Garden Replant

My poor garden took a beating while we were gone. Only two of my basil plants made it. The rest look like they were never there. 😭 Did something eat them or did they whither away from wind/heat/lack of water? My two Roma tomato plants also shriveled up and I couldn't see the rosemary I planted. A couple pepper plants were gone too. 

The trellis plants look okay- transplants all alive and the seeds have sprouted. My cucumbers have sprouted too. The ones struggling are the items I planted inside holes in flattened cardboard boxes, intending to put mulch on top but ran out of time before we left. The weeds have pushed the cardboard up, and at my quick look around I couldn't tell if any of the seeds were growing. Sigh. 

Thankfully the garden center still had plant starts, so I restocked the tomatoes, peppers, and herbs, along with a bean plant and a basil plant. The basil isn't a kind I'm excited about, but I want fresh basil, so I'll plant it and start some new basil from seed.