We are all learning gardening lessons as we experience this journey of community building. There have been many different lessons. For example: Whe using square foot gardening techniques to plant swiss chard there should be 4 seeds per square foot. If you plant 16 seeds per square foot there will be more work needed to thin the plants to allow room for grow. The good news from this "mistake" was there was lots to eat when the lush green plants were thinned. Some of us had fresh greens for a salad and others were treated to lightly sauteed swiss chard at our pot luck supper tonight.
Along with the bounty our garden is starting to produce, we are learning to battle potato bugs and keeping weeds from over taking the rich beds, which is a challenge! The tools we have received from Fiskars are helping with the weed control! God is good.
Slate and Tim mowing some of the overgrowth. Can you see our deer fence in the background?
Thinned swiss chard ready to go to the kitchen.
Oh how I love food right out of the garden, everything about it just tastes better!! I understand what you are saying about the pests, bugs, deer etc. Sometimes keeping the pests out is just as much work as tending to the actual garden itself. Good luck:)