A total failure?

This season, we finally decided to try our luck with a veggie garden. That’s right, we had never tried it in Park City, even though we used to have one while we lived in Chappaqua, New York. That old one wasn’t a great success, but produced mostly a modest tomato crop and we had quite a bit of fun with it. So this past June, just after returning from vacation, I selected the sunniest spot in our garden, cut thirty square feet into the lawn, removed all the grass, turned the dirt, added some steer manure and a few days later proceeded to place three tomato plants and sowed some salad and herbs. That was 23 days ago. As of today, the tomatoes are literally “dying on the vine” and there is no sight of salads and herbs at all. I feel very embarrassed, especially after Evelyne has just visited her friend Marianne and marveled at her vegetables! I just bought a book on gardening but couldn’t find in it the tips I needed to turn things around. This is a dire situation and I must find a quick solution!