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>second year doing a garden
>first year squiggers ate all the seedlings so it didn't really count
>build a nice enclosure for everything so squirrels and deer can't get to my plants
>started planting in early june bc I'm terrible at planning things and building the enclosure took more time than I expected it would
>plant pumpkins, bean bushes, potatoes, dill, oregano, marigold
>planted some cantaloupe on the summer solstice
>potato vines grow alright
>dill and oregano take some time to get going but they're looking good now and are really quite strong in smell
>marigolds have gotten to a decent size but haven't flowered yet
>bean bushes grew wonderfully
>only planted two bc I only have a small space to work with
>since like a month ago, able to harvest a serving's worth of green beans once every 5-7 days
>pumpkin vines grow like crazy
>male flowers start blooming
>female buds take a long time to start showing up, like only in the past couple of weeks
>none of them have reached the flowering stage before dying
>go out to check my garden today
>almost all of the pumpkin vine leaves are yellow and brown
>almost start crying because I feel like I betrayed a friend or something
>decide to trim the diseased parts from the plant
>spend maybe 20 minutes solemnly pruning the vine, which is easily 30-40 feet in length because I made it go in a circle in my enclosure, and one of the vines actually just trained itself up the wall of the enclosure and all the way around it
>by the time I'm done maybe 70% of the leaves are gone
>feeling legitimately depressed because I didn't take good enough care of my poor pumpkin vine
>he didn't even look sick yesterday aside from like maybe one or two tiny leaves that looked sickly
>tfw completely let down a plant that was trusting and depending on me to take care of it
normally being in the garden and tending to it is nice and therapeutic, but this is just awful. it feels like I'd think running over your dog feels like, but not as extreme
