Gardening is a hobby that gives you something really tangible: if done right, it can sustain you. In the U.S., growing your own food is quite popular. According to Raleigh Realty, 55% of American households have a garden.
Although lots of people do it, not all are so successful at it. A lot of things have to go right if you want to enjoy a good harvest: weather conditions, soil, and enough love and care. This time, we’re celebrating the hilarious times people’s gardening efforts yielded less than desirable results, courtesy of the Might Harvest subreddit.
Bored Panda reached out to Linda Ly, the founder of Garden Betty, a top gardening and home blog. She shared her own experiences with garden fails and told us why making mistakes is a vital part of having your own garden. Read her expert insights below!
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#1 I Did It, I Grew A Watermelon!
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#2 I Was So Excited When I Saw A Quarter-Sized Carrot Top Poking Through The Soil 😑
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#3 So Excited For My First Ever Eggplant Harvest! I’ll Feed My Family For Nanoseconds With This Haul. Recipe Suggestions?
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#4 Well, At Least It’s Pretty
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#5 I Found Even Smaller Tomatoes
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#6 Bountiful Harvest
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#7 My Brother’s Bountiful Corn Harvest!
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#8 Should I Soak The Olive Or Turn It Into Oil?
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#9 Eggplant (Egg For Scale)
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#10 My Only Cucumber This Year
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#11 If I Store It Correctly, This Carrot Should Last My Family All Winter!
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#12 Update From My Lemon Tree
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#13 Apple Pie Anyone?
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#14 I Was Told You Guys Would Appreciate This. Behold: My Ghost Pepper
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#15 I Planted Bananas On My Backyard
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#16 My Neighbors Sunflower Has A Comically Small Bloom For It’s Massive Size
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#17 I Think I Can Open A Soup Kitchen Now
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#18 My $100 Water Bill Watermelon
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#19 Pineapple Pizza Toppings For Everyone!
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#20 My First Ripe Habanero, And A Zucchini That Hid Under Weeds And Avoided Detection. The Zucchini Was Kind Enough To Say Hi To Me When I Found It! The Habanero Has Been Eaten And Was Nowhere Near As Spicy As I’d Expected
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#21 Decided To Harvest All Of My Chives To Make Chive Powder. Behold My Mighty Chive Powder Stash
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#22 Just Thinking About All The Stew We Will Have
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#23 Behold This Giant Lime – My First Lime Harvest
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#24 Recipe Says To Use Two Lemons
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#25 10 Generations Of My People Will Never Know What It Feels Like To Be Hungry!
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#26 Yesterday’s Mighty Harvest Is Today’s Breakfast!
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#27 Eggplant Smaller Than An Egg
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#28 My Sister Just Handed Me This
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#29 Time To Learn How To Preserve Asparagus, We’ll Swim In It Soon!
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#30 Alas, I Fear The Gallons Of Tomato Soup I Will Make With This Bountiful Harvest Will Mold Before It Can All Be Eaten. No One Could Ever Consume Such Quantity :(
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