This season was entirely different from last year. I couldn't get cucumbers this year to do anything and my squash did not grow well. Last year I had both. Same with pumpkins. I have had great luck with beans and tomatoes. I managed potatoes but realized too late I planted too little of them. I have my garden on a hillside terraced as I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains and there isn't an option that is flat for me. I built a few beds for Spring and used sheep manure that I got from a farm nearby for free just to clean their pens for them. They are aged into their 70s and so they appreciated my labor for free aged manure. They run the farm on organic food so it is a win win. My soil is quite red and full of iron so we sweeten it with lime and the manure but this is just second year on virgin land. We built a greenhouse and I planted onions and garlic last fall and they grew well in there unheated in the winter so planted again. The rest of the time it is more like a potting shed that is large with two huge raised beds. It has running water in it so it is a good place to do what I need in the garden without muddying up the cabin. Mostly beans and tomatoes. Anything like carrots and beets and such were a no go. I have kale and mustards in now and will see. Blackberries produced a few, this is their second year and blueberries a few. Planted goji from seed and they are chest high. I should get fruit next year. Be blessed, juanita mae
