I found another culprit in the garden saga. We'll call him "Kerry" for lack of another nice name. I had mentioned that the garden seemed dry all the time, and asked if it was getting enough water, he said he thought so. Ack...my fault for not clarifying what he thinks is enough. Apparently, he thought it was getting 30 min. every other day, which I don't think is enough, and I told him to bump it up to 45 min. every other day. It was 20 min. every other day. No wonder nothing is growing, and the dirt is bone dry.
I could cry. And maybe I should have seeing as how I found this out while I was weeding my evening away when I could have been putting my new stamps together. At least my tears would have watered my plants...