The heat!! Goodness the weather is always the unknown when gardening. 3 years ago the spring came early but so did the fall. 2 years ago it was just a cold summer. Last year the spring was cold and wet! Barely saw the sun at all till mid-June and while the fall was nice, it came too soon.
Each year we've planted, something different is affected by the weather. Last year the biggest plant affected was the bell peppers we planted. They had enough sun to turn green but were about 20 days short of sunshine to turn orange and red.
This year the heat has killed the beans, the soup beans that is, yet the onions are growing like crazy and so are the tomatoes (though we've never had a problem with them and always have more then we need.) The cucumber plants aren't growing quite as good as they did last year (they liked the wet cool spring) and I'm not sure what the potatoes are doing under ground but the top sides don't look so good :-(
I have LOT of respect for those way it was before grocery stores. If my zucchini plant doesn't give me one, I can just go to the store and buy one or order seeds for next year from someone else and not worry about harvesting my own seeds if the plants don't grow. Or even for those in many countries who live and die by what the weather does and how it affects their crops.
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