planting in the community garden on my block. One of the gardeners is going to work with me. I am also starting to look for street sites for a new round of pollinator seeds.
I am scouting out places where the weeds are strong. I have read about planting wildflower seeds in the late fall. The winter cold is good for the seeds and they start earlier in the spring. Most of the problems I had with the pollinators were from the weeds taking over and then people would pull up the weeds, and my plants. I hope the seedlings can get established before the weeds and the weeders move in.
