At the beginning of Spring our garden had great potential. But since planting We have come up against several problems.
The Goats and Horse:
They will eat anything they can get at. So I did my best to keep plants away from the goats.
Children Feeding the goats and or Horse:
I swear I have kicked out every child in the surrounding area.
The small kids are between the ages 1 and 5 so you can't be to mad most don't know better.
The bigger kids just pull out plants. And don't care.
Also their parents don't care.
And even a few adults have been by, but they mostly pick the fruit.
Rabbits: Seriously this morning I found them munching on the garden.
Heat: It has just been really hot!
So far we have lost:
2 watermelon
3 squash
1 summer squash
4 red cabbage
a row of green onions
handful of carrots
And all the picking of the leaves had slowed the production of fruit from the plants. I have not even gotten any zucchini yet! It's not like my neighbors haven't been kicking out kids either. Thinking about replacing it all with thorny Berries! Or electrifying a fence. Or creating a series of booby traps...
Anyways, next year the garden will be different. We may only do a porch garden.
