Maarten Smet wrote:What about fencing material or other protection against wildlife?
There is a big difference from growing a garden in an abandoned space next to 5 trillion acres of corn versus growing a garden in suburbia, where you garden is the only one around and all wildlife ravages your garden because there is no other food around ergo nothing remains for the gardener.
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Joe Wamsley wrote:I have given up on gloves at this point. I used to try to find some good ones, spent sooo much money. Now I just get the cheapest ones when the big box stores have them on sale. I have some blackberries with huge barbs. I think chainmaille or welding gloves with a thick jacket. I generally am just really careful and just accept it's gonna happen. Usually I end up with them on my shoulders or in my hair rather than my hands so maybe it's just a skill issue.
Mark Reed wrote:...my favorites are the birds..
Jay Angler wrote:I consider my chickens my employees - they work for me in exchange for housing, feed, and kale when I have enough to share.
They control bugs, eat weeds, produce eggs, produce limited amounts of meat unless we do specific meat birds for sale, and they're entertaining...