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Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: How it all went terribly wrong (humor)

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With the excitement of owning our home, my husband had tilled a garden spot for me. I had lovingly chosen plants to cultivate; my favorite, the baby of the garden, and the only survivor - my tomatoes. I had planted them from seed. I thought I had researched and had chosen wisely, but everyone I talked to told me I had planted them too early. I was going to prove them wrong. For three months I babied my tomato seedlings. I checked them daily; I weeded and watered. I knelt down where my nemesis, the ant, lived. I was winning. My plants were beautiful. The yellow of the blossoms were tellin...

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