The Lament of the Unsuccessful Gardener

For the past few years, I've tried to figure out this gardening thing, and it's not really working for me.  It's not that I have a black thumb, more like I have no thumb whatsoever.  I missed the time for planting this year, so my square foot garden looks like this:

Very sad, indeed.  At least the hula-hoops seem to be thriving and the pots are multiplying.

I'm not completely giving up for this year, though.  Here are my tiny lettuce seedlings:

Grow, little plants, grow!  If I can get one small salad out of my garden this year, I'll be happy.