Arrrgh.
We got the much-needed rain, but that also meant that slugs came out. There aren’t many, but it was enough to wipe off nearly a month of work – almost all my pumpkins, except butternut, are dead. This is because they were weakened by the stupidly cold and dry May (we basically had April weather in May, and then it went straight into June), and did not manage to take root and grow fast enough after being planted outside. I will be lucky to have any zucchini or Hokkaido at all.
My mood took a nosedive.
Too bad.
Having started to read your agri-oriented posts with much interest, I am sorry to hear that.
At the cost of suggesting the bloody obvious, maybe you could:
-- restart new seedlings, possibly under plastic and much sun in order to push the little bastards along a bit,
-- or simply cheat and get some already stable plants either at market or from some neighbour/colleague (I did that last year when my basil seeds crapped out on me en masse, so I got some plants and had basil enough for salads and some pesto).
I know, herbs are easy and proper veggies and fruit not at all, but what can one do but persevere…
It was brassicas in our case, but we had slug attacks too. I feel your pain.