We didn't get much gardening done last year, either, but it was by choice. I was gone for 3 weeks in June, home on the weekends, home for a week, gone for the weekend for a nephew's wedding, home for 3 days, then off to Alaska for two weeks. Got home on a Wednesday, (by that time it was the end of July), left on Saturday for a family reunion in Colorado, got home on Thurs., just in time for youngest son's wedding Aug. 3. This summer will be much quieter, or so it appears right now. My 3 week commitment in June (I cook at our church's Bible camp), and that's it. Looking forward to gardening with my husband, son, and newly acquired daughter-in-law.