Everything off to a good start...

The veggie garden is doing so well, I am going to be forced to thin. I know it makes for a healthier, more successful garden, but it just feels wrong to pull out perfectly healthy plants. Some can be eaten, though. Munched on some pea shoots tonight. They taste just like peas :)


In this year's little garden we have tomatoes across the back, mini-watermelons, peppers, chard, peas, and dwarf zucchini through the middle row, and lettuce interspersed with marigolds in the front.

Deer are supposed to be repulsed by marigolds. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. This is actually a test of my wacky deer, who seem to seek out all the "deer resistant" plants first. Having learned not to rely on purely natural deterrents, note the garden is encircled by cages, trellises, and a removable screen across the front (removed for the picture). The only thing they can easily munch will be the marigolds, and they'll scratch their little noses on the way out. Who me, spiteful?


With any luck, I'll have a good crop of berries, too. Plenty of wild strawberries among them, if the bunnies leave me any.